My sweet, sassy boys.💗

Today was a much better day! I got a note from Andrew's teacher that he had a miserable moment, but that they were able to use some of my pointers to redirect him. That makes my heart so stinkin' happy, because that was one of my top sources of anxiety about sending him back to school. 

He's also had a really tough time riding the bus. I'm pretty sure that's because he hasn't ridden a bus in over three years, and the bus he rode back then was half the size of this one. It has to be overwhelming and over stimulating! Today he not only got off the bus with a big smile, but the driver and aide both said he did great. 

Then for dinner, he ate shepherds pie (although I did learn that this is technically "cottage pie," because I used beef instead of lamb) for dinner. He was even seeking out the vegetables. He wouldn't take a bite without at least one pea and one carrot, and it totally blew my mind. That's a huge feat in and of itself, because we've always had to be sneaky to get veggies into him! I'm just so proud of him! I really hope he's noticed everything he's accomplished, because he truly deserves to be SO proud of himself. I try my best to remind him without being totally annoying, hahaha.

Liam had quite the busy day, himself! During summer services, we get to bring in a Speech Language Pathologist (there's a crazy long waitlist, that he's been actively on for over a year). It's only during summer services, because she's going to have a baby in September. Funny the way it is, she actually had Andrew for Speech when he went to Family Enrichment Network for preschool! She's hopefully going to help us find a usable, feasible set up for his dynavox and help me fine tune the pages! It's been a challenge getting it set up without a SLP, but it felt really nice when she'd said what a great job I did setting it up.🙂

I'm also over the moon with two things that Liam did. He gave himself a bruise today. I know that sounds beyond ridiculous to be excited about, but for crying out loud... my bubbies... the kiddo who could only play with a feather... he threw a toy against his knee and gave himself a little bruise!!!!!!

The second thing he did that made me laugh like crazy is making me wonder, "who ever let me have kids?!" He's been making me ugly laugh every single time I hear him say, "I told ya! I told ya! Aw d*mn it!" (Can we add videos here? I'm going to try, because I'm just elated that I caught it on camera for once... nope! Didn't work. Rats.) Now. I know I shouldn't find it humorous, nor should I condone him using a potty mouth, especially with him being so young. But! He's using it as an emphasis word, he's not being mean to anyone else, and he's been through more than many adults who have much more foul mouths. So I'm just going to continue to find it funny. Plus, we've had several talks about how we have to be careful who we speak like that around, because we could make some people sad by talking like that.

Anyhoo, that's it for today, I think. I'm really excited to see how our first cotreat with Special Instruction and Speech goes tomorrow!