Dec 26

Christmas came and went and the boys did great. We had no crying, screaming, or fit throwing over anything. It was great and a first.
Also the Winter Break Home School is going great. Avion and Sassi really like it. I’m doing a mixture of kindergarten and first grade stuff. The reason behind doing the Winter Break Home School is so that maybe Avion won’t have a hard time adjusting to school once it starts up again. Avion didn’t do well going back to school after Thanksgiving Break this year. So wish me luck that my home school will help Avion and his Teacher.

Dec 18

Avion's class had a Christmas... uhhh... I mean a 5 senses party. Avion wanted me to be there. So I volunteer in his class. The three first grade classes all got together and they had different activities in each class. Avion did great with this. Then the whole school did a sing-a-long. It was very fun. Avion who hates singing did really good at the sing-a-long too. I'm so proud of him.

Dec 16

Avion had a great day today. I’m so proud of him.
Zidan had Co-Op preschool today. The friend who was teaching today was doing a Polar Express theme and called to let me know that Zidan could wear his pjs. I asked Zidan if he wanted to wear his pjs to Co-Op preschool. He said yes, so David took him upstairs to change him back into his pj. Zidan gets dress as soon as he gets up for two reasons: one, so he gets out of the night time pull up and two, so I don’t have to fight with him about getting dressed later when I need to leave the house. Zidan is excited for Co-Op preschool until it is time to leave. He has been like this for a while. He will be excited about an activity we are about to do. But when it is time to go to the activity he doesn’t want to go. Avion went through a phase like this too. Once we arrived at his friend’s house he is all excited again and just runs in. I pick him up from Co-Op Preschool and he had a blast. Once we get home it is time to change out of the pjs and put on clothes that he can go to his PM preschool. Yes, Zidan goes to two preschools. One is a Co-Op between two friends and me. We each have a boy and we take turns teaching. The second preschool is through Early Interventions, where Zidan goes 3 days a week. Once Zidan was dressed (and that was quite a fight), it was time for lunch. After lunch the bus come and picks Zidan up. Of course once it was time to get the shoes and coat on for PM Preschool, Zidan didn’t want to go. But as soon as he sees his bus, he runs out to it and happily gets on and say goodbye mom with prompting.

Dec 15

I volunteered in Avion’s class today. As soon as I got there Avion asked me if I would take him home. I told him I would at the end of the day. I helped Mrs. F around the class, and I noticed that Avion was more keyed up than normal. He has been like this most of the month. He had a few minor melt downs during the time I was there and one big melt down at the end of the day. It started with his santa head not being glued on. Then he got one spelling word wrong on his test he had on Monday and at that point he throw his spelling test on the floor and started jumping on it. Mrs. F had to carry him out of the room and put him in the HUB room (don’t ask me what HUB stand for because I don’t know) where Mr. V took over and Avion processed to scream and cry for about 10 minutes. Once he got home, I told him that he had lost his privilege to play Boom Blox, he had to write a letter to his teacher apologizing for his behavior, and fold and put away the towels because of how he acted at school. I email Mrs. F apologizing too and she wrote me back saying “Thanks for your support in the classroom and with Avion. All we hope for is that he will have more good days then bad. See you on Friday.”

Dec 14

Sassi had a friend come over after school today. Sassi is a very socially child. She loves having friends over or going to their house. Avion has very few social skills and when he does interact with kids, he needs parent supervision most of the time. Well Avion decided that he wanted to chase Sassi and her frined around the house. He doesn’t ask if they want to play. He just roars and starts running toward them. Sassi and her friend decided to let Avion chase them. All three kids played chase fine for about 20 minutes. The girls ask Avion to stop because they are done playing chase. Of course Avion doesn’t stop. So Sassi calls for me to tell me that Avion will not stop chasing them. I go to Avion and tell him that he needs to stop chasing the girls. Avion doesn’t want to stop playing chase and starts crying. I make he sit on the couch until he can control himself. Once he has control of himself he asked if he can go play on the computer.

Dec 12

Every year the kids and I make a gingerbread house. This year when I told the kids that we were going to make it, Avion didn’t want to. I was very sad but at least Sassi and Zidan were excited. We got the house up with very little problems. After the house was set I called Sassi and Zidan to help put the candy on. That this point Avion decided that he wanted to help. I was happy. After the house was decorated, I wanted to take a picture of it with the kids. As soon as I got the camera out, Avion runs out of the kitchen yelling no picture. For over a year now Avion has not wanted to get his picture taken. Reason behind it is because the flash hurts his eyes. So I take a picture of Sassi and Zidan and the house. But it was just not the same without Avion. So I decided that I’m going to try to get a picture of him close to the house with the other two. I call Avion back in the kitchen and as I’m getting ready Avion realized what I was about to do and he bolts again. I call him back for one more try. This time I talk with him and asked if he would stand near the house with his eyes closed. Avion agrees. So I’m able to get my picture of the house with all three kids with their eyes all closed. And the end we have a house to eat and we are thankful for eye lids that protect our eyes from the bright flashes from the camera.

The boys got into a fight today. Those two fighting can sometime be quite comical. It starts off with Zidan walking to close to Avion or whatever Avion is playing with and accidental touch Avion or the toy. Avion goes from happily playing to jumping up and down and yelling/crying that Zidan is a bad boy and needs a time out in a blink of an eye. I will go over to Avion calm him down and asked him what happened. Zidan at this point will usually turn to Avion with a mad/grumpy look on his face and say in a grumpy voice that he is sorry and will continue say “I sorry” for the next 2 or 3 minutes. Once both boys have calmed down they go back to what they were doing before the accidental and act like nothing happened.

Dec 11

The morning was normal for Avion. Zidan’s Co-op Preschool was canceled. Zidan didn’t seem to notice and that was good. He would have been very sad if he realized that he was not going to see his two buddies. When I was getting Sassi ready for PM Kindergarten, I decided to volunteer in her class. I had not been in her class yet this month and she only has 5 more days of school before Christmas Break and two of those days I'm going to be in Avion's class. The one thing about last minute volunteering is that I don’t get to prep Avion for the change of him not riding the bus. So here was my dilemma, do I rush home after volunteering and have the kids take the bus or do I leave a note with the office saying I’m picking up Avion from school and hope that he doesn’t have his heart set on ridding the bus. Well I choose to do the last option and it worked out great. I got to talk with Avioin’s teacher Mrs. F and found out that Avion had his best day since he went back to school from Thanksgiving Break. Yea!!!!

Dec 10

Today is my birthday, David lets me sleep in. When I woke up Avion was already at school. I asked David how Avion was this morning. David said that Avion was a little off because I was not up but he got on the bus just fine. I think to myself I will get a call from the school later today. After lunch, David got Sassi and Zidan off on their buses. We decided to go pick up a movie rental and the pizza for dinner. Once we are back home I notice that we had three missed calls. One was from the school and there was a voice mail too. Mr. V (Avion's Resource Teacher) from the school wants to talk with me because Avion has been acting out and is having a hard day. I call Mr. V and explain to him that today in my birthday and so the morning was a little different. Overall the phone call went very well. Once Avion got home from school, I asked him how is day was. I got the normal response of fine. I asked him if Mr. V took him out of class. Avion said yes and that he had a big paper for me. On the paper there is a Avion hand drawn picture of him yelling with a big X through it. Avion told me no yelling, that is bad. The rest of the day went pretty well, Avion had one more melt down and that was because I told him he could not play Boom Blox any more today.