Owen slept until 5:30 again. He was happy today is “turkey eat Thanksgiving day go to grandma’s house see aunt Betsy Cheryl Debi stay home on Friday” kinda day. He asked me a few times “How much time is on my timer” and “When do we eat turkey” which I thought was funny that he keeps asking about the eating part. He is certainly growing.
He told me he was mad. He said, “screamed at mommy.” I told him it is OK because he is working through his emotions. He said, “Take little deep breaths” and started doing his breathing exercises. He has a lot on his mind. I feel like he has done amazing though with his routine being off and having everyone at my parents’ house. He has truly warmed up to all of them and handled me being there all day as well.
He took his bath and we got ready to go to his grandma‘s house. He wanted to wear his “little blue jeans.” I told him they still weren’t clean, but he had lots of other clothes to choose from in his bins. He likes this particular pair because he has worn the bottom pant legs. He likes the fact that they have strings on them. He has another pair that are exactly like them and he will wear them, but they are not the same as the other ones because of the strings. I want him to understand that he can’t always wear the same things because stuff will happen to all of his clothes and eventually they will either wear out or he will get too big for them.
After we got dressed, he told me he wanted to take his ukulele and harmonica to play music for everyone. We put on our Thanksgiving hats and we were ready. We headed out the door and off. We went to Grandma‘s house. He was very calm in the car, even though he was extremely excited about seeing everyone. He talked about eating turkey and being there. He told me that we would stay home tomorrow and he was very excited about going to church on Sunday and then school on Monday.
When we got there, he wanted nothing to do with his music and that was fine, but I told him that he was the one who had requested to be able to play for them. He ended up playing for a few seconds, but then he was completely done. All the excitement from the day I knew was hard for him to concentrate on one thing, but he truly did incredible throughout all of these moments.
He stood in the kitchen, pulling open one of the drawers, and he was fascinated by always getting caught. He took his shirt and wrapped it around the drawer pull. He kept acting like he was stuck. He finally let his shirt pull off the drawer pull and said that it was “bleeding.” he knows what blood is so I’m not quite sure why he always thinks something that doesn’t work out quite like he wants or is stuck he will reference bleeding. He goes through this numerous times in numerous ways so I know he is trying to learn how things operate or are done.
He did incredibly well with our dinner. He ate so much food and tried a lot of new things. He ate almost everything that I put on his plate and enjoyed the dinner time. He was even able to sit there without his tablet for most of the dinner and answer many questions when I was talking to him about our day.
We stayed for several hours after our meal and then he had me tell him exactly when we were leaving. He did fabulous because once again we stayed there past dark and he wanted to be there with our relatives. In the past, this was so hard on him, and seeing the growth that he has made is such a beautiful story.
We left there and we got home without him having a hard time in the car. He easily got ready for bed and put his tablet up. His prayer tonight was to say he was thankful for his people and then he said thank you that it’s Friday, Saturday, and Sunday so I can go to school. I’m truly thankful for how well he has handled this week and the amazing growth that he is showing. Every day is a day to learn and grow and love. Happy Thanksgiving. Smiles to all and donut daze!
He told me he was mad. He said, “screamed at mommy.” I told him it is OK because he is working through his emotions. He said, “Take little deep breaths” and started doing his breathing exercises. He has a lot on his mind. I feel like he has done amazing though with his routine being off and having everyone at my parents’ house. He has truly warmed up to all of them and handled me being there all day as well.
He took his bath and we got ready to go to his grandma‘s house. He wanted to wear his “little blue jeans.” I told him they still weren’t clean, but he had lots of other clothes to choose from in his bins. He likes this particular pair because he has worn the bottom pant legs. He likes the fact that they have strings on them. He has another pair that are exactly like them and he will wear them, but they are not the same as the other ones because of the strings. I want him to understand that he can’t always wear the same things because stuff will happen to all of his clothes and eventually they will either wear out or he will get too big for them.
After we got dressed, he told me he wanted to take his ukulele and harmonica to play music for everyone. We put on our Thanksgiving hats and we were ready. We headed out the door and off. We went to Grandma‘s house. He was very calm in the car, even though he was extremely excited about seeing everyone. He talked about eating turkey and being there. He told me that we would stay home tomorrow and he was very excited about going to church on Sunday and then school on Monday.
When we got there, he wanted nothing to do with his music and that was fine, but I told him that he was the one who had requested to be able to play for them. He ended up playing for a few seconds, but then he was completely done. All the excitement from the day I knew was hard for him to concentrate on one thing, but he truly did incredible throughout all of these moments.
He stood in the kitchen, pulling open one of the drawers, and he was fascinated by always getting caught. He took his shirt and wrapped it around the drawer pull. He kept acting like he was stuck. He finally let his shirt pull off the drawer pull and said that it was “bleeding.” he knows what blood is so I’m not quite sure why he always thinks something that doesn’t work out quite like he wants or is stuck he will reference bleeding. He goes through this numerous times in numerous ways so I know he is trying to learn how things operate or are done.
He did incredibly well with our dinner. He ate so much food and tried a lot of new things. He ate almost everything that I put on his plate and enjoyed the dinner time. He was even able to sit there without his tablet for most of the dinner and answer many questions when I was talking to him about our day.
We stayed for several hours after our meal and then he had me tell him exactly when we were leaving. He did fabulous because once again we stayed there past dark and he wanted to be there with our relatives. In the past, this was so hard on him, and seeing the growth that he has made is such a beautiful story.
We left there and we got home without him having a hard time in the car. He easily got ready for bed and put his tablet up. His prayer tonight was to say he was thankful for his people and then he said thank you that it’s Friday, Saturday, and Sunday so I can go to school. I’m truly thankful for how well he has handled this week and the amazing growth that he is showing. Every day is a day to learn and grow and love. Happy Thanksgiving. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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