Father's Day Update

Sorry to leave you guys Hanging..

Our Fathers Day cake was a Flop. . I changed my mind at the last minute .I wanted to make brownies instead. . All was well until I turned off the Oven before they were done . I tried to stir them up and reheat them but..Nope.. They were no good. It looked like Baked Mudd. So I got a wild Idea. I tried to pass them off to William by telling him it was Dirt. He did the smell test and handed my pitiful looking brownie back to be. Followed by.."All Done. I finished".. So Dad had too settle for my Famous Crock Pot Dinner. .

Dad Also spent his entire Day w/ William right up under him.

Happy Fathers Day

Today William and I are going to bake Daddy a Cake. It's going to have his Favorite Chocolate Icing and three layers . Then this afternoon when it starts to cool off The three of us are going to head to the Park and then to McDonald's for Ice cream and Chicken Nuggets. I'll post picture tomorrow..
Have a great Day family & friends ~Amanda

I'm so Jelous of KK

Today was a Off Schedule day of therapy but with they way things went you sure couldn't tell. We had a Visitor early this am. It was Williams Cousin Albert who came to see him and Pose for some Silly pictures for me. So The tone for the Day was set. William was in a good mood when his Mrs.KK arrived. He colored his Cow and told us it lived on a Farm. She blew Bubbles and William asked for More...PLEASE... When he did that I told her right off the BAT.. Okay you've got Bragging rights now! I've tried on numerous occasions to get him to say please when he ask for things. He has struggled over this small word with me and Mrs.D. The very First time Mrs. KK asked him to say it..What does he go and do..He repeats it like he has know how to say it for years. . .

Any whoo on to our green Bean Hiding.. Welp I tried to hide them in grits.. that was a Failure..they turned green. i could have passed them off to someone if it were St.Patricks Day but..Not this time. Instead out Dog ate really well that Day.

Our Dirt eating is still in effect. It's a slower pace but..Still in effect. The only good that is coming out of this is..I can get William to wash his own hands in the sink. I put the soap on his hands and he makes Bubbles and then splashes them off in the water. I dry them off and he says Finish..I done and darts off to his Room to plunder in his toy box.

I've still got him cleaning up after himself. He tries to protest but I don't give in.

We have a Family outing planned for tomorrow. This will be Williams 1st Trip/ Family gathering from my side of the Family. They have all been forewarned that we might show up and if William can't hang we are outta there. I'll let you guys know how things transpire. Later Gators ~A

Sneaky Mom strikes again.

Yeah this sneaky Momma is up to No Good again... Seems like William still wants to eat dirt and still fights us over this Liquid Vitamin supplement w/ Iron.. Welp In a plead of desperation.. I let him have his Dirt.. WAIT ! !
I know what you all are thinking... But what you didn't know and neither did he was ... I Fixed that dirt Way before he had it in his hand. I dripped his Medicine all over it. So... He takes a bite and the nasty, yucky ,What the heck is this mommy look comes across his face. Down goes the Dirt and off he runs.
Mission accomplished. Lets just hope I can keep this up until he is cured of his dirt eating days. I'm beginning to think it's more of a Sand obsession then a Iron thing too..

See I have proof he ate it..

Getting ready to cook..

Humm.. Lets try it...

 

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See I did Good..

Operation Green beans was a sucess !

No... I don't feel Guilty one little bite for tricking William into eating Vegetables. He used to love vegetables when he was younger. Especially green beans. My Sister used to watch him for me and she even told me "Your kid loves green beans!"
So I kept that in mind when I choose what to hide in his pizza. I was So afraid he would figure it out and not eat it.But I fooled him! To my surprise he wasn't the only person I fooled. Looks like Dad had himself a late night snack too. I opened the fridge this am to see.... Only One slice of Pizza left. . .

Green Beans .. It does a Body Good..Pass it On..He he !!


** If anyone else has some good hiding ideas..Bring them on..**

Our Dirt Eating Saga

As promised I'm gonna tell you guys about Williams Dirt eating Saga..

I finally got William to not be afraid to play in the sand. Little did I know that he would come to love sand. To love it so much he would rather eat it then food. Yeah the boy wanted to pass up a lovely cheese pizza for a ball of dirt. So I tried to trick him or lure him away from his dirt eating days buy getting him Pixi sticks. It's a sand texture which might be what he is hooked on. Yeah they are full of sugar but I wasn't worried about him bouncing off the walls. I was more concerned over low iron and his pediatrician giving me the "EVIL EYE" when I went to visit her. I tried to build up the courage to take William in to see her..But at the last minute I chickened out. Instead I called the nurse who suggested a easy fix..Poly-Vi-Sol . It's a liquid iron supplement & it also comes in the multi-vitamin form.
WHOOT WHOOT.. UREAK !

So we are on week #2 of this stuff. He doesn't fight me over it too much. He knows I'm gonna give him this stuff regardless if he wants it or not. Typical Mommy Duty here..So as a result ..His poor lil tummy is soo Upset & We are not eating as much dirt as we were. I hope this gets better soon.

With that medicine it is supposed to encourage "good" eating habits. I'm not sure how good they will be with a picky eater but I'm going to give it a shot.

Today I'm gonna try to trick him into eating green beans. I'm going to mash them up and attempt to hide them in his Pizza under the cheese.. Humm... I'm getting creative over here... Not alot to work with but pizza, Chicken nuggets, Rice, Scrambled eggs & grits but..I'm gonna fix him right on up..

We ( I ) survived Therapy

The therapy's both went Really well.. Mrs.D came yesterday and William tried to close the door on her at first. He took off to his room and thought he was safe.. Nope.. Mean Ol' Momma came and got him and back to the living room we went. She asked questions and he answered. He signed more to her for the first time ever.... He Did so good. I was so proud of him.

Today was very much he same. I thought William would not want to have anything to do w/ Mrs.MK . Again he proved me wrong. She did her own eval. Which was close to the same if not excetally the same as the one the school did prior to his start of school. He identified 6/9 of the objects she asked him to point out. He followed directions by giving the toy rabbit something to eat w/ a spoon. He picked up and gave her a toy car that was lined up w/ 4 other objects. I was blown away with all he did.

As a reward we went to the Dollar store for a trip threw the Isles.. We even made it out the store with out any junk food this time. He didn't want anything. He just wanted to ride in the buggy.. Check it out..

What we are up too..

OKay.. Starting tomorrow William will begin his summer therapy & Extended school year. I'm very NEW to all of this. I know William has benefited threw out the entire school year from what the ladies have done. So I'm not opposed to new things.They will be coming to our home to give the sessions. I have never really been the Hostess type. I'm more nervous about that then anything. I've cleaned for the past week. I made sure all the Curio cabinet's were Dusted and the glass wiped down and streak free,I've washed and ironed the curtains, I even cleaned the carpet twice. William has enjoyed seeing me sweat. He thinks this is all a game. So he messes up and then he wants to help me clean up. I'm all for that. It's not like I don't know the Ladies that will be here & I know they are here to help him. I'm just nervous about the whole thing. remember he hasn't even been DX for a Year. July the 2nd is less then a month away.

But this is what else we have been doing beside my Frantic Cleaning Urges:

William didn't want to wait for me to dress him so we could go outside. He attempted to dress himself. Then I showed him the right way to put on his cloths. Now he's walking around the house in my shoes.( I'll catch him in a picture soon... he's too quick)


We have played outside with Bubbles,


I tried to get him to help me wash the car. He didn't want to wash the car only play in the Bubbles. (Typical male not wanting to help.) This is why he thinks we should play in bubbles..



We have visited some Family,


BuT..... We (yeah Dad & I) are getting him to ask for things w/ Manners.. I've even used only sign language to ask him things and he understands that.. He just tries us and doens't want to do it.. But.. We are making progress and thats all I can ask for.