Landon has done a lot of growing the last few months. His imagination is through the roof right now. Nothing is safe, he even had his noodles dueling at dinner the other night. I have purposefully kept his schedule low key in hopes to give him plenty of room to explore and imagine. It is so easy to fall in the over booked trap. I have to admit, that I do feel a pang of guilt when I hear about other kids schedules. But, I know my kids, when we are "doing" a lot, I am basically hauling around tired cranky kids. I still maintain that the most important job for a kid is to have plenty of playtime, and lots of time outside to experience the world. Boredom is an opportunity to open your eyes, look around, and pay attention. If you are really paying attention to the ants on the ground, the pumpkins growing in the garden, or the way the paint flows around a soggy piece of paper, you are not bored.
He is so much fun to teach. Everything is interesting, he adds a new perspective to everything we do, and he just plain makes me laugh. We did a yoga story during my yoga class the other day that involved a dead bug (baby pose), really it was one little activity and ever since that day every thing we do talk about or otherwise has to involve a dead bug. The randomness and the comedy of it all... right now he is telling me "I am dreaming of shoes and fishing"...I just want to bottle him up and remember how sweet and silly this age is.
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How old is he now? Three? Four? Well, he sounds a lot like my Sami. Honestly, I can't believe how much fun he is to teach. He sees something interesting about everything. And he remembers so much and thinks about it for days. This is another thing about autism -- I wonder if I would have really appreciated Sami and spent this kind of time with the kid if it weren't that I HAD to change my parenting style because of Oliver. ... and yeah, Sami never met a dead bug (or living one) that he didn't love!!!
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