Owen slept a little later this morning and was ready to get to school. He reminded me of “dinner with grandma” and I reminded him that we were going to follow through since we promised her we were going. He was very happy and had a big smile on his face. As soon as we walked out the door to wait for the bus he started saying “Lay down layyyy doowwnnn” and down he went on the sidewalk. I heard his little giggle as he did it. He wanted to move to the leaves but I stopped him because they were extremely wet and we had no time to change. He yelled to me “Hear it hear it” and the bus came around the corner. Yesterday when he got on the bus he sat up closer to the driver and he did again today. Maybe he wants to give him more directions. Some of his Christmas presents like his trumpet from Santa have arrived. This is the first year he is excited about getting presents wrapped in a box from Santa. I’m so excited that he is talking about unwrapping presents. In past years no one could open presents in front of him because it was cause hours of meltdowns when the paper would come off the box. I’m thankful for his progress. He got home from school and at first, he said no to going to dinner with grandma. I told him this is the second week you’ve asked to go to dinner with grandma and he immediately said, “Fish please, I’d like the fish please.” We had a little bit of time before we left but he ended up deciding on Dairy Queen asking for “hotdogs and chicken plus grandma bring black tablet.” He did great and didn’t get hotdogs but ate his food and some of mine. I told him the next time we went to dinner that while we ate our food he would have to put his tablet down so we could have more conversations. He said, “No more dinner.” I think we will have to work through that. He liked Dairy Queen though and we can now add that to places he wants to go. He talked about it several times on the way home. It is good to let him have a voice in choosing the places he wants to go. He told me he wants to go to dinner with “Night Santa” so he can bring his music therapist to dinner and show Santa his tablet. He calls the Santa he saw at the park “Night Santa” and the other Santa “Fish Santa” because of the big fish tanks. I’m thankful for his progress and a good day. Even on the ride home from dinner, he was calm and that made my day. Find joy in the little things and let that be your guide to a good day. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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