Hollie has a cold. She has spent most of the day lounging on the sofa suffering, Aiming sodden tissues at the bin. It unfortunately set her Asthma off so now she is coughing.
She did manage a practise on the drums though. Her set of ear protectors arrived so wanted to try them out. She is starting to sound really impressive. unfortunately I think the new protectors have made her play louder.
Arran had a total melt down today as he could not get the TV to work for his daily dose of the Simpson's. Total panic set in, buttons were pressed, yelling then full scale melt down. Body twitching. He just can't cope with things like this. No good comes of yelling at him as he just gets more upset. Take a deep breath and calm down ( I think I mean all of us) Once the programme is on there is silence. Think of the Autistic character in the film Rain man portrayed by Dustin Hoffman when he could not get to watch his programme at a set time. That is Arran. Don't judge him on this. He is very bright and gentle. People call him the gentle giant as he is tall for his age and it fits his personality. As parents we know him inside out and know the warning signs when he is getting stressed.
Our cat Tigger asleep. It's a hard life!
She did manage a practise on the drums though. Her set of ear protectors arrived so wanted to try them out. She is starting to sound really impressive. unfortunately I think the new protectors have made her play louder.
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| Hollie on her beloved drums when they were downstairs.I have since managed to get them into her bedroom |
Arran had a total melt down today as he could not get the TV to work for his daily dose of the Simpson's. Total panic set in, buttons were pressed, yelling then full scale melt down. Body twitching. He just can't cope with things like this. No good comes of yelling at him as he just gets more upset. Take a deep breath and calm down ( I think I mean all of us) Once the programme is on there is silence. Think of the Autistic character in the film Rain man portrayed by Dustin Hoffman when he could not get to watch his programme at a set time. That is Arran. Don't judge him on this. He is very bright and gentle. People call him the gentle giant as he is tall for his age and it fits his personality. As parents we know him inside out and know the warning signs when he is getting stressed.
Our cat Tigger asleep. It's a hard life!We decided to enroll Arran into our local village karate group to help build up his body strength and improve his co-ordination. It is also good for socialisation. Even with his special needs he is a shy boy. Hollie had been going for a year and was enjoying it. At first they were a bit reluctant to take him on but when we explained why we wanted him to do it and that he had no behavioral problems they relented.I hate having to explain Arran's needs every time we want to do something new. Arran can be apprehensive going as he finds it very hard to remember the instructions and to keep up but he has managed to get his red belt. I also consider this his sport for home education. he also does archery.
Stuart has turned out to be a great teacher. Ian goes along as his partner so I get an hour to myself usually time spent clearing and washing up. When do woman have time to pamper themselves? Both came back sweaty and happy.
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