On Sunday we celebrated Lynn Lynn's 6th birthday party. Lynn is the boys cousin. I brought K.C. and Big Brother along for the birthday party and he did great as long as we let him do his own thing. I did try to coax him into sitting through the happy birthday song. He sat through half of it before getting up and walking away. He didn't like being around so much noise and people. Big Brother spent most of his time with his 1 year old cousin and of course Lynn Lynn. K.C. spent his time walking around the perimeter of the Ramada we sat at. I watched him glance towards the big bouncer that the kids bounced in. I thought he might actually try to get inside and bounce but he didn't. The children tried calling him over to the bouncer but he was having a good time walking and watching them from a distance. He smiled nearly the whole time and I let him be. In the past I would have tried my best to get K.C. into that bouncer fearing he just wasn't going to have a good time unless he was doing what the other kids were doing. I did try twice to get him into the bouncer and then stopped. I figure if he wanted to bounce he would walk right in himself :) K.C. did have fun at the party, he didn't bounce with the other kids but you should have seen his face, he smiled nearly the entire time. Everyone is not the same, Big Brother loved bouncing with the kids, K.C. loved watching the kids bounce. My sister worried K.C. wasn't having a good time because he didn't want to be with the other kids. I know better these days, I would say he had just as much fun in his own K.C. way.
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Refreshing blog. Thank you for being uplifting and thank you for not letting your son's autism be the end of the world. I agree ..."enough with the Autism being such a tragedy already!" Life is too short. K.C. is a beautiful boy. You are a strong person. Thank you for visiting me.
On the carousel, Noah is serious as taking a final exam. He won't get on the horses to save his life, but he will sit on a bench on the carousel and look like he's not enjoying himself but he is. But mostly? He just likes to stay in his stroller and watch it go around and around. He enjoys it in his own way. If he wasn't enjoying it, he'd do something else. Just like KC & the bouncer. :)
I think that you are a wise mommy by recognizing that K.C. can have a good time with doing what the other children are doing. You are right that he had fun in his own way by observing the other children. There are times when Griffin has done the same thing, not wanting to participate in what his peers are doing. It is so wonderful that he had a big smile on his face the whole time, he was a happy little camper just like Griffin is when he is doing his own thing.
Love & Hugs!!!!!!!
And you are so right!
C was the same, but i did manage to find a friendly bouncy castle man who would let C on when it was shut to other children.
ok I am caught up first of I would have clobbered the guy for sayng my kid is fat!!! tht park looks fun adn he even feed the ducks cool and the smile must have made you so happy to see, hope all is well over there..
I'm with your grandma, I'm sick of everyone acting like autism is a tragedy. It's a different way of life...
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