I think we were both extra tired last night and thankfully our world was quiet. Owen had a great morning before school. He listened to most of my instructions and also did several things on his own. I told him that I needed to get his glasses but instead of me having to get them for him he went right over to them, picked them up, and put them on his face. I was beaming with absolute pride. He is growing and for him to get his glasses felt huge. He helped when I told him we needed to get dressed and he did all the steps I asked him to do except he didn’t want to put his tablet away but who would. When we walked to the bus the moon was big and bright. He started pointing at the moon and saying, “that’s a that’s a moon”. Him pointing at something will never get old. It’s absolutely amazing when I see his finger outstretched and he is pointing. I know how many years it took him to learn this skill. He still doesn’t comprehend when I point to an object to ask him to pick up or look at it. The imaginary line that my finger is trying to connect to the object is not something that he can grasp. In fact, it’s very emotional for him when I do point at something. Generally, it can even lead to meltdowns. We stood at the bus stop and he asked Siri to translate one phrase after another. “Twinkle twinkle little star kangaroo in Russian”, he said. It made me think that I bet none of the cars that were passing by us would suspect the boy on the corner looking at mommy’s phone is learning Russian, not to mention all the other languages. When he got home from school he was pretty calm. He sat with me on the couch under his blanket. He ate a good dinner and asked “I want chocolate milk please” but it was in Arabic. He fell asleep in my arms and I was thankful for our day. He listened, he went to the bathroom on his own several times, and when I talked to him about his behavior he tried to correct it and I could see him working through what he was supposed to be doing. My little rock star is growing. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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