Why Is He Picking On Angela?

Our dear friend Angela Basnar came to visit. This wasn't her first visit and we hope not her last. For some reason Sammy always has something to say when Angela comes. In February she came for the day and around 9pm he said " OK ladies you've had enough time together" then looking at his wrist like there was a watch on it he continued with " its getting late and I think you're friend needs to leave." I realize that autistic kids don't usually have much tact, but it still surprised me that Sammy would react that way. Angela being the wonderful person she is didn't take it personal thankfully.
This time she came for a weekend visit. She first came to our house and then followed us to Keisha's house. Sammy is sitting in the back seat of our car with a plastered smile on his face trying not to move his lips and says " you're friend is following us."
This is the reason I let people know from the beginning that Sammy has autism. That way no one gets offended, hopefully.

Another Meeting Story

Another meeting has come and gone so of course I have another story. Since he was about 2 Sammy has wanted to hold his own Bible at the meeting. I don't think he realized exactly what the Bible was he just really liked the book mark attached. A few Sunday's ago he leaned over about half way through the meeting and said " mommy you see all the words? Well they are Jehovah's words." I was very impressed that he knew that. When it was time for the song he was still intensely looking at his Bible. I whispered to him that it was time to sing the song and his reply was " you go ahead and sing I'm going to try to figure this book out." I just smiled to myself thinking how I can't wait to tell him these things as he gets older.

You Wouldn't Think I'd Have To Say This More Than Once.

I think we have all had those deja vue moments. Where you feel like you have been here or seen this before. It's an odd feeling. Lately I have heard words come out of my mouth and as I am saying them I am thinking "I've used this expression recently haven't I ?" And the answer turns out to be YES!
Some examples of this weeks recurring phrases are "don't put your mouth on the dogs nose", "don't yell it smells like pee out the car window", "we absolutely have to throw away the dog's poop bags", "why are your underwear on inside out and backwards ?", "pasta isn't a snack to bring to the meeting", "it's not nice to try to smell someones underarm", and "peanut butter isn't something we keep in the night stand."
And this hasn't been too bad of a week as far as these sayings go. There have been much worse, but that's a different post.

Who's A Good Mommy?

Its a well known fact that people that have babies do baby talk. I don't mean the goo goo gaa gaa stuff. But we do start talking differently when there is a baby around. I have recently learned that something similiar happens when you have a pet. Sammy like to refer to Cup Cake as his baby girl and shows her lots of affection holding her, rubbing her belly, or just sitting down petting her. When we first got her he even called Jasmine Cup Cake a few times. More recently he came in the room when I wasn't feeling well and rubbed my stomach and said "who's a good mommy?" I played along and said "me!" He responded with " yes you are a good mommy." I would have rathered goo goo gaa gaa.

An Unusual Snack.

Maw-Maw Toni has said that she enjoys watching Sammy eat because of how much he is enjoying it. I am so thankful for all the healthy food Sammy loves. Brussel Sprouts, Mango, Broccoli and Cantelope just to name a few. Surprisingly he is willing to try new food too.

Yesterday he showed me that his top tooth was loose. He doesn't like me pulling it because he is extra sensitive (a side effect of Autism). We usually let him wiggle it with his tongue and then when it is ready either he or I will get it out. Last night he didn't feel ready for it to come out. Right before bed I checked his mouth and the tooth was there, but this morning when he woke up it was not. The tooth was no were to be found. He must have swallowed it. Since he grinds his teeth they are so small I imagine he wouldn't even know he swallowed it.

I appreciate that he eats just about anything but, this might be a little too willing to try anything :)

I Learn A New Word Every Day.

 Sammy and Liam are known for one thing while watching movies, TALKING! It doesn't matter if they watch it numerous times or if they are seeing it for the first time. They ask questions, talk about what is going to happen or what they think is going to happen, and of course like to tell you what will happen next.

So this weekend when they watched The Bee Movie for the first time, as usual there was a lot of talking. There is a part in the movie when Barry (voiced by Jerry Seinfield) leaves the hive and upon returning tells his friend he met a girl. ( If you've seen the movie you know he met a human) His friend replies " I just hope she is beeish." I understood this to be a play on words like saying she should be Jewish. Sammy replied "No, she is Hu-mish." Then, he looked at me like, those bee's are dumb.

I've had to get good at silent laughing.

We're Not Getting Any Younger!

As any mother does, I try to take as many pictures of the boys as I can. The time that they are little has already flown by. Sammy is 6 and Liam will be 4 in a month. So after playing outside for awhile they came in to cool off. I thought this was a good time to take some pictures. I took a few of them separately and then asked if they could sit by each other for me to get one of them together. Reluctantly they did and while I was trying to make sure this was the right spot for lighting, Sammy is smiling saying the above "we're not getting any younger!"  Ironically this is the exact reason I wanted to take pictures.