Thanks Mr. UPS

I'm Proud to say that " I am now a owner of a Autism Awareness Car Decal " ! Yeah , I'm guilty for being a complete cheese ball goof over it too. I ordered it a few weeks ago . To my surprise they were on back order. You just never think about something so small like that would be on back order. Just makes you feel like your not alone in this even more. So yesterday when the UPS guy dropped off my package It was like getting the winning lotto ticket. I ripped open that box like a crazy mad child at Christmas time. I was so excited over it. I was ready to announce to the word that My child has Autism and I'm Proud of it. I was so thrilled over it I ran right outside and stuck it to our car. No I didn't wash the car. That's on today's " To DO list". So.....

This morning was our typical morning. William not wanting to get up, Running down the hallway from me and closing himself in the office. But once I kept on with him he came willingly to get dressed and insisted I put his cloths on. I think we did that in record breaking time too. So off to school we went. William watched out the window as we headed towards his school. He was excited to go today. I was also watching out the window too. I wanted to make sure I didn't lose our new decal. It's a magnet but....I was still nervous over it. We got to school and I hopped right out the car and the first thing I checked was to make my ribbon had not flown off . Nope it was still there. Phew.. I took William to his class and then I headed back home. While I was going home I couldn't help but spot another MOM in a vehicle in front of me that had a ... Autism Awareness decal too. A heart warming smile came across my face. Nope I'm not alone and I now have Proof.



I shopped around before I ordered. The only place I felt that I should buy from was the NAA. The money collected goes towards the Organization and not some Rich man's big pockets. So it was well spent and worth the wait. 3$ for the Decal and because I'm such a good talker I only had to pay a 1$ for shipping and handling. LOL..Less then 5$.

http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/

YAY!! for dirty fingers and toes

William used to be the kid that never got his hands dirty. He would always run to me with his dirty hands and either wipe it on me or cry about it being a mess. He has now learned to ignore it and keep going. He has treated his feet the same way as his hands. If he stepped on something out side he would get upset. So I purposely took him out side with no shoes on. We walked all over the yard. We ended up in the Drive way. Which is mostly Sand and a few rocks / pebbles. I pointed to the rocks for William and I he would run over to it and pick it up and throw it out the way. It was almost like hunting Easter eggs. Except he would throw the rocks. I'll have to adjust that before we actually go Easter egg hunting. Before I knew it he was digging in the sand. He had a ball getting dirty. He had that " Stinky little boy smell too' PHEW ! I got him a Big Plastic spoon and he sat down and scooped the sand up and tossed it over his shoulder. It all reminded me of the time when he was about 15 months old and doing the very same thing.



* I didn't care if he was making a mess then or now. He enjoyed himself and also realized that stuff on your hands and feet aren't going to be the end of the world.

* Also too when Dad and I went to pick him up from school today his teacher told us he played in the sand with the other kids on the playground. A few weeks ago William had no interest in getting in that sand hole that they dug or getting dirty. Now he's a changed boy. We even came home with dirty nails and smelly hair!


(William is just walking past them here. If you didn't know where the hole was you'd miss it. But it is just to the right of William in this picture.)

Green Day

Today was Green Day in Williams Class. Williams favorite color is green. So when I got the memo on Thursday to send our kido's to school on Monday wearing Green I was excited. Unlike most kids William has several different Green shirts to choose from. LOL. Then the weekend hit and it was bad news back to back. First it was a Dear friend of the Family's mother who passed and then it was my Own Grand Mother in law who only has a few more weeks to live. So Monday wasn't such a good Day for William. He didn't get to wear his green shirt to school and eat green cookies and drink green Juice. Instead he was stuck here with Nanna & Poppa While Dad and I Attended the Funeral. I felt bad that William didn't get to Enjoy the Green Day Festivities so.... I bought a Cake and some Icing and we baked a Cake.

William watched as I poured all the ingredients into the mixing bowl. He was so Funny .He went to his room and got his chair from the table in his room to sit in and watch as I made his cake. He was okay until I started with the blender. Then he took off like a rocket. ((Sensory)) He soon returned once I finished with the mixer. He watched as I poured the batter into the pan. I told him it had to cook and we would check on it later. So to take up some time we played with... Green Play-doh.. He didn't like play~doh until a few weeks ago (MLC Staff). I bought him some just so he would get used to having stuff on his hands and understand it was okay. We made green snakes and I made a train . William thought that was the neatest thing. When he got tired of the play~doh we cleaned it up and he let me wipe his hands clean. Before I decided to make the cake I cooked his dinner. So while we waited for the cake to finish cooking William and I ate Chicken Nuggets, Pizza & a Bannah. Not your typical meal but he's eating. Then finally the moment of truth arrived. The Cake was done and I had to get it out the oven and let it cool before we could put the icing on it.
I asked William if he was to see the cake..He ran to the kitchen and I picked him up and I pointed to the cake cooling on the counter. He said. "WOW..Look at that" He was so excited over his Cake. After about a good 45 minutes of cooling William and I added the icing and his sprinkles .I had to put some Green Icing on it. William didn't want me putting anything else on his cake. He thinks all cakes need sprinkles and nothing else But Once I showed him what I was adding he was even happier with it.

I'm so Glad he loves the Simple things in life. Even if Our Cake looks like a Big Donut he still loves it.

Back on track.

After I thought for sure we were done with this cold/ Flu symptoms I go and catch it. I'm the mommy..there is no such thing as me getting sick. Yeah right. It was all I could do just to make myself get up Monday and take William to school. I slept most of the day away. So I'm guilty for letting William slip on the potty sitting and cleaning up after himself. But today is a new day I'm up and chipper and feeling some better. I took William to school . He was a smidgen late because he didn't want to get dressed. Once he saw I wasn't going to let him win the fight over putting on his socks he gave in to the rest of his cloths. It was smooth sailing after that. We got to school I bypassed the office and took him right to his class before he got any ideas about throwing a fit. After I dropped him off I went back to the office to sign him in late.Then I headed back to his class. I wanted to tell his teacher that he wasn't in a good mood this morning and I didn't know if he was getting sick again. I made it half way down the Hall and I could hear him getting upset over his book bag and Jacket. I ducked into the Nurses office and thought I'd wait there until the coast was clear. Nope William was still yelling over his Jacket and Book bag. He didn't want to take off his jacket or put his book bag where it is supposed to go. So instead of interfering with the progress they are making I asked the nurse to send a message to the teacher I would check on him later . I went and ran my errands and then came back home.I called the scholl and he was fine. So I cleaned a little, Did some yard work and then it was time to go get my Sweet William.

At about 10 minutes till 12 I could here his teacher laughing and then I could hear little feet running down the hall.. Yep there was my William and one of his teachers. He was happy and ready to "gocar" as he says it. He handed me the keys and says "ready". Today turned out to be a good Day after all for him.

I think tomorrow we will be a interesting Day. I'm not going to let him wear his Jacket. I'll put it in his book bag and lets see how he does. It won't be too cold in the am. Maybe in the low 60's. So this might be the Jacket breaker Day for him. LOL. He flips out when things aren't just right. When he has one of those Days I just tell him..Your Okay. ! It's all Right. Sometime I can here him saying that to himself during the Day as he is playing. So I know he gets it. Things just take a little longer to set in for him. But we are still doing well..

OH..Before I ramble on onto something else....William is walking to class with one of the speech teachers. Tuesday as I walked up to her under the breezeway I asked if she wanted me to take him to class since she was alone and she said she could walk him. I let Williams had go and he grabbed her's and they were off.. He didn't even look back. This was after being out of school for a week too... WAHOO

HE's Sick again..

Yeah this is the part about being a parent that I'm starting to not like. But things are never easy for us. It's just a Package deal when we decide to have kids. Ahhh.. well on a positive note: William did do well at the Doctors office today. He stood on the scale, I didn't have to carry him in (Thank you MLC Staff), He didn't scream his head off either, He practiced his manner with thank you and Good bye( LOL). He did keep telling me he was ready to go, Get the keys, Bye bye in the car, Lets go, I need Nuggets, I sad. All of this language was just pouring out in about a 35 minute time frame. He's got excellent hearing. when the Doctor walked to the room beside of our room and knocked on it William Yelled out.."Good Bye.!.See you later.!." . The people in the next room were laughing and so was I. Then it was our turn and there arrived the Doctor. William knew what was about to go down and the Fight was on for about a good 2 minutes when he threw up the white flag. He was so sick there wasn't much he could do but go along with it. I kept telling him." Your Okay " &" Were almost finished". So After a Throat Culture and a Flu swab that were both negative we headed out the door. The Doctor said he has a Viral Infection and it would have to run it's course. She also said that they will run the throat again in the morning. So it might change (((I Hope not))) . He's missed two days of school so far and he has to be 24hr free from a fever before returning. So by the way things are looking he might not get back to school until Thursday or Monday .