The dude is getting it. All of it. And he is amazing. Owen slept until almost six. If I could be quiet it might be even later some days but quiet I am not. He wasn’t saying too much when he first woke up but then the thoughts started rolling in. We went through his grandma’s birthday and celebrating Christmas.
He woke though with church on his mind. He said, “Bible Center Church” actually saying “center” with the R sound. He listed all his friends and wanted to know about the adventures he would be having with them. He went through people he wanted to invite to church and it makes me so happy that he wants his people to come to a place he loves and wants to share about God with others.
The morning was going to be busier than I could imagine. We went through more things than I could process. He fast-forwarded to his birthday in March and told me that then he would be a bigger boy and a “growing man.” I explained to him that he will keep growing and when he becomes 18 he will be considered a man. Boy, teenager, man are all traveling through that big brain of his.
He then moved on to the “movie trip” and the movies he would watch with her. He was “very disappointed” that he wouldn’t get to see them all. It truly amazes me all the things he comes up with. He went through all the movies again and that they come on at noon. He is watching the previews for them now. It amazes me still how he finds all the things he wants to watch.
His grandma gave him an Advent calendar. He is enjoying the daily Christmas presents but he doesn’t understand that we are doing a countdown to Christmas. The part that is amazing to me is that he wants to open the gifts. He is happy about the gifts he is getting and he is opening them. He is opening them. I could say it a million times and it is still a wild and wonderful experience. He is opening a present that was hidden by paper. This was something he couldn’t handle for years and no part of it made him happy. The present needed to remain exactly as it was, wrapped, and in fact, no gifts at all were more his choice. No decorations, no trees, no lights, no breaks, no changes in when he got to go to grandma’s house, and no mommy at grandma’s house to celebrate any holiday anytime with any gifts especially ones that needed to be opened. Now he opens presents, he opens them. The gift of a candy cane means the same to him as a toy, clothes, or a gold bar. The gift is the new excitement.
While he took his bath he was asking about Christmas break and he wanted to know if he would go to music on the “twenty-tooth.”It truly amazes me all the things he comes up with. He wanted to wear what he wore yesterday again but I told him it wasn’t cleaned yet. He chose other clothes and we were out the door for church. He was very excited to get there and couldn’t wait to get to his classroom. It was a wonderful service and I truly needed to hear it.
Per his request, I took his tent off his bed. That was easier said than done and even though it was per his request it will be a question of what happened to it for a very long time. We were going to possibly go to Wendy’s with our friends but he said, “No no no” so we headed home. When asked if he was happy the tent was gone the answer was yes every time but it is still a process. He didn’t eat much for breakfast but lunch and snacks made up for it.
He was focused on movies, Christmas break, being a “growing boy,” high school and how the bus will get him there, celebrating his grandma’s birthday on the correct day, and making sure I know his tent is gone and he doesn’t want one when we move to the “home with the purple cows” but he does want a bigger bed. I do not know how he stores all the information in his brain but I do know it is the most amazing brain I know. This momma’s brain is tired just trying to keep up.
The afternoon tumbled quickly into night. I’m not quite sure why he has decided he needs to lick everything but here we are and the teenage years are becoming interesting. I’m praying the snow stays away so that he can go to school and his therapies tomorrow. And I can go to my appointment. He told me that he laughed for me today and I told him that his laugh is one of the best parts of my day. The rain may pour down on you but always remember the rain helps the flowers grow. Smiles to all and donut daze!
He woke though with church on his mind. He said, “Bible Center Church” actually saying “center” with the R sound. He listed all his friends and wanted to know about the adventures he would be having with them. He went through people he wanted to invite to church and it makes me so happy that he wants his people to come to a place he loves and wants to share about God with others.
The morning was going to be busier than I could imagine. We went through more things than I could process. He fast-forwarded to his birthday in March and told me that then he would be a bigger boy and a “growing man.” I explained to him that he will keep growing and when he becomes 18 he will be considered a man. Boy, teenager, man are all traveling through that big brain of his.
He then moved on to the “movie trip” and the movies he would watch with her. He was “very disappointed” that he wouldn’t get to see them all. It truly amazes me all the things he comes up with. He went through all the movies again and that they come on at noon. He is watching the previews for them now. It amazes me still how he finds all the things he wants to watch.
His grandma gave him an Advent calendar. He is enjoying the daily Christmas presents but he doesn’t understand that we are doing a countdown to Christmas. The part that is amazing to me is that he wants to open the gifts. He is happy about the gifts he is getting and he is opening them. He is opening them. I could say it a million times and it is still a wild and wonderful experience. He is opening a present that was hidden by paper. This was something he couldn’t handle for years and no part of it made him happy. The present needed to remain exactly as it was, wrapped, and in fact, no gifts at all were more his choice. No decorations, no trees, no lights, no breaks, no changes in when he got to go to grandma’s house, and no mommy at grandma’s house to celebrate any holiday anytime with any gifts especially ones that needed to be opened. Now he opens presents, he opens them. The gift of a candy cane means the same to him as a toy, clothes, or a gold bar. The gift is the new excitement.
While he took his bath he was asking about Christmas break and he wanted to know if he would go to music on the “twenty-tooth.”It truly amazes me all the things he comes up with. He wanted to wear what he wore yesterday again but I told him it wasn’t cleaned yet. He chose other clothes and we were out the door for church. He was very excited to get there and couldn’t wait to get to his classroom. It was a wonderful service and I truly needed to hear it.
Per his request, I took his tent off his bed. That was easier said than done and even though it was per his request it will be a question of what happened to it for a very long time. We were going to possibly go to Wendy’s with our friends but he said, “No no no” so we headed home. When asked if he was happy the tent was gone the answer was yes every time but it is still a process. He didn’t eat much for breakfast but lunch and snacks made up for it.
He was focused on movies, Christmas break, being a “growing boy,” high school and how the bus will get him there, celebrating his grandma’s birthday on the correct day, and making sure I know his tent is gone and he doesn’t want one when we move to the “home with the purple cows” but he does want a bigger bed. I do not know how he stores all the information in his brain but I do know it is the most amazing brain I know. This momma’s brain is tired just trying to keep up.
The afternoon tumbled quickly into night. I’m not quite sure why he has decided he needs to lick everything but here we are and the teenage years are becoming interesting. I’m praying the snow stays away so that he can go to school and his therapies tomorrow. And I can go to my appointment. He told me that he laughed for me today and I told him that his laugh is one of the best parts of my day. The rain may pour down on you but always remember the rain helps the flowers grow. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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