Fall is here... kids are back at school...and I love this time of year (weather wise).. BUT it is so very hard for Drew. And this post is ALL about that amazingly wonderful and sometime crabby kid! Getting back into the routine of school can be bumpy to say the least and actually this year has been better than others(we have an amazing teacher this year and both boys are in the same class..a first!)...but when the meltdowns come, they come BIG! There is ALWAYS a silver lining...and sometimes I need tons of reminders that we (Drew) has come such a long long way...but he does make sure I am reminded ;-)...
Now normally I read to the boys before bed but lately I haven't..not even a little (guess I need to return my Mother of the Year award..)...but when we DID read, I would read chapter books..the kind without too many pictures not like when they were little :)... sooooo the other night they climbed into bed (the aerobed blown up in the middle of their room because once AGAIN they don't want to sleep apart...(remember the bunk beds?? Completely unloved at this point!)..guess the silver lining is they are not in MY bed (which has also occurred lately) !! Drew grabs a book off the bookshelf and says "I'm going to read"....
Our most favorite book EVER! And he reads it so sweetly...every word of it :) So no matter how tough that day was, this made it all better.
Drew has also been waaaay more involved with caring for the dogs.. When we walk he makes sure he walks one... (Mr Turner!!)
And today took it upon himself to play with Miles... the only thing Miles likes to do..he is OBSESSED :)
But Drew is so calm and peaceful when he is doing these things...The silver lining in the bumpy road lately...I remind myself there ALWAYS is one..
He does still have major obsessions but lately I LOVE the new one he has... He absolutely loves...
The song..."Time in a Bottle" He heard it once on my iPod and made me put it on his.. and plays and sings it over and over... Normally his repeating of things drive me BAT sh*t crazy but not this... he could do this all day.... another silver lining in our autism journey :)
If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you...
So today I took these goof balls out....
Cole and Drew and their friend Quaid... We went to Ikea and stuff but along the way they did a lot of talking... I just listened(mostly)... and took notes ;-)
Here it goes....
Kid Q: I watched Friday the 13th!
Kid B: That's not that scary (he's NEVER seen it or even heard of it!!)
Kid Q: I know ... Jason punched this teenager's head off.
Kid B: Did you ever see that commercial on NICK(Nickelodeon) where the kid takes his head off??
Mom: There's no blood and guts in that commercial....
Kid Q: I got my picture taken with Chris Christie.
Mom: Kid B Kid A, do you know who that is???
Kid B Kid A: NOPE!
Mom: That's my boys!
Kid B: How old are you?
Kid Q: 9
Kid B: Oh yeah, me too. I keep forgetting. Sooo many friends. Sooo many names... Sooo many numbers...
Entering Ikea.
Kid Q: Do I need a big yellow bag??
(um no kid, you don't)
Kid B: Hey Dude
Kid Q: Dude
Kid A: Dude
Kid B: Dude....
Kid B: DUDE you're like 100% stronger then me!
Kid Q: Look I'm not even trying!! Imagine if I was...
Kid Q: Grown ups don't cry when they get hurt.
Kid B: Well sometimes they do.
Kid Q: NO they don't . They could like break a bone or something and they just wince.
Mom: Hey Kid Q...Grown ups CRY when they get hurt!
Kid B: Well sometimes they cry...
Kid A: I cry!
Kid Q: OK grown up ATHLETES don't cry when they get hurt.
Kid Q: People that were born to swim never drown. Unless of course someone pulls you down...like a shark.
Kid B: Yeah I wish I was born to swim.
Kid Q: Well maybe you were born to swim in a small pool... not like an ocean.
Kid A: I CAN SWIM!!
Riveting, I know.
Happy Labor Day people... and here's hoping you were born to swim :)
