“Upper night” is hard, very, very hard. Owen was awake by three and it was like rinse repeat of so many Saturdays before. Tablet, “no back to bed,” and grandma covered the highlights. He was calm but ready to get his day started.
This week has been more of a challenge for some reason even though he has been calm. It’s just keeping him that way that can be taxing. He is slowly becoming that preteen who has ideas of what should happen and how he wants things to go. Each day is a learning experience and he is making incredible progress but it can all be emotional.
It was finally time to get ready and go to Grandma’s house. I asked him if he was “silly silly” because he was laughing hysterically and he said, “You know the answer.” I wonder if he knows how funny he is sometimes with his quick responses. We got in the car and once again he was calm but he talked about every previous experience we had. He likes to tell me that accidents are happening in front of us because of the ones he has seen before.
He had a great time with grandma and he wanted to talk about his week ahead. He got stuck on roads and which way to go when we headed home. He watches all the YouTube videos of where he wants to go and will get upset if we don’t go in those directions. He told me to go straight and I said we have to talk about something else. He said, “Talk about straight” and told me to go straight again. He was on a mission.
He tried to open the car door but didn’t go through with it. He made several sounds and kicked the seat as we were a couple of blocks from home. I didn’t go to all the stop signs he wanted me to. I told him if he did one more thing I would not have to wait until tomorrow to tell him we weren’t going to church. He behaved but it is preteen coming out of him I’m sure.
He kept asking if we were going to church tomorrow. I told him it depended on how he slept tonight because Mommy was exhausted. He said, “No exhausted today" and he requested more milk. I gave him a full glass of milk and he left it there. He never wants an empty cup. The night went quickly and I prayed for sleep. The progress is spectacular but the hugs he wants are even better. Be bold in the knowledge that tomorrow will be a better day. Smiles to all and donut daze!
This week has been more of a challenge for some reason even though he has been calm. It’s just keeping him that way that can be taxing. He is slowly becoming that preteen who has ideas of what should happen and how he wants things to go. Each day is a learning experience and he is making incredible progress but it can all be emotional.
It was finally time to get ready and go to Grandma’s house. I asked him if he was “silly silly” because he was laughing hysterically and he said, “You know the answer.” I wonder if he knows how funny he is sometimes with his quick responses. We got in the car and once again he was calm but he talked about every previous experience we had. He likes to tell me that accidents are happening in front of us because of the ones he has seen before.
He had a great time with grandma and he wanted to talk about his week ahead. He got stuck on roads and which way to go when we headed home. He watches all the YouTube videos of where he wants to go and will get upset if we don’t go in those directions. He told me to go straight and I said we have to talk about something else. He said, “Talk about straight” and told me to go straight again. He was on a mission.
He tried to open the car door but didn’t go through with it. He made several sounds and kicked the seat as we were a couple of blocks from home. I didn’t go to all the stop signs he wanted me to. I told him if he did one more thing I would not have to wait until tomorrow to tell him we weren’t going to church. He behaved but it is preteen coming out of him I’m sure.
He kept asking if we were going to church tomorrow. I told him it depended on how he slept tonight because Mommy was exhausted. He said, “No exhausted today" and he requested more milk. I gave him a full glass of milk and he left it there. He never wants an empty cup. The night went quickly and I prayed for sleep. The progress is spectacular but the hugs he wants are even better. Be bold in the knowledge that tomorrow will be a better day. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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