Quiet as a mouse. I’ll go with that. From the drain on his tablet’s battery, I would have to say Owen was awake around four-ish or three-ish. Either way, I was thankful he found his tablet and went back to his bedroom. It was again one of those moments when I felt like I woke up hearing something, but I wasn’t sure what it was. He was excited to go to his therapy. When we left for his appointment I said to him “are you ready for an adventure?” He said, “no venture today no adventure in wonderland no venture today.” He has a hard time processing when it is something I am referencing as a moment in time or that we are going on a true adventure. He had a good therapy session and then when we left, I asked him what he wanted to do. I told him we could either go bowling or ride his bike. I am trying to provide activities for him that he will want to do and make him select the activity. At first, he said no and then he said he would go bowling. He had an incredible time bowling and did a great job. As it got close to the end of the game, he kept asking for more bowling. It felt like he was in the moment when we are bowling. Sometimes it’s hard for him because he’s focusing on the future. I told him we could come back on Friday if he wanted or another day. When we left, I tried to take him to see the pool we are going to tomorrow, but he got anxious and didn’t want to see the park. This is a park that we have been to before to ride his bike and once he saw where we were, he didn’t want to ride his bike since he had just gone bowling. He didn’t realize this park had a pool. He screamed, so I headed home. I asked him if there was anywhere else he wanted to do before we got home and he kept repeating “the windows.” I asked him if there was any place else he wanted to before we got home he said, “no the windows.” It’s hard for him to understand that he can request more than one thing at a time. The closer we got to the windows he started asking for more things. I try to get him to understand that we already talked about it and he had decided he only wanted to see the windows. I’m trying to find ways for him to connect to activities. When we got home he was very calm but wanted to focus on going to the pool and therapy tomorrow. He played his new harmonica for a while and I’m amazed at his progress. I told him that if he wanted to go he had to keep the volume of his tablet down and for the rest of the night he listened. I hope this works again. Sleep was not far off for him and he was focused on what he wanted to do tomorrow. I’m thankful for his laughter and his excitement for his days. Find what makes you happy and make sure to include the little things. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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