Traditional Thursday

Traditional Thursday. I am truly thankful for this sleep trend we are having right now. Owen woke up after five and got into bed with me. I thought he was going to ask for his tablet so I told him he needed to go to the bathroom first. He instead crawled over me and slept for another twenty minutes. I got up to go to the bathroom and get my coffee. He said, “no” as soon as I got up. I explained to him that our bodies dictate what we have to do and going to the bathroom is not a choice. I don’t always know how to explain a process or why we do something but I know I have to attempt to explain it to him. Teaching him about moods goes about the same way. I can’t always explain why I don’t feel like doing something or why my attitude is the way it is but I have to try to make him understand that it’s how we think that can influence our moods. I got to the bathroom and it wasn’t much longer and he was there next. He then got his tablet and was in a great mood. I love days like this when he can work with me through all these moments. He did better about putting his clothes on by himself and he mostly did his socks and shoes. He still struggles with the tighter Velcro on his new shoes and he tries to put them on the opposite feet. He couldn’t wait to get on the bus. He said, “when it spring I’ll take train to school” as the bus turned the corner. He often talks about the train. We rode on it once years ago and I wondered if it is because of that or from videos he watches. He had an awesome day at school. He is always amazing his teacher and me with his words and knowledge. Today he came up with nightingale and narwhal for the animals that started with N. Once again when I picked him up from school he was in a great mood and he saw his music teacher as we were walking out. I love how excited Owen gets when he talks about music with him. On the way to his therapy, he was very talkative. We talked about his days ahead and I told him that we had other plans on Saturday and he was not going to go to grandma’s house. I wanted to prepare him early. He took that ball and ran with it. He said, “go to the big slides let’s have a party.” I think he knows what he wants. He also wanted to make sure he was still going to school tomorrow, his “Curious George clean up book” was coming on Saturday, and that he was going to church on Sunday. Once I confirmed all of those things he was happy. And I’m hoping his new books do come then. When we got to his therapy he kept saying that I could go with him and then he would repeat my words in my accent. I had told him I could go but I wanted him to go by himself this time. I feel like it is good for him to do it in a variety of ways so I wanted him to have a week without me going again. They said he did amazing and was very focused on his tasks. He got to choose what he wanted to do when we left and I gave him several options. He choose for me to drive him by the windows so he could look at all the buildings. He told me “tractors and Santa next time.” The night was quiet for us and he was reading a lot. I'm glad it was a good day and that he is making more connections to what is happening with him and his schedule. Progress is a beautiful thing to watch. The rocky days will roll away and the sun will shine again. Keep your focus on the goal of victory. Smiles to all and donut daze!

He said, “cheese close your eyes” when he looked at this.