To quote Owen we were “upper night.” He was handling his Friday and Tuesday but Monday is what got him up early. He was calm as the morning went on but he had to process it all.
Thankfully I had slept really well until then and I was feeling good today. It is so hard for him to get the part of it being a holiday and his routine will return as soon as it’s over but he has come so far with being able to not focus on the holiday. He was stuck on Tuesday instead and I know it is because he was working through it. He knew we weren’t going anywhere today so he said, “Grandma on Monday” and I told him yes.
He kept talking about watching a movie so I thought we would watch it together. It wasn’t the movie he wanted to watch but instead, the credits so he could see the castle flash across the screen with all the fireworks. I had a feeling it would last long and instead, his game won out but at least he sat with me for a few minutes while we watched the opening credits.
His main focus throughout the day was riding the bus home on Tuesday and if his teacher would also be his summer school teacher. I have explained to him that he will be having new summer school teachers now that he is older so he wants to know who it will be but I have no way of knowing that yet. He’s my planner and always wants to know what’s coming up.
He played two games he hadn’t played in forever. They are the longest games ever. He wanted me to play with him but there are very few things the game doesn’t do on its own so we wait through the game to play all the moves. He was so happy though and if he is happy that’s what matters. When he was little he would take my finger and put it on the screen to do the different actions. He has started doing that again but I tell him that he has to do it. There are some skills I don’t want him to go back to when he has come so far. I remind him he is amazing and he can do those actions on his own now.
He had been asking to take a bath since breakfast and I told him that after he finished his lunch he could. As soon as I said he could take one I looked at the weather and there was a storm coming in about fifteen minutes. I told him the storm is coming so you can take a quick bath now or a long bath later tonight. He said quick bath. He got in the tub and started telling me about the Gino’s sign that was broken and all the other things that broke during the other storms. He then told me he had to get out of the tub because of lightning in the pool. You can’t swim in the pool he said. He stores so much in that brain of his.
We worked on different math games and we read together. I know he was missing his routine already. Nighttime seemed like it was taking forever to get here for one of us but as soon as his head was on that pillow he was out. I’m thankful for a good day even if it started extremely early. Create memories, celebrate victories, take a walk in the rain, and believe in the miracle yet to come. Smiles to all and donut daze!
Thankfully I had slept really well until then and I was feeling good today. It is so hard for him to get the part of it being a holiday and his routine will return as soon as it’s over but he has come so far with being able to not focus on the holiday. He was stuck on Tuesday instead and I know it is because he was working through it. He knew we weren’t going anywhere today so he said, “Grandma on Monday” and I told him yes.
He kept talking about watching a movie so I thought we would watch it together. It wasn’t the movie he wanted to watch but instead, the credits so he could see the castle flash across the screen with all the fireworks. I had a feeling it would last long and instead, his game won out but at least he sat with me for a few minutes while we watched the opening credits.
His main focus throughout the day was riding the bus home on Tuesday and if his teacher would also be his summer school teacher. I have explained to him that he will be having new summer school teachers now that he is older so he wants to know who it will be but I have no way of knowing that yet. He’s my planner and always wants to know what’s coming up.
He played two games he hadn’t played in forever. They are the longest games ever. He wanted me to play with him but there are very few things the game doesn’t do on its own so we wait through the game to play all the moves. He was so happy though and if he is happy that’s what matters. When he was little he would take my finger and put it on the screen to do the different actions. He has started doing that again but I tell him that he has to do it. There are some skills I don’t want him to go back to when he has come so far. I remind him he is amazing and he can do those actions on his own now.
He had been asking to take a bath since breakfast and I told him that after he finished his lunch he could. As soon as I said he could take one I looked at the weather and there was a storm coming in about fifteen minutes. I told him the storm is coming so you can take a quick bath now or a long bath later tonight. He said quick bath. He got in the tub and started telling me about the Gino’s sign that was broken and all the other things that broke during the other storms. He then told me he had to get out of the tub because of lightning in the pool. You can’t swim in the pool he said. He stores so much in that brain of his.
We worked on different math games and we read together. I know he was missing his routine already. Nighttime seemed like it was taking forever to get here for one of us but as soon as his head was on that pillow he was out. I’m thankful for a good day even if it started extremely early. Create memories, celebrate victories, take a walk in the rain, and believe in the miracle yet to come. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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