Double Mother's Day...(Love x 3)

Mother's Day at our house is really cool....because Greyson has 2 Mommies! Imagine that! What a lucky fella....well according to most people. Some may beg to differ but they just have narrow useless minds and they just don't get it. Sorry about their luck!

It's Sunday night and the weekend has come to an end. We have had a great time together even though it started Friday night a little shaky. Greyson had a moment and did not want to go out to eat. You see, Friday has always been camp out night for us as a family. We order pizza and then we watch a movie, usually, of his choice. So when we tried to use Michele's birthday outback gift certificate he had a little fit. Sometimes it is not worth the battle or the insanity once we are out to eat so we give in most of the time. Some may say we shouldn't give in to him but we have established a routine on Friday nights and he doesn't like any change to that. That's OK. Although a night now and again for Michele and I would be wonderful. Our lives are even more centered around him now and our time for us is almost never. Anyway...after caving and hanging out with him Friday night we woke up to a beautiful Saturday. We headed over to a birthday party at Ginger's for the afternoon while momom worked and then back home to have fun with her. We ate dinner, watched TV and Greyson worried some about the oncoming thunder storm. He freaks at the least sign of unpleasant weather. He wants everyone home with him and we are to go absolutely NO place until it passes. If its bad he goes into full panic mode. Last night it wasn't very bad here so we dodged a bullet. :) We headed off to bed late and this am Greyson woke us up to his sweet voice saying wake up momom & mommy....Happy Mother's Day! I have surprises for you. We worked in the yard some, mowed the grass and Michele even hung a new swing for Greyson in the front yard. he was sooo excited screaming, I got a new swing and you guys haven;t gotten anything yet for mother's day. He is such a pistol....hahahahaaaaa Later he made us cards shaped like hearts telling us each how much he loved us. He is the sweetest guy! I told him how much we loved him and how we wouldn't be mother's if it weren't for him. He grinned soooo big. I so love him.....Have I told you guys that lately? We had a great day and a great weekend. He played outside which is sooo good for his well being physically, emotionally and mentally so I love him getting out. Some days he holes up in the house and does not want to interact with his friends. Other days he is running and having a blast with them. Either way he's just Greyson and he is a great great guy! Happy mother's day to all of our "mutha's" that read along! :) We love you all and you are truly all very special. Hope you all had a most wonderful day as well.

Another Day in the Life...

Today has been good so far and yesterday was fine too. Greyson has been enjoying his kitty kat Alex, loving him, playing with him, etc... But feeding him has been a challenge. Susan...you're gonna love this! He, Greyson, cannot stand the smell of the cat food. I am trying to get him to understand that the kitten needs to see him as the daddy/giver of food/love & TLC so that they will bond. Unfortunately the food has been crazy so far. hahahaaa Greyson nearly gagged this am when I handed it to him so I grabbed it back and set it on the bathroom floor for the kitten. Then I made him bring the kitten to the food. He was in and out in the bat of an eye due to the "stench" as he calls it. Other than that things are rolling right along. He has been loving school and mini society. He is excited about his job as Museum director/runner....and I am helping him round up items for his museum to display and exhibit. We painstakingly finished his first project thanks to my allowing him to procrastinate but it is completed as well with some help from mommy to minimize the drama. He was extremely happy to share about the butterflies today. He brought a butterfly tree house to school with caterpillars and his class watched the whole metamorphosis into butterflies. They fed them oranges for a week and watched them grow. Today they released them into the wild to fly away and make more painted lady butterflies! It was sooooo neat to see the whole thing happen. I may get more this summer...and some lady bugs too. I recommend this site to anyone looking for a unique experience for their children this summer. http://www.insectlore.com/ They have great information and wonderful kits for raising all kinds of bugs, butterflies, etc, etc.... Oh how cool it is! Enjoy...

Now for a little tid bit...Greyson lately has been very interested in some shows that he loved as a baby/toddler. Not sure why, but maybe all kids do this. He would kill me for telling so it is TOP SECRET OK? We watched Elmo the other night and lately he has been all about his trains again. Thomas the Tank Engine to be exact. He soooooo loves trains. I told him not to be embarrassed and that it was OK for him to like it still but he is embarrassed anyway. I think his love for trains will NEVER die secretly or not. He is in another world when playing trains or watching those Thomas DVD's. What an awesome guy we have! Well, don't forget...it's a secret because he may burst into flames as he says if anyone found out. The trains I can always embrace...Elmo on the other hand may push me clean over the freakin' edge! Lalalala lalalalaaaaaaa Elmo's world.....dew doot doot dew deeeeewwwww......dew doot doot deeeeewwww....that's Elllllmoooooo's world! Ahhhhhhhhh! Now that I put that song in your brain too...I am happy. At least I know all the mommies who read this are singing that crap with me now! I feel soo much better! Good day...Good night....Good times to all! love & hugs from us to you.

Tuesday night and storms a brewin'

This is Greyson's new kitten Alex...a boy kitty we just found out (thanks Jen)...laying with our lab Allie. Isn't that sweet. :)

Now...Let me start by saying that momom is not going to be happy once she arrives home tonight. She wanted me to ensure Greyson went to Karate but things did not go quite that simply. Once dinner time arrived storms were brewin' in our area and Greyson was totally freaked out. Now let me set the record straight...Greyson was watching TV in his room and a storm alert came on the TV. Claiming flash floods, hail, heavy rains, lightning, etc...in our area. He freaked. He hates thunderstorms and especially if there is thunder & lightning. It's not pretty. He was convinced that we weren't going anywhere. In the meantime Michele stopped by home before going on the finish work for the night. She made sure to tell me he needed to go to Karate due to his belt test coming up soon. Oh well....I refuse to wrestle a freaked out 8 year old so we stayed here. I will take him 3 times next week to make up for it but tonight I wasn't going to battle him. It never did get bad but that's like Murphy's Law material. Had we gone, there probably would have been all hell breaking loose with him clinging to me for days to come. The jaws of life wouldn't have been able to remove him from me had a bad storm come up! This was self preservation as far as I am concerned. He is currently playing some games on his computer. I need to persuade him to fill out his license for his mini society at school and work on his project as well...but I am being slack and letting him have Greyson time with his computer and kitten. Overall I guess it is shame on mommy night! So there you have it...well I at least need to go and get him a shower and head off to bed at a decent time. Good night all and sweet dreams to all of you. hugs...

Greyson's new kitten (Alex) has arrived!

Greyson got his new kitten today and named her...at least we think it is a her, "Alex". I believe she has been named after Alex the lion in the Madagascar movies. He is having heart burn saying Alex is a boy name so she may become "Alakita" which Greyson informed me is the girl name of Alex. OK dude...whatever you say. Just so you all know. I have had many a brain cramp lately. Our son is VERY literal (thanks to his Aspergers) and he will call you out on things constantly because of it. If you say, "In a minute..." He has been known to count to 60 or even backwards from 60. Therefore it is in your best interest when speaking to him to be on your "P's & Q's"...needless to say, I am his mother and I still suffer from many a moment of setting myself up for being called out. Today I said we would be home in a couple of minutes after he asked how much longer it would take. I said about 5 or 10 minutes more and he said, " You said a couple, last time you said I could have a couple of cookies and it was 2 or 3 not 5 or 10!" OK...so you got me there! Ahhhhhhhhhh! Michele sat there smiling. Thanks partner for the support! :) Anyway...here's Greyson and his new kitten "Alex" ? "Alakita"? We are having a great day and tomorrow its back to school. He wants to take Alex but I have already put the nixie on that. Poor cat couldn't take all that attention just yet...she is doing good to be here with Greyson. Have a great day everyone....love to all!

Friday night and the meltdowns abound...

Let me just say that G man has been doing quite well here lately. He was able to do the talent show without freaking out in front of all those parents. He did gallop around and/or walk in circles alot that night but that is his norm when his sensory issues get to be on overload so as long as he isn't being unruly, distracting or harming anyone we let him gallop and walk all he wants.

As for yesterday, Friday, We went to his authors tea at school to enjoy all the kids stories they had written. It was wonderful. We got home and he had a good day here, we ate dinner with momom, and then he played some with her. (momom time as he calls it.) Let me tell you if he misses momom time it can get really ugly. He sooooo needs time with her and if she is running late or tired he just breaks. Talk about the saddest boy ever...So...last night he had momom time. He was also watching his show he had waited all week on, Fairly Odd Parents, Wishology. Greyson was watching that and it came time for a shower or bath. He chose a bath but not without a fight. Since he was not wanting to go we said we would pause his show and we did. Well shame on me! He got done and came back in to watch it while I was playing the guitar. He kept screaming at me to stop and that I was being loud. Momom & I told him to go into the bedroom to watch and then it wouldn't bother him. DUH! He had paused it in the living room so it wouldn't be the same back there but we did not realize that right away. When he left I changed the channel and kept playing guitar. He came back in screaming when he realized the bedroom TV wasn't playing the same part of the show. My doing that made him miss the entire part that had been paused so now he is freaking out. He was crying inconsolably and saying how he had to see that tonight. We tried explaining we would record it when it came on again but that didn't help. Can you say one tired boy, TV show messed up = full on meltdown. He screamed when I tried to reason with him, and I quote, "I am about to burst into flames!" All while crying his heart out. We said you can stay up maybe it's on later tonight and he screamed, "I have school tomorrow!" We exclaimed, "No you don't, It's Saturday!" For a brief second I saw a little smile almost appear on that frowny face...it never came through though. He stopped short of being happy. I think he would go to school 7 days a week with Ms Suzy at the helm! hahahaaaa We finally got him calm after about 2 or 3 minutes of his tirade but it was a trip. This doesn't happen often but every now and again when the stars are aligned just right we have lift off. Last night was lift off night. This morning we are back to def con 0. And I am sure he will get to see the all important "Wishology" show. The sad part is Michele and I laughed secretly to each other through his whole freaking out last night. Mainly because of the hysterical things he says and does when having such an episode. We don't let him see obviously since all he is experiencing is very important and life or death to him. Very serious stuff folks! We so love him, meltdowns and all. When people say how do you do it, I just think...How do you not? He is Greyson and we love all of him. We are here to help him make sense of a world that he doesn't always make sense of. Even at times like that. Yes he can be a handful and a challenge more so than the so called "neurotypical" child, but we have learned to roll with it most of the time. Don't get me wrong, we both have moments of hair loss or shall I say hair pulling, but we make it work. It's all about the love I tell you! All about the love! Some days you just have to dig a little deeper than others but it works out. Last night was a dig deep moment or maybe more of a buckle up for safety moment. We felt the love the whole time though....while he unfortunately felt the frustrations of life. He managed and today's a new day. Bring on Saturday! :)

Talent Show at CCS last night...

Greyson, some of his classmates and some other kids in the school participated in a Spring Talent Show last night. Only the kids that wanted to participated and believe it or not he wanted to dance & sing. He has done this before at his other school, but never solo! Guess what? He did it and the video is below. He was awesome but all of them were. It was beautiful to see these kids believing in themselves like they do. Especially given some of their challenges and/or backgrounds. It is and was such a wonderful experience to behold. Thank you teachers, volunteers and parents for supporting these great talents and sharing the children with all of us. I so love this school and its focus for the children.

Now enjoy Greyson's dance to Coast to Coast! Go Greyson! Go Greyson! :)

Greyson Dancin' at his Spring Talent Show CCS