Opening Wednesday

Owen crawled into bed with me once again. I was too tired to even know what time it was but thankfully we both fell right back asleep. When I woke I could tell he still wasn’t feeling great and he had a slight temperature. I told him he was sick so he was staying home. I asked him if he wanted anything to eat and he said, “lizards.” I said you want lizards? He said, “no frogs.” I’m not sure how this became our go-to food conversation but we’ve had it numerous times before. His words are incredible. He is making many new connections. He said, "polar bear polar bear that’s not a very hungry caterpillar it flew the coop" as he handed me The Caterpillar And The Polliwog book he had in his hand. He then asked me to find The Very Hungry Caterpillar book. I love how his mind works. He walked up to me when I was fixing his snack and said, “that brown bear brown bear book is by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle.” I thought well there you go. He read at least fifteen books on his own or looked through them and brought several to me to read for him or he read to me. He made a point to tell me it was fall and November. Then he told me not to fall. He went through a whole thing about not slipping on the grass. Even though he wasn’t feeling his best he had an incredible day. We had numerous conversations about school and why he wasn’t there. He was very concerned about the days of the week and what he was missing. By the afternoon his temperature had gone done and I’m hoping it stays down all night. He ate a lot more at the end of the day and seemed to be feeling much better. He truly amazed me today with his vocabulary and reading. He even brought me his book about losing a tooth and he told me he gets coins. He’s never had this connection before so I hope that when he loses the last few that he will be able to have the “fairy give me coins.” Dreams do come true and believe in a beautiful tomorrow. Smiles to all and donut daze!

Owen always says “that’s baby Owen” when he sees himself.