slacker

I know I've been slacking! We went out to KY to visit our daughter, Lindsey, who is in graduate school out there. It was so good to see her. She is so busy! Most days she leaves the house by 7 a.m. and doesn't get home until 7 p.m. I'm glad she found some time to spend with us!
Jonathon was not a fan of KY. He was having technical withdrawls. At home he can go into the computer room and get on You Tube and watch videos, while watching his laptop, while watching his DVD player, while playing on his IPAD! Lindsey doesn't have that many techy gadgets! Plus his entire routine was turned upside down.
He did enjoy going to the lake, going to a movie theater where he got to eat his dinner while he watched a movie, and we took him to the horse races. He liked the races, but had a huge blow up in the parking lot. It was my fault. He started raising his hands in the air like a monster, so I reminded him that if we want to go out in public and do things, like the theater, and shopping and Disneyland we have to "be patient and kind and handle it." Those are words Jonathon is accepting of and we talk about all the time. Well, what he processed was you just told me to put my hands down, I didn't and now I can't go to Disneyland. I've ruined it and now I'm really mad at you!"   
Sometimes I get so frustrated with myself when I screw up the interactions with him. I should've known NOT to mention Disneyland at all! It's too important to him to be attached to his behavior. I'm really hoping the autism specialists out of Denver will be able to guide Tim and I through these interactions. Part of the process is to recognize WHEN we are headed into a situation with him and to turn it around as soon as possible... yeah, I think we have some work to do there!