He had a fantastic "Chris-Chris" and got Thomas the Tank Engine EVERYTHING! Every present he'd open, he's stop, break into a big grin and say, "Thomas!" He settled in with his face on the ground, watching the wheels of his trains move, eating his M&Ms and Skittles. He was one happy camper.
He insists on wearing socks all the time now, whether he has shoes on or not. I'm not sure why that suddenly happened, but it makes him happy, and it's good for him anyway, right? Plus, it's really cute when he requests "thockth" with his little lisp.
He asks every day to go to school. I think he's having a hard time with the break. Two weeks with no set schedule is a hard thing for our boy. We do the best we can with a loose schedule at home. Wake up, eat breakfast, get ready for the day, put on a movie, play, have lunch later, dinner, wrestling with daddy, bathtime and bed. It helps, but he longs for his regular, vigorous routine.
Carter seems to be doing better at church lately. He has an awesome teacher who has kids of her own with special needs. He'll be changing teachers in January, and that has us scared. We just never know how understanding and tolerant the new teacher will be. It's a constant struggle to try to help him and those around him have a good, calm experience in a sacred place. We recently read an article in the latest edition of the Ensign that gave us hope. A story about another family with an autistic 12 year old boy. Their ward embraced him, and we have hope that ours will do the same. After all, anyone who's ever met Carter immediately falls in love with him. Every teacher or aide he's ever had would take him home in a heartbeat. But then again, those are an incredible bunch of folks.
Well, there's a little catching up for you. Here's to high hopes for the new year!
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