3:43pm
Oh, you silly children? You thought that since it was spring break, you had no work to do? Do you not remember all that homework you were assigned?
Plus, you live under the Rule of Mom. MUHUAHAHAHAHAHA.
Just eat your breakfast and get to work.
Not ready to work? Then watch your brother work.
Now, if I can just keep them busy for the rest of this week…
3:37pm
Week one of online school 2.0 is drawing to a close… and now we have spring break.
The kids will have some homework to do over spring break, but…. it’s still spring break.
*sigh*
Lord, grant me strength to keep them from strangling each other…
10:30pm
It is World Autism Awareness Day (and also Friend’s birthday – happy birthday, Friend!!!), so here are my two everyday examples of awareness.
I feel like anyone who knows these boys knows how their ASD affects them, but how do I describe the effect that the lockdown is having on these two?
Tad is an extrovert who is dependent on his routine. With his routine gone and his connections outside of the immediate family cut off, he has been at loose ends, trying to find anything that seems “normal.” His art class is on hold, his social swim group was canceled, youth group is paused, and his Young Life group is going to move to online meetings – which helps, but isn’t the same. He’s even asking to go back to school, which should tell you just how desperate he is! We are trying our best to find a foothold on a new routine for him. It isn’t easy.
Thumper doesn’t understand where all the important adults in his life went, or why he only sees them on screens right now. He is a natural introvert, but misses the people he loves. He is lousy at social distancing thanks to his sensory needs, and would take all the hugs and cuddles he could right now. He is used to getting a lot of physical feedback from all the therapists and teachers and paras – they hug him, they tickle him, they play with him, they redirect him. And now he has only me.
10:12pm
If there is anything I am learning while we are all stuck together, it is that we MUST have some space to ourselves. The boys are not the best practictioners of that, because they are always convinced that someone else is doing something MORE fun than they are, and that must be investigated.
So, it was a minor miracle yesterday when I had all three boys doing different things AT THE SAME TIME.
Rerun had gotten a puzzle out all on his own.
300 pieces is definitely a challenge for him. Well, Tad wasn’t remotely interested in doing a puzzle, so I suggested that he finally break open his Star Wars “paint by number” kit and choose one picture.
And that left Thumper. He had been waltzing around the house wearing my cardigan (it was drizzling a little), so I set him up with the iPad.
And there was peace in the house for a FULL HOUR.
Some days, this quarantine parenting gives you a win, and you blog about it to remember it always.
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