I Don’t Want to Forget
Daniel has done some pretty great things in the past week and I want to make sure I get them down so I can remember when they happened.
Last week the door bell rang, we do not answer our door unless we are expecting someone.
Yes, people think we are strange. Our car is parked in the drive way and I am positive they can hear the kids and me sometimes but I don’t care. I do not buy anything from someone at my front door (or my back door) and I get really upset when they will not stop knocking and ringing the door bell just to sell me meat from the back of their truck, that I find quite frightening in itself, but I will not go there. Anyway sorry for the detour, the door bell rings, I say don’t answer the door, the kids are running for the door, Ariel yells very loud “DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR!”. I say “SHH” as I run to the door to stop Daniel and Joshua from opening the door, I look out the window it is no one we want to talk to and I say “No, guys don’t open the door”. We all walk away and Daniel looks at me, points to the door and says “They are not friends, Mommy?” He got it! I said “That is right Daniel, they are not friends.” That was the first time he had communicated that he understood the difference between strangers and friends.
I believe he understood to a point but I think that day he understood it fully.
Today the kids stayed with my mom for a little while so I could have a short break, I haven’t had one in about three months so I needed about an hour of alone time. I usually get a break once a week for a couple hours but that hasn’t worked out for several months, for various reasons. I came to get them and as we were all in the other room talking, Daniel came walking in and had one sock on. He has never been able to put his socks on! Today was the first day he did and he did it without me asking. He was telling us that he was ready to go and he was preparing to leave independently. I asked him to get his other sock on and he did and then he put his shoes on with a little assistance. Then when we got home he took off his shoes when I asked him to. He hasn’t done that either. Awesome!
I was pretty excited about those things, the great thing is how unexpected they are.
I haven’t pushed him, I have just waited on him. I tell him these things, I show him how to do things and then I get to a point thinking “well its going to take more work, or even may not happen”, then surprise, surprise! He does it out of the blue. Which brings me to this evening, I was trying to get him to try some pureed pears, he didn’t want to. I asked him again and I told him it was white, (he likes white food) and he said “No, it’s not white, it’s yellow”. I looked at it and he was right. I started laughing. Joshua and Ariel wanted to try it so I let them, then I said “Daniel, how about you try it? Ariel and Joshua tried it and they are your sister and brother so you should try it like them. Come on you have to since they did.” He started laughing and said “No, tease me, Mommy.” I looked at David and asked him if Daniel really said that. So I asked Daniel what he said and he said it again. “No, tease me, Mommy. I want white yogurt.”
Hmm…Some pretty great things happened. What seems so small to others is huge for us.
