The party started very early here. He immediately knew we weren’t going anywhere. He took his tablet and started yelling at Siri to translate take you to grandma’s house that’s fine in Arabic. He then was laughing and running through the house. I told him to go back to bed so instead he sat at the table yelling try again tomorrow to celebrate Easter with grandma. We had a busy couple of hours.
I told him that we weren’t going anywhere. I felt like I needed to stick with it hoping he would make the connection. He was beyond tired. I want him to make these connections so that he stops screaming. I understand about waking up early but it’s the behavior I want him to work on. It feels like he can’t process it all. If he would go back to his bed and not have the huge behavioral moments it would be a different story. That’s what my focus is on.
He was talking to me about everything. The descriptions were amazing. It’s a “fruit garTen” he told me as a farm scene came across his screen saying it with a heavy T sound. “Long neck,” he continued when a giraffe walked by. I can tell he is having to use more words at school to get his point across and I’m loving every minute of it.
We ordered breakfast as a gift from my mom. It was really good and Owen liked it a lot. He ate all the pancakes and part of chicken fried steak. I asked them to put it on the side but they didn’t. He likes it okay with gravy but better without it. He ate the rest of it for dinner.
I tried to get him to play his harmonica and he was doing everything but playing it. I told him that whenever I asked him to play his instruments anymore he didn’t want to do it. I asked him if he liked playing music with his therapist and he said yes. I told him one of the reasons he goes to music is to learn how to play music but if he didn’t want to play anymore I could cancel it like we did with baseball and soccer. I listed off all the instruments we had and told him I could never get him to play them. He immediately changed his tune, literally. He went and grabbed his drum and started playing it. I feel like he is starting to make connections and maybe listening to me. I want him to enjoy the activities that we go to so hopefully he will see it differently now.
He was talking about seeing his vision therapy doctor on Monday. We had gone over several times that he needed to go there and concentrate on his exercises. He told me that on Monday he needs to do his exercises. I asked him what are the three things he can’t talk to her about and he said, “gum, pants, and shoes.” I told him to give me a high five and while doing it he said, “Do exercises.” Oh, how I pray he does his exercises on Monday.
The day was filled with learning moments. I feel like he has made incredible progress and I pray it all translates to the days he goes to therapy. He can’t wait to go to church tomorrow to “celebrate Easter” so I pray he sleeps all night. His incredible smile makes this momma’s heart so happy. Let today be your focus on the victories of life. Smiles to all and donut daze!
I told him that we weren’t going anywhere. I felt like I needed to stick with it hoping he would make the connection. He was beyond tired. I want him to make these connections so that he stops screaming. I understand about waking up early but it’s the behavior I want him to work on. It feels like he can’t process it all. If he would go back to his bed and not have the huge behavioral moments it would be a different story. That’s what my focus is on.
He was talking to me about everything. The descriptions were amazing. It’s a “fruit garTen” he told me as a farm scene came across his screen saying it with a heavy T sound. “Long neck,” he continued when a giraffe walked by. I can tell he is having to use more words at school to get his point across and I’m loving every minute of it.
We ordered breakfast as a gift from my mom. It was really good and Owen liked it a lot. He ate all the pancakes and part of chicken fried steak. I asked them to put it on the side but they didn’t. He likes it okay with gravy but better without it. He ate the rest of it for dinner.
I tried to get him to play his harmonica and he was doing everything but playing it. I told him that whenever I asked him to play his instruments anymore he didn’t want to do it. I asked him if he liked playing music with his therapist and he said yes. I told him one of the reasons he goes to music is to learn how to play music but if he didn’t want to play anymore I could cancel it like we did with baseball and soccer. I listed off all the instruments we had and told him I could never get him to play them. He immediately changed his tune, literally. He went and grabbed his drum and started playing it. I feel like he is starting to make connections and maybe listening to me. I want him to enjoy the activities that we go to so hopefully he will see it differently now.
He was talking about seeing his vision therapy doctor on Monday. We had gone over several times that he needed to go there and concentrate on his exercises. He told me that on Monday he needs to do his exercises. I asked him what are the three things he can’t talk to her about and he said, “gum, pants, and shoes.” I told him to give me a high five and while doing it he said, “Do exercises.” Oh, how I pray he does his exercises on Monday.
The day was filled with learning moments. I feel like he has made incredible progress and I pray it all translates to the days he goes to therapy. He can’t wait to go to church tomorrow to “celebrate Easter” so I pray he sleeps all night. His incredible smile makes this momma’s heart so happy. Let today be your focus on the victories of life. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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