The young boy turned eight. It was a while ago but I kinda forgot about this whole blogging world. So, it was a great birthday. He had a small nerf gun party since getting baptised causes the greater celebration. His best buds came and fired away. They had a blast! I regretted the store bought cake but I made up for it with his baptism buffet. Brady is another year older and he's still our panicky-zero to sixty kind of boy. But he's loveable, a smartie pie, and a very kind friend. Love you bud.
What is there to say really? It was more than magical. It was full of fun, lights, wonder, anticipation and screams of amusement and horror. The highlights were being with my bro, Shannie and their kiddos, and being surprised at what rides the kids loved and hated. Ray Ray was infatuated with the princesses. Brady was mortified on the tower of terror (see pic). Caden was awesomely patient and loved the pirates, teacups and the whale's mouth. And Kendra is my thrill seeker, wanting to go on every scary ride a hundred times. Jared and I loved having family fun time and watching the kids in awe of everything. Way to go Walt, we totally enjoyed ourselves.
Just pretend its November. Recap: we went to Provo to see our boy Lincoln. We were Mormon tourists big time. We played, went to the spoken word, walked temple square, ate, hiked the Y, rode horses, enjoyed a fine turkey day feast, had a blast at a trampoline park, relaxed in the hotel, swam, drove (lots) but most importantly, loved every single minute with the Selk family. Yes that was a huge run on sentence and the pictures are out of order but you get the point.
Yesterday i became quite overwhelmed with the fact that i have a special needs child. This school year nearly every single thing has changed for my Caden. He is 9 and is being faced with a new school, new teacher, new instructional aides, a different speech therapist and a different occupational therapist. Oh and his primary teacher at church became the relief society president. He doesn't even handle new shoes well.
Everytime he has a major behavior problem at school they write an escalation report and notify me to record the events and communication. For the past two years i received maybe 4 phone calls. This year i receive 2-3 every week. We've held an emergency meeting with his team & we've all been tirelessly grasping at any new ideas to help him "turn it around" (as we coach him).
His diet, sleep patterns & habits are put under a microscope. Its tiring. Its complicated. Its sometimes seems hopeless. Autism is what it is. He is what he is. And we love him even more because of it, but it is difficult.
Holidays oh holidays, Let the craziness begin. The spookiness seemed to go on and on and on around here. Jared and i had to cancel our annual couples costume party since there was just no days available to do it. The school parades, and class parties seemed to keep coming. But the kids looted up and enjoyed every minute. This year we have Mike & Amy Salazar (Hartnell bball) living with us. They've joined the family extremely smoothly and we are really enjoying having them along for our fun family stuff. We hit Spreckels with them and Kendra went with Grace Vasher out in las palmas. Halloween done.
