The good news for us was that the school did not call so there was no delay. The snow was coming but it wasn’t bad when school was supposed to start. I hoped all our appointments would go according to plan but I was doubtful with all the predictions. Owen at least got to go to school and I was headed off to my appointment.
Christmas break and when our family was coming back were the big questions of the morning. The little blue jeans were another big topic so we will see how that goes. They were not on the agenda for today but maybe sooner than later. Who needs bins for clothes anyway? These rules were made to be broken.
When Owen woke up the first immediate topic of the day was whether our relatives would be here this weekend, next weekend, during Christmas break, and then staying for all of June and July. He then wanted to know when they were “moving back to St Albans” and when I said they were not “moving” back there he asked if they would be moving to South Charleston. This topic continued throughout the day with also wanting to know where they would sit when they came back. There truly is never a dull moment in our house.
He was very anxious to get to school today. He wanted to get to school so he could be picked up for music therapy, and then come home to get a snack before going to his vision therapy appointment. He went through all the options of what he could have for dinner and then settled on “pizza from Gino’s sausage pepperoni black olives and mushrooms and then stay home.” He always has to add “and then stay home.” He likes his routine and he likes it to be exactly how he wants it to be. But the weather had other plans.
I was thankful to be able to go to my appointment before the snow got going too much. It went fine and it wasn’t long before I was heading home. I had gotten the message that school would be letting out two hours early and then this led to a text I received letting me know Owen’s music therapy was canceled. My drive home led me to cancel his vision therapy. It wasn’t a bad drive home but the roads were getting worse and I did not want to try walking on the slick sidewalks. As much as I hated to cancel it I was glad that we did not try to go back out.
His teacher checked with me to make sure he was coming on the bus home. I told her that his therapy was canceled and she was wonderful to let him know. There are some things we tell him right away and some things like them closing school tomorrow we wait on. When Owen came home he kept talking about putting his Children’s Therapy Clinic shirt on. He explained he was sad he was missing music today so he went to his drawer and got his shirt to put on. He told me he wanted to be just like his music therapist. I thought it was so sweet. I loved how excited he was to wear it even though he was sad to be missing his therapies.
“Bleeding getting caught” is always a big concern for him. Sometimes he will say one without the other. His backpack got caught on the door when he came home and he yelled “It’s bleeding.” I’m not quite sure how “bleeding” became a thing but it is a big thing now. Very few times has he ever referenced bleeding and it meant blood. Although when I ask him if he knows what it means he will say things about biting his finger and seeing blood. His brain is an amazing little processing plant. It is like its own little ecosystem mixed with a hard drive.
I did not tell him school was closed tomorrow but he had enough other weather-related things on his mind so I thought it would be fine to tell him this tomorrow. In the grand scheme of things he was quite calm for having his world turned upside down by snow. He has an appointment tomorrow afternoon but the weather is supposed to be much warmer by then so hopefully it will be fine by then.
Today proves he is growing by leaps and bounds. The processing he went through today was great. He is working through a lot of extra emotions for many different reasons and I am glad he handled everything the best he could. We are working on new strategies for his repetitive questions so I’m hoping that will help him as time moves forward. He did his “laughing like a boy laugh” for me tonight “to make mommy happy because mommy loves my laugh.” I told him that his laugh was the best thing ever and it made mommy very happy. Give your all and all will be given back to you. Laugh like Owen to make someone‘s day. Smiles to all and donut daze!
Christmas break and when our family was coming back were the big questions of the morning. The little blue jeans were another big topic so we will see how that goes. They were not on the agenda for today but maybe sooner than later. Who needs bins for clothes anyway? These rules were made to be broken.
When Owen woke up the first immediate topic of the day was whether our relatives would be here this weekend, next weekend, during Christmas break, and then staying for all of June and July. He then wanted to know when they were “moving back to St Albans” and when I said they were not “moving” back there he asked if they would be moving to South Charleston. This topic continued throughout the day with also wanting to know where they would sit when they came back. There truly is never a dull moment in our house.
He was very anxious to get to school today. He wanted to get to school so he could be picked up for music therapy, and then come home to get a snack before going to his vision therapy appointment. He went through all the options of what he could have for dinner and then settled on “pizza from Gino’s sausage pepperoni black olives and mushrooms and then stay home.” He always has to add “and then stay home.” He likes his routine and he likes it to be exactly how he wants it to be. But the weather had other plans.
I was thankful to be able to go to my appointment before the snow got going too much. It went fine and it wasn’t long before I was heading home. I had gotten the message that school would be letting out two hours early and then this led to a text I received letting me know Owen’s music therapy was canceled. My drive home led me to cancel his vision therapy. It wasn’t a bad drive home but the roads were getting worse and I did not want to try walking on the slick sidewalks. As much as I hated to cancel it I was glad that we did not try to go back out.
His teacher checked with me to make sure he was coming on the bus home. I told her that his therapy was canceled and she was wonderful to let him know. There are some things we tell him right away and some things like them closing school tomorrow we wait on. When Owen came home he kept talking about putting his Children’s Therapy Clinic shirt on. He explained he was sad he was missing music today so he went to his drawer and got his shirt to put on. He told me he wanted to be just like his music therapist. I thought it was so sweet. I loved how excited he was to wear it even though he was sad to be missing his therapies.
“Bleeding getting caught” is always a big concern for him. Sometimes he will say one without the other. His backpack got caught on the door when he came home and he yelled “It’s bleeding.” I’m not quite sure how “bleeding” became a thing but it is a big thing now. Very few times has he ever referenced bleeding and it meant blood. Although when I ask him if he knows what it means he will say things about biting his finger and seeing blood. His brain is an amazing little processing plant. It is like its own little ecosystem mixed with a hard drive.
I did not tell him school was closed tomorrow but he had enough other weather-related things on his mind so I thought it would be fine to tell him this tomorrow. In the grand scheme of things he was quite calm for having his world turned upside down by snow. He has an appointment tomorrow afternoon but the weather is supposed to be much warmer by then so hopefully it will be fine by then.
Today proves he is growing by leaps and bounds. The processing he went through today was great. He is working through a lot of extra emotions for many different reasons and I am glad he handled everything the best he could. We are working on new strategies for his repetitive questions so I’m hoping that will help him as time moves forward. He did his “laughing like a boy laugh” for me tonight “to make mommy happy because mommy loves my laugh.” I told him that his laugh was the best thing ever and it made mommy very happy. Give your all and all will be given back to you. Laugh like Owen to make someone‘s day. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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