back to school
April 19, 2009
so my whole family came down with the flu. we have been sick for 2 weeks! and the worst thing is we had to cancel a trip to san diego and disneyland for spring break. my mom, sister, nephew and niece all flew there to spend the week with us. we weren’t able to go because we were so sick.
canceling a trip like this is difficult for any child. for my son, there is an added element of difficulty. his mind really works in patterns and expectations. he had it set in his mind that he would go to school, get a week off and go to san diego, and then go back to school again. since he hasn’t gone to san diego yet, he is having a hard time breaking the pattern and deciding that it is o.k. to not go to san diego before he goes back to school.
it is going to be an interesting week back to school. my daughter is excited to see all of her friends, she can’t wait to get back to school. my son says “i am NOT going back to school until i go to san diego”. i’ve given his teachers warning that it could be a difficult week for him. however, i don’t think he will any more difficult for them as he has been for us this past week. there is nothing worse than 1) being sick, 2) missing a great trip, 3) being holed up in a house for more than a week. needless to say, he has been bouncing off the walls. he has also become very creative this week.
one funny story - he has reverted back to doing a lot of hitting and screaming this week. so my husband has been using the “keep your body to yourself” spiel. one day my son said, “ok i’ll give you a hug, daddy”. he put his arms out and face towards my husband as if to give a hug but made sure not to touch him - being very literal about keeping his body to himself - but having that cute little smirk on his face that he gets when he’s being the little trickster.
i told him that his teachers were going to give him extra incentives to have a good week of following instructions - that if he did, he would get to go to the store and pick out a toy. he smacked himself in the head and said “oh, no”. he knows he is going to want to get the toy. but he also knows that he’s going to have to behave very well and I don’t think he wants to do that! we’ll see how tomorrow goes - back to school!
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