Summer Fun

We have had alot of rain here lately. William has been stuck inside for the last two days. Only getting to go outside in between rain showers. Which is okay considering he can't dig up sand and eat it.. Oh yeah were doing that now (Sigh)..But I'll blog about that after our Doctors appointment this week.

SO to keep him busy we have read some of his favorite books, colored a few pictures for Family members up coming birthdays, ectra.

I've been getting William to pick up after himself more then what he has been doing. He now puts toys away and books back in place too. Not too much stress for a 4 year old.

I have even forbid (DH) Not to give into Williams demands when he yells for stuff. He is told to say please. If he doesn't say please them he does not get it. William orders the Poor guy around and DH is such a push over that he will do what ever William wants..Trust me William knows that too. I told (DH) that he is not learning anything from him / US giving into him. SO that has Changed.

I'm still getting William to sit on the Potty.. Still no action. I'm thinking about a new approach on it. I'll let you know how that works out.

As most of you guys know William will get Extended school year services this year. Plus I have asked for additional services for more Therapy. One therapy is to maintain what he's already learned and I would think that other is to help him improve in his speech. We will see how all that pans out.

To help William get a better grasp on the Days scheduled Activity, I got him to help me make a calendar. We cut out and Colored every part of it. Each Day we are going to add a new Flower to the calender and swap out the Pictures. Depending on the event for the day.

Last Day of school & Pass the Tissues again..

Well today started off the same as the rest of the other days of school. Only today for some odd reason I was nervous. I spend two hours with William at school yesterday and got the feeling today was going to be a tear jerker. Boy was I in for a surprise. .After William Ditched me this am for Ms. Lindsey I went to do the normal morning running around.

I kept myself busy this morning trying not to look at the time. Finally when I did take a peek at the clock I panicked.. Oh lord I’m gonna be late. So I grabbed the car keys and a Umbrella. Yeah did I mention it was raining. Perfect weather for being late. I bolted safely down the street.

I got half way to school and realized.. Oh man I forgot to shave my legs and put on lotion. Perfect. Now I’m gonna be late and I’ve got legs that look like pine trees growing in a desert. I wouldn’t have payed it any attention but I wore Capri Pants. So I figured I can't shave but I could fix the dry skin issue with…... Liquid Hand Sanitizer. They would at least be Germ free right. LOL

I then realized I didn’t wash out Williams sippy or fill it with ice. Great I had to stop at the gas station and use their hot water tap on the coffee pot to wash it out. Then I filled it with Ice from the sods machine. I was thinking to myself. ”Lord just let me make it to the school in one piece.”

Finally I get to school a minute late and the school secretary Filled out my name tag as I signed myself in. She even knew I was late and helped me out. So I followed the principal to the classroom she was headed there herself to see. We walked in and the kids were dancing and have a great time. William sat quietly as everyone around him danced and clapped and cheered. Then one of his teachers asked him to Dance and he took off to her to get down and Boogie. William smiled from ear to ear. I was so Happy to see that too. Then he spotted me and that was the end of that. I told him we had to sit down and watch. He was okay with that and that’s what we did.

Then they Played a movie of the kids. The very first of the Movie was William saying the teachers names and the kids.. OMG pass the box of tissues.! I cried so hard after that. Every time I saw a picture of him with his little friends I Boo~Whooed even harder. The music they added to the picture slide show/ Movie didn’t help matters either.(I'm not sure who the aurthur is but it goes something like this..)

~~The wind is moving But I am standing still.
~~A life of pages waiting to be filled.
~~A heart that's Hopeful.
~~A head that full of dreams.
~~But this becoming is harder then it seems.

~~Feels like I'm.. looking for a reason.
~~Roaming threw the night to find my place in this world.
~~My place in this world

~~Not a lot to lean on.
~~I need your life to help me Find my place in this world,
~~My place in this world.

~~If there are Million's down on there knees
~~Among the many
~~Oh can you still hear me.
~~Hear me asking where do I belong .
~~Is there a Vision that I can call my Own
~~Show me..

~~I'm looking for a reason.
~~Roaming threw the night to find my place in this world.
~~My place in this world.

~~Not a lot to lean on.
~~I need your life to help me Find my place in this world,
~~My place in this world.

I’m still tearing up just thinking about it.

After the movie was over and all the parents gained their composure. We socialized, swapped email addresses, phone numbers and ate snacks. William sat with me and only fussed two times about getting his book bag. So when it was all over with and everyone said there tearful goodbyes we left.

I was okay until I passed the front gates of the school and then I cried some more. No more waking up at the butt crack of dawn to get William to school early so he could play, No more fights over putting on shoes and socks to go to school, No more arguments over the book bag, No more cute little art projects to hang on his walls, No more fussing over not taking off his jacket, No more fun party's to go to with him, No more annoying calls to the secretary to check on him & No more spying on him ....

well that is UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
This year was such a Great Success. I envy any parent who has the Opportunity to have there child attend this learning Center.

Just a update on us

Okay ..We are in our Final week of school.. Summer vacation has Jumped out of the bushes and totally caught me of guard. I have his Speech Therapy lined up for the Summer. I got VERY Lucky with that .Thanks to his wonderful God Sent teachers.. I also Planned on helping William become more Social this summer. So that's another project I'll be doing. I'm gonna Dedicate our Saturdays to either visiting Family and Friends or going to places I haven't yet ventured too. Also I'm still hell bent on getting the boy out of those Diapers. We sit on the potty and even wash our hands after wards but..Still no action.. ((sigh))Either way you look at it William has come a long way in just 8 months. Yeah sure we have had our UPS and DOWNS with him but what ASD child hasn't walked this very same road. It gets stressful and I'm just glad I have a loving and caring family " Who gets it " to support me in my journey. Here are a Few Pics of my Biggest Supporters. Williams Autism hasn't quite hit home with the rest of the crew but..were making progress..Baby steps. . . & I have hope.




My Sisters


My sister in law, Brother in law, Nephew & Neice


My Family in Statesboro, Ga.


My Dad


My Mom


ALSO NOT PICTURED : ALL OF YOU GUYS WHO TAKE THE TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY DAY TO READ MY NON-SENSE BLOG POSTINGS..THANKS~

Our latest achievement

Okay... So William's latest achievement is not being afraid of Running water. Before this past weekend Washing your hands was out of the question for him and running water while he was in the bath tub was just asking for trouble. It's the sound of the water running and the way it feels when it's on his skin that he doesn't like. He used to love water when he was a little thing. But now William is like a cat. He didn't like to get wet..That was until this Past weekend.
We had a incident last week at school that upset me enough to go to the Principal. I'm not going to go into detail because it's a solved problem now.. I will say that the running water had a lot to do with the incident and William wanting his way and not getting it. But that's life..
So I saw the running water was a problem we needed to over come and that was what I set out to do. I got his Pool out Friday and Filled it up. I put his bath toys in it and told William I was putting water in it. He said it's Rain.. Well..Yeah I guess he was right..So We got rain in the pool. But he didn't want to play in it..So I moved on to plan "B" . I got out the sprinkler Saturday and turned it on while we were outside playing. Once again.. William says..Rain.. Uh huh..I saw he was getting a little more curios over the sprinkler so I did the un thinkable. I scooped him up and we Darted threw the sprinkler. Heck No I didn't get wet..I might not be a spring Chicken anymore but I can move..LOL William though it was Funny.. So we kept dodging the sprinkler until he was finally ready to go inside for a quick drink. While he was inside I moved the sprinkler closer to his bed room window . I lined it up just right so it would wet his window . William has eagle ears and heard the water hitting his window. He loved that too and watched the water hit his window for almost 30 minutes straight..Then the Moment of truth.. It was bath time and I drew Williams bath for him and then like always he streaks threw the house hiding or shall I say attempting to hide from me because he thinks its funny and he knows he needs a bath. Once he got in the tub I asked him if he wanted to see rain..He said rain! I turned the cold water side on and let it drizzle.. He said More and "HE" turned it up as high as it would go and played in the running water for almost a hour. I had to let the water out the tub 4 times before he was finished. I don't think he's afraid anymore. So Monday at school His Wonderful teachers told me he washed his hands in the running water. Whoot Whoot..!

I can smile about this now but my water Bill is gonna be Sky High.. Owell.. My Baby is Happy and we fixed a Quirk thats all that matters... Now If I can just get his sleeping habits better we will be set for a little while anyways..