“Upper night not upper night slept upper night,” Owen said when he came to get his tablet before it was even four o’clock in the morning. I didn’t even try to convince him to go back to bed without his tablet. I told him that it was still nighttime and he started going back and forth if he was up all night or not. I liked that he was getting closer to saying the words correctly though.
Food was not a priority today but rather a slow buffet all day it seemed. He ate cereal for breakfast and didn’t want anything else until he decided “chicken and honey mustard” would be great around ten. I offered numerous other things but he stuck with his choice and really if you’ve been up since before four then ten in the morning is truly more like lunchtime. He ate all of his chicken and then we moved on to snacks.
Very early in the morning, he asked about going to the park. It was cold and light snow fell off and on all day. I decided that today was a good day to stay home since we have been going every day since his break. After he asked the first time he didn’t ask again. He was very calm except for the repetitive questions so I wasn’t going to rock the boat.
We played lots of games today and he was happy to show me his new Shark Bite game but I’m still not allowed to play it. He wants me to reset it but he doesn’t want me to pull any of the fish out. He technically doesn’t like to get bit by it either. He wants to hold the mouth open by finding which one is going to make it close. I think it is pretty clever how he is doing it.
He kept asking me if his best friend would be with him at school in August. He probably easily asked me one hundred times. I redirected him as much as possible but he will still ask until he gets an answer he wants. I told him I hope so. He also asked when he was going to see his elementary school teacher and I told him he was in middle school now. He then told me he would see his teacher on Monday. Breaks are hard for him and I’m thankful that he will get back to his “row-teen” on Monday.
Bedtime was met with more questions about when he would see his grandma and he knew he had to “sleep upper night” so he could go. I’m glad he had a calm day and was very interactive with me. Hopefully, sleep will come for both of us. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Make it the best day ever. Believe in change, believe in yourself, and know that you can make a difference in the world. Smiles to all and donut daze!
Food was not a priority today but rather a slow buffet all day it seemed. He ate cereal for breakfast and didn’t want anything else until he decided “chicken and honey mustard” would be great around ten. I offered numerous other things but he stuck with his choice and really if you’ve been up since before four then ten in the morning is truly more like lunchtime. He ate all of his chicken and then we moved on to snacks.
Very early in the morning, he asked about going to the park. It was cold and light snow fell off and on all day. I decided that today was a good day to stay home since we have been going every day since his break. After he asked the first time he didn’t ask again. He was very calm except for the repetitive questions so I wasn’t going to rock the boat.
We played lots of games today and he was happy to show me his new Shark Bite game but I’m still not allowed to play it. He wants me to reset it but he doesn’t want me to pull any of the fish out. He technically doesn’t like to get bit by it either. He wants to hold the mouth open by finding which one is going to make it close. I think it is pretty clever how he is doing it.
He kept asking me if his best friend would be with him at school in August. He probably easily asked me one hundred times. I redirected him as much as possible but he will still ask until he gets an answer he wants. I told him I hope so. He also asked when he was going to see his elementary school teacher and I told him he was in middle school now. He then told me he would see his teacher on Monday. Breaks are hard for him and I’m thankful that he will get back to his “row-teen” on Monday.
Bedtime was met with more questions about when he would see his grandma and he knew he had to “sleep upper night” so he could go. I’m glad he had a calm day and was very interactive with me. Hopefully, sleep will come for both of us. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Make it the best day ever. Believe in change, believe in yourself, and know that you can make a difference in the world. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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