I can't believe a month has gone by

Has it really been a month since my last post? I guess it has. Life has just flown by.

Things have been very up an down for us here in minecraft world. He has become so obsessed with minecraft that EVERYTHING is about minecraft. School has been difficult, good moments and bad moments. Same at home. Today has been a good day. We went to my dr appt this morning, I brought a bribe. I like to have something to pull out in moments like this where I really need him to be on his best behavior. He got a Sonic graphic novel (he just started showing interest in this last night). We came home for a meeting I had with his service providers supervisor- we had to go over the 6 month goal updates.

Then we went to the Mall, where I was having a really hard time walking. He was so concerned, putting his arm around me to help me walk. I do love him so. He bought a Sonic figure with blanket. He was so excited to get it. We then bought lunch for papa (soup) and lunch for granny, Will and me (Chipoltes). We had a wonderful lunch at granny and papas then came home to relax before the new staff arrived. We are now having a lovely time playing Monkeyball on the wii.

What a difference a minute makes

Will started out this morning with minimal struggles, just the usual...

He came home from school with reports of an awesome day. Yeah Will! Woot woot! Staff came 20 minutes later and Will excelled at using his words and doing everything that was asked of him. He chose to go support his classmates in the cabaret. We made his schedule, when it came time to leave for the cabaret everything changed in an instant.

He wanted to get there late so he could play for 10 minutes before. Staff deferred to me to take the lead with Will. We sat down and talked. I explained that we needed to leave on time to find parking, find our seats, and because its kind of rude to arrive late. Will can be so empathetic at times, and at others.....well....not so much. He started screaming about how he didn't care about the other kids because they all bully him. My heart broke right them and there, however, by talking quietly and calmly we were able to figure out the REAL reason for the melt down: he desperately wanted to play 3 person minecraft while Tim was there working with him and he hadn't been able to play it today with staff/me. We came to a compromise and just like that, in another instant he was fine.

We went to the cabaret, came home early and played minecraft. When it was time to move on to other things (meds/shower) we turned in another instant! What a crazy night tonight has turned out to be. I let him hit me with a pillow to get out the frustration. It worked quickly, then he got hurt, and knocked off the wii sensor bar off the tv. Another melt down....more hitting me with a pillow which didn't work quite so well the second time around. Sigh...

We (by that I mean I) decided that an early bedtime was warranted. So we went upstairs, used our new sensory light, read a little from our new book, did a blanket wrap and got through our happy thoughts.

May have been quite a roller coaster of a day, but we ended it well....and isn't that all that REALLY matters?