Owen slept all night. I got a little more sleep but felt like I could have slept for days. He wanted me to know he was very excited about his day and hoped he would get to see all his people. I’m thankful that he has slept better the last few nights and I hope the trend continues.
He explained that he likes to go to music to play instruments. I asked him what his favorite instrument was and he said, “ukulele.” He explained that his friend in the session gets to choose what they sing sometimes. He is making so many connections and I love that he is sharing this information unprompted. I am trying to not always let him answer in one word answers. I ask him to form a sentence. I can tell they are working with him at school too.
There was a post about where kids were reading books to horses. I told him that he could go read to the horses if he wanted. He first said no but over the last couple of days, he has been talking about the horses. I asked him again if he wanted to read to them. He said no once again but then quickly said, “Curious George.” So maybe he will want to do that this summer.
“Hair is off,” he told me when I picked him up from school for his music therapy. He explained about how I lost my hair and it was growing out. He was extremely talkative the whole way there. Thankfully he had a good session and he talked the whole way home about being calm with his doctor for his vision therapy. I started saying something about his behavior and he said, “Do your exercises no gum or clothes be kind to everybody clothes matter to you everybody gets to choose what they are wearing” so he covered it all. He told me to “breathe and take deep breaths.” I hoped this would all translate to his session.
We came home for a little bit and ate a snack then we headed out to his vision therapy. He was acting up and screaming. I feel like he is trying to work through emotions but he doesn’t know how to completely express them yet. This went on for about fifteen minutes and I told him that I was going to tell his teacher to see if she had some suggestions on how we could work on his behavior. The last ten minutes were a lot better than the first part. He wanted me to tell his teacher that she would be happy and he would behave. I am hoping this doesn’t backfire on me but he truly wanted to change his behavior to make his teacher happy.
He wanted to get Chick-fil-A on the way home and I was hoping we would make it home before the storms. We weren’t inside for five minutes and the sirens started going off. We went down to the basement and he wanted to make sure the leprechauns would be dispersed to the right places. Thankfully we didn’t get any tornadoes right where we were but I know there was a lot of hail and storm damage.
He was pretty calm the rest of the evening and wanted me to tell his teacher he was a “big boy.” I told him he was doing great and she would be very proud of him. Dinner led to a bath and then right to bedtime where he wanted to talk to me about his days ahead. As soon as he got to his bed he was out. I’m thankful for his progress and connections. He has truly come a long way. Here’s to a good night of sleep and an amazing tomorrow. Be thankful in those unexpected moments of calm on a stormy day and let your light shine bright. Smiles to all and donut daze!
He explained that he likes to go to music to play instruments. I asked him what his favorite instrument was and he said, “ukulele.” He explained that his friend in the session gets to choose what they sing sometimes. He is making so many connections and I love that he is sharing this information unprompted. I am trying to not always let him answer in one word answers. I ask him to form a sentence. I can tell they are working with him at school too.
There was a post about where kids were reading books to horses. I told him that he could go read to the horses if he wanted. He first said no but over the last couple of days, he has been talking about the horses. I asked him again if he wanted to read to them. He said no once again but then quickly said, “Curious George.” So maybe he will want to do that this summer.
“Hair is off,” he told me when I picked him up from school for his music therapy. He explained about how I lost my hair and it was growing out. He was extremely talkative the whole way there. Thankfully he had a good session and he talked the whole way home about being calm with his doctor for his vision therapy. I started saying something about his behavior and he said, “Do your exercises no gum or clothes be kind to everybody clothes matter to you everybody gets to choose what they are wearing” so he covered it all. He told me to “breathe and take deep breaths.” I hoped this would all translate to his session.
We came home for a little bit and ate a snack then we headed out to his vision therapy. He was acting up and screaming. I feel like he is trying to work through emotions but he doesn’t know how to completely express them yet. This went on for about fifteen minutes and I told him that I was going to tell his teacher to see if she had some suggestions on how we could work on his behavior. The last ten minutes were a lot better than the first part. He wanted me to tell his teacher that she would be happy and he would behave. I am hoping this doesn’t backfire on me but he truly wanted to change his behavior to make his teacher happy.
He wanted to get Chick-fil-A on the way home and I was hoping we would make it home before the storms. We weren’t inside for five minutes and the sirens started going off. We went down to the basement and he wanted to make sure the leprechauns would be dispersed to the right places. Thankfully we didn’t get any tornadoes right where we were but I know there was a lot of hail and storm damage.
He was pretty calm the rest of the evening and wanted me to tell his teacher he was a “big boy.” I told him he was doing great and she would be very proud of him. Dinner led to a bath and then right to bedtime where he wanted to talk to me about his days ahead. As soon as he got to his bed he was out. I’m thankful for his progress and connections. He has truly come a long way. Here’s to a good night of sleep and an amazing tomorrow. Be thankful in those unexpected moments of calm on a stormy day and let your light shine bright. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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