“Tablet,” Owen said. “Bathroom first,” I somehow magically said. It was close to five in the morning. I’m going with it was a good night’s sleep and he had a good morning. I tried to convince him to go someplace but that was not in the cards. It was Saturday and out of routine. I offered all the usuals and several out of the box ideas but he had three concerns; church on Sunday, school on Monday, and my picking him up on Thursday. My emotions got caught up in the fact that spring break will be here soon. It will be the same as his birthday week and my emotions tumbled more. It’s ten days before his birthday and I have nothing planned for him. What if I plan his party and he refuses to go? I need to overthink it some more. There are so many rules to follow if we go someplace and even more if people go with us. It’s his birthday. I want it to be something he would enjoy. He came to me to show me something on his tablet. He had chocolate milk from ear to ear like one of those handlebar mustaches. He was saying his words so I knew it would be a good time to work on his exercises. I asked him to stick out his tongue. He did it once, barely sticking out his tongue but this was huge progress. A victory for sure. I asked him to do it again and he replied, “almost there time to take a break.” I then asked him to sing his scales. He’s getting really good at this. He started talking about the bugs on his tablet screen and I asked him if he could sing about ladybugs. He stretched the word out like he was singing it in a scale. When he was done he said, “and now hippopotamus” and immediately sang it like it was a scale as well. He then said, “hippopotamus is like a rhino but not like a rhino.” He went back to eating. He then started counting bananas that we don’t have. “One banana two bananas three bananas four bananas five bananas six bananas more,” he sang out like it was a song. And maybe it was one he heard or made up. It’s similar to something else so it could easily be a version of a song he’s heard before. He wanted to take a bath. I was in the middle of finishing something and I told him he could take a bath “in just a minute.” This sent him screaming for me to set a timer and that he would take one tomorrow. If things are not instantaneous sometimes this sends him into a meltdown. I tried to explain to him I was almost done but his meltdown just ramped up more. I got him to breathe and I explained to him that I still had to finish but he would take a bath in a minute. Thankfully he was calmer but he still wanted to take the bath right then. When he was in the bath he was excited about all the bubbles. He wanted to put them on top of his hair and he told me he wanted tomato juice. I tried to have him explain it and I asked him if he wanted to be “red Owen” because a skunk got him, hoping that would help with the connection. He said, “no skunk today red Owen bubbles on his head mirror please.” I’m not sure what it all means but one day he’ll explain it to me. I love that he attempts to comb his hair when he has bubbles on his head. He wants to see the mirror so he can see what he looks like. When he was done he was ready to eat more. I can tell he is growing again. The rest of the day went fast. I tried to keep him up a little later hoping he would sleep past five tomorrow. I heard him talking himself to sleep again. We shall see where the adventures lead after church tomorrow. I have his Spider-Man bike in the car in case he wants to go riding after church. I’m thankful for the songs he sang me and the smiles he left on my heart. Positive words and positive actions equals a positive life. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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