Archive for September, 2008

God’s Smile

{ September 28, 2008 @ 9:01 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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As I cleaned the kitchen yesterday, doing mundane tasks I do every day, I suddenly heard my kids calling me from the back yard.  I went out to join them and Kacey points to the sky and says, “Look Mom, a rainbow!”
Sure enough, there was a rainbow directly above our house.  Funny thing is, it wasn’t shaped like a typical rainbow – it was upside down and looked like a smile in the sky.
A sweet reminder that God is watching what I am doing and smiling down on me, even in the mundane, day-to-day stuff I do!
~kp

“Sssh! She’s coming!”

{ September 26, 2008 @ 9:29 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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Cooper and Ben are all about hiding these days.  They love to hide then jump out to “scare me.” Rarely is it ever a real scare, because they just aren’t too good at hiding!  They giggle… Body parts can always be seen sticking out from whatever they are hiding behind… And inevitably they talk to each other loudly while waiting for their unsuspecting victim (me!) to come strolling down the hallway.

This morning as I was finishing my shower and about to exit the bathroom, I could hear much laughing from the other side of the door. “Sssh, she’s coming! Hide! Hide!” And they hid. When I opened the door, my two boys jumped out and yelled “surprise!” and I feigned extreme surprise and laughed along with them.

“Are we good hiders Mommie?” My Bennie asked.

I smiled and assured him that yes, he was a good hider.

It made me think – they really do think they are “hiding” from me, even though they are completely exposed most of the time. I know there are times I don’t want to admit the truth of a matter and actually try and “hide” a feeling, a thought, a bad attitude from God. I forget that just as I can so easily spot my little ones trying to hide out in the open; my heart, mind and soul are exposed to Him. He sees through the denial, the lies, the hurt and wants me to come out and run to Him.

Peace.

No Math.

{ September 21, 2008 @ 1:43 pm } · { Autism }
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Yesterday while riding in the car Cooper says to me, “Guess what Mom?  2 + 2 equals 4.”

I say, “Great!  What is 2 + 1?”

He says, “No more math Mom.”

That’s about the attention span I have for math too.  Ha ha ha.  Although a few minutes later he said, “Mom, 7 + 4 equals 11″  I was quite impressed cause I didn’t know we’ve gone past 10 in our addition abilities. Woo hoo.  He went on to tell me 7 + 5 and also 7 + 6.  If he learns much more I’ll need to pull out my calculator. :o )

A HAPPY birthday

{ September 20, 2008 @ 9:54 pm } · { Autism, Children, Family }
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Well, another Saturday rolled around, and with it, another birthday party.  Today’s party was at a place called Safety Village.  Kids get to ride around in little pedal cars and practice real rules of the road in a little mini-course that is set up.  It was a GREAT day.  Such a difference from last Saturday’s party.  I wonder if it was the outdoor setting or the fact that he’d been there before or what he ate for breakfast… but Cooper was a champ and had a blast.  Hooray.

Even though he had such a hard time at last week’s party, he keeps asking to go back to the lazer tag place.  The darkness of it and the busy-busy activity was overwhelming for him, but I think it is cool that he wants to go back.  He has always been that way though.  When he falls down, he gets up and tries again til he succeeds.  So maybe wanting to go back to Lazer Tag is to prove that he can “do it” without becoming overwhelmed.  We’ll see…

Peace.

Today was an autism day.

{ September 13, 2008 @ 10:07 pm } · { Autism, Children }
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Some days are autism days, some not so much.  Today was.  Cooper was invited to a birthday party at one of those indoor laser tag places.  He didn’t understand where we were going but was super excited about heading to a party.  When we walked in, I felt his tension begin.  It was a busy place.  Kids running around with loud voices, arcade games happening everywhere, general busy-ness.  I even felt a bit anxious.

So he did what he does when there is confusion around… he fixated on something he knew and understood.  A baseball cap with the word POLICE on it.  (He really likes words with the letters “P” and “I” in them)  This cap was the perfect “comfort item.  Problem is, it was in one of those machines with the giant claw – the kind that for $1 you get a chance to try and make the claw grab a toy.  He ran to it and wanted a dollar.  I had about $5 in my purse and figured “what the heck” and gave it a try.  On my first try I won a panda bear. Woo-hoo!  But that’s not what he wanted.  He wanted… no wait… I think I can say, he needed the cap.  I won’t go into details – but let’s just say I couldn’t get the hat.  I emptied the pockets of my “school parent” friends and even a few strangers.  No one in the place had a loonie left by the time we gave up.  Cooper had fixated on the hat and was not going to let it go.  I even begged the kid behind the counter to open the machine and give me the hat – but he didn’t have the key.  He tried calling the guy that owns the machine to see if he could come open it – but no luck.

It was just sucky.  He cried and cried and cried.  Eventually, when the party turned to normal party stuff – pizza, cake and presents he decided he could join in.  It turned into a situation he could understand.  And things got kind of normal towards the end of the party.  (Except for this little part when he laid down on the floor of the party room.  yes, that’s him in the corner.)

I just thank God for my pal Shawna.  She left the party and went to toys r us and picked up a police helmet for my lil Coop-meister.  After the party we gave it to him and he was so very excited. *sigh*

Peace out.