Yay Brandon!!!!!

My 3 year old son ,Brandon, used a fork for the 1st time today all by himself!!! Now, you are probably thinking that doesn't sound too special because your child could do that at a year old. But, Brandon has autism. Everything is a challenge for him to learn. It took countless hours of occupational therapy and lots and lots and lots of practice at home. Not to mention the melt downs, tears, and frustration. I'm so proud of my little man!!

Summer's Almost Over

Summer break is almost over already?! Brandon starts back to preschool next week! Just what will I do with me and my baby girl by ourselves 2 days a week? Brandon is starting a brand new school this year and I think I am more nervous than he is. I have not met his teacher yet, but hopefully I will soon. I'm waiting on a phone call to set everything up for him at his new school. I'm hoping I can arrange a time when we can take Brandon to go look around the school, see his classroom, and meet his teacher before the 1st day. We've got his new clothes bought and his back pack from last year ready to go. I tried to get him excited about school by letting him buy a new back pack. He was having a blast until I told him it was for school. Then he suddenly hated them all. So, we are sticking with the old one. I'm expecting a rocky start...but it can only improve from there. =)

Closet or Art Project?

You be the judge. =P Apparently this is what happens when you tell a 3 year old that his crayons work better on white after he was trying to color a black part of his coloring book. Can you guess who had to help clean it up??

My 3 year old! He know realizes crayons go on the wall a whole lot easier than they come off. I've still got a lot of scrubbing to do and all that scrubbing is taking the paint off the wall. I guess I'll be painting them once school starts back up. On the plus side...I still have paint left over from painting his room. =)

A B C....

This is Brandon. Today he surprised me by showing me something I didn't know he could do. He was looking at one of his books about letters and numbers. Suddenly I hear "B-Boy!" So, I went to go see what he was doing. Then he pointed to the next letter "C-Cat!", and the next "D-Dog!"...."E Elephant." I had no idea he knew his letters by sight. Surprise!!! =)