Well tutoring didn't go so well today. :( When I got there to pick him up I was greeted by a female teacher who said she was just going to call me because Honeybunches was having a hard day. She walked me to the ILC classroom where Mr. M was doing tutoring with him and another boy who I found out is going to be his classmate when school begins again. Honeybunches was shaking, crying hysterically just standing in the corner of the room with his hands covering his face. Mr. M was quiet to begin with trying to give Honeybunches a chance to tell me what happened, but he would not only saying "Ask him". So Mr. M told me that Honeybunches was listening to a song on the Ipad and L (The little boy doing tutoring with him) didn't want to hear it so Mr. M said to finish that song and then not to play it anymore. That made Honeybunches mad. He threw a whole container of paper clips all over the room, tried to knock a bookshelf full of heavy books over on himself and tried to bite Mr. M. Mr. M said he had to restrain him. (Honeybunches has a Safety Plan regarding doing this, it's referenced in his IEP and Mr. M is restraint trained.) Once I got there it took him a few minutes and some bribery to calm down. I told him no marvelous bag for this hour, but if he helped me pick up he could still go on the computer and if he did a good job until after counseling we'd go to the train tracks afterwards. I gave him space for a couple minutes. He said he'd pick up "When he leaves" talking about Mr. M. I tried telling Honeybunches that he'll have to get used to Mr. M because he's the Integrated Learning Center aka ILC teacher's helper. You can read more about the ILC and our decision to place him in that program here.
So Mr. M went to check on the other little boy who was in the adjoining classroom while Honeybunches helped me pick up. He handed me the books and I put them on the shelves. Then he picked up the papers and we both picked up the paperclips. On the way out Mr. M. said he thought it would be a good idea to have them do tutoring together since L will be his classmate in the Fall. He said he's not sure if they just don't get along or what happened. I told him how the little girl next door H is moving today and how he's going to miss Mrs. Understanding after being with her for so long. I told him Honeybunches has a lot going on right now. Since he does tutoring with L from 10:30-12 I told him I'll pick up Honeybunches closer to 10:30 tomorrow and Wednesday.
We get home and Honeybunches tells Daddy "Had a hard time". The 1st thing Daddy says is "No railroad tracks". Honeybunches counselor had called this morning to tell me he talked to the pdoc who mentioned we had an appointment with her today, so he wanted to know if we'd rather see him today instead of Thursday to save a trip. I said "Sure" since it does save gas. They both work at the same counseling center which is about 25 miles away. While Honeybunches is at the counseling center, DH has an appointment with his own doctor up the street. So that's going to leave Honeybunches and I at counseling alone, which sometimes doesn't turn out so well. I explained to Daddy how I told Honeybunches if he did a good job at counseling he could still go, just no marbles for this hour. If Honeybunches got it in his brain that he could not go to the railroad tracks, then I am 90% sure after how his morning went that counseling would have been a nightmare.
Honeybunches only has two days left of tutoring. Then there will be 27 days until school begins once that's done.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013
Camping Trip June 2013
Friday we packed up to go camping. We stayed four nights at a campground my parents brought me and my siblings to at least once a year while I was growing up. It is full of great childhood memories, which is even more special to me now that my father is in heaven.
Friday afternoon while I was loading up the car for the second trip, "H"s father came over to talk to me for a few minutes. At first he was telling us how it was going to rain and we had a flash flood warning. Then he got in to how they are moving on August 1st because of issues with the apartment and the landlord. I asked him if "H" was going to come to Honeybunches party. He said "Yeah but he needs to learn to keep his hands to himself" as he explained how weeks ago he caught Honeybunches "Restraining" H out front. I thought it was him playing cops. He said "No it was more like him pinning her down to the ground holding a big rock to her head". I explained how Honeybunches has Autism and is on meds to control his behavior. I tried making it clear how when things like that happen we need to know right away so we can call his doctor. Knowing weeks later is too late. It's too late to discipline him. It's too late to even talk to him about it.
Anyways, on to the camping trip...
Honeybunches was more irritable than on previous camping trips. IDK what's up with that. He had fun climbing trees, going down by the river to catch frogs, catching salimanders and more.
Friday was pretty rainy. Actually so much that we could not even make a campfire. Sandwiches were dinner that night. He still walked around and rode his scooter a bit between showers. That night ended up going in the tent early to do crosswords.
Saturday he was so cute. The campground we were at has a very small shallow swimming area. The water is only up to my stomach. We decided to venture to a different beach which is deeper and bigger for an hour in the evening after dinner. There was a little boy there who was four-years-old. Honeybunches was trying to teach him how to "Swim". "You put your hands on the ground in the sand and you dig. Then you kick your feet." LOL. He was also being a seal while in the water there too going "Art art" as he flapped his hands and kicked his feet. I was calling him sealy. That brought a whole other meaning to "Flappy when your happy". :) Saturday we also went on a nature trail. He was well behaved on that for me as he was looking for more lizards the whole time. He was very impatient that whole day and did plenty of fussing. That night he was not happy with me. He had sand in all sorts of places so needed a shower bad. We didn't realize there was no hot water until in the showers already. Regardless he still needed one. He said "I'm never taking a shower here again"! I can't blame him for being mad at me for that. The water felt like ice water. I took one too, which wasn't much fun. They usually do have hot water, but the system broke. He went to sleep early that night too. Well not technically early. He was on schedule, just too early for S'mores or to see the campfire.
Sunday morning we went down to the small lake at the campground for a bit where Princess was successful in catching another salamander. She hunts with him too lol. We let them visit with the creatures for an hour or two and then put them back so they don't die. There is so much wildlife there which is what makes it so special. That morning we also got to go on a free horse driven hayride. This Momma loved it! The children did too. That's the quietest and most observant they were the whole camping trip lol. The horses were a special treat. The sign said it was a hayride, but I was expecting it to be driven by a tractor or something. They were beautiful black horses that drove us around the back roads of the campground which are closed to traffic, but hold a lot of history. We came home early that day so I could cook for his birthday party. He had a good party. Two of his aunts plus their partners, one uncle and two cousins came along with the little girl next door he is friends with I call "H". I am so happy she came, because again nobody from his school did. He was very cute organizing his dollars by serial number. He was pleased with his presents of outdoor toys, money, flash light, police badges and gift cards that family got him along with the video camera DH and I did.
Sunday afternoon back at the campground he had a great time using his video camera taking pictures and videos. That evening Honeybunches stomach was very sick. He vomited 3x. IDK why or what caused that. Finally he went to sleep a bit later than usual because we kept him up to make sure he didn't puke in the tent. Monday morning he woke up in a good mood. He had a new activity he was enjoying... going for a jog around the campground. He seen other people doing it. I was happy he did because it's awesome exercise. He tried getting Momma to join him, but my asthma would never have allowed me to do so. We ended up coming home a day early. BUNCH OF PARTY POOPERS! LOL. The only reason I agreed was because the showers had ice cold water because something broke on Saturday evening. Plus when we woke up the day didn't look too promising weather wise. It was pretty rainy. Turns out after we came home and watched the news that there were tornado and flash flood watches for the town the campground is in, so it's a good thing we came home early.
When we got back I had an email from the pdoc saying his labs we had done on Thursday show his Lithium level is .9. That's good. She's waiting for the rest of the results.
Friday afternoon while I was loading up the car for the second trip, "H"s father came over to talk to me for a few minutes. At first he was telling us how it was going to rain and we had a flash flood warning. Then he got in to how they are moving on August 1st because of issues with the apartment and the landlord. I asked him if "H" was going to come to Honeybunches party. He said "Yeah but he needs to learn to keep his hands to himself" as he explained how weeks ago he caught Honeybunches "Restraining" H out front. I thought it was him playing cops. He said "No it was more like him pinning her down to the ground holding a big rock to her head". I explained how Honeybunches has Autism and is on meds to control his behavior. I tried making it clear how when things like that happen we need to know right away so we can call his doctor. Knowing weeks later is too late. It's too late to discipline him. It's too late to even talk to him about it.
Anyways, on to the camping trip...
Honeybunches was more irritable than on previous camping trips. IDK what's up with that. He had fun climbing trees, going down by the river to catch frogs, catching salimanders and more.
Friday was pretty rainy. Actually so much that we could not even make a campfire. Sandwiches were dinner that night. He still walked around and rode his scooter a bit between showers. That night ended up going in the tent early to do crosswords.
Saturday he was so cute. The campground we were at has a very small shallow swimming area. The water is only up to my stomach. We decided to venture to a different beach which is deeper and bigger for an hour in the evening after dinner. There was a little boy there who was four-years-old. Honeybunches was trying to teach him how to "Swim". "You put your hands on the ground in the sand and you dig. Then you kick your feet." LOL. He was also being a seal while in the water there too going "Art art" as he flapped his hands and kicked his feet. I was calling him sealy. That brought a whole other meaning to "Flappy when your happy". :) Saturday we also went on a nature trail. He was well behaved on that for me as he was looking for more lizards the whole time. He was very impatient that whole day and did plenty of fussing. That night he was not happy with me. He had sand in all sorts of places so needed a shower bad. We didn't realize there was no hot water until in the showers already. Regardless he still needed one. He said "I'm never taking a shower here again"! I can't blame him for being mad at me for that. The water felt like ice water. I took one too, which wasn't much fun. They usually do have hot water, but the system broke. He went to sleep early that night too. Well not technically early. He was on schedule, just too early for S'mores or to see the campfire.
Sunday morning we went down to the small lake at the campground for a bit where Princess was successful in catching another salamander. She hunts with him too lol. We let them visit with the creatures for an hour or two and then put them back so they don't die. There is so much wildlife there which is what makes it so special. That morning we also got to go on a free horse driven hayride. This Momma loved it! The children did too. That's the quietest and most observant they were the whole camping trip lol. The horses were a special treat. The sign said it was a hayride, but I was expecting it to be driven by a tractor or something. They were beautiful black horses that drove us around the back roads of the campground which are closed to traffic, but hold a lot of history. We came home early that day so I could cook for his birthday party. He had a good party. Two of his aunts plus their partners, one uncle and two cousins came along with the little girl next door he is friends with I call "H". I am so happy she came, because again nobody from his school did. He was very cute organizing his dollars by serial number. He was pleased with his presents of outdoor toys, money, flash light, police badges and gift cards that family got him along with the video camera DH and I did.
Sunday afternoon back at the campground he had a great time using his video camera taking pictures and videos. That evening Honeybunches stomach was very sick. He vomited 3x. IDK why or what caused that. Finally he went to sleep a bit later than usual because we kept him up to make sure he didn't puke in the tent. Monday morning he woke up in a good mood. He had a new activity he was enjoying... going for a jog around the campground. He seen other people doing it. I was happy he did because it's awesome exercise. He tried getting Momma to join him, but my asthma would never have allowed me to do so. We ended up coming home a day early. BUNCH OF PARTY POOPERS! LOL. The only reason I agreed was because the showers had ice cold water because something broke on Saturday evening. Plus when we woke up the day didn't look too promising weather wise. It was pretty rainy. Turns out after we came home and watched the news that there were tornado and flash flood watches for the town the campground is in, so it's a good thing we came home early.
When we got back I had an email from the pdoc saying his labs we had done on Thursday show his Lithium level is .9. That's good. She's waiting for the rest of the results.
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