I felt good when I woke this morning; which is nice, of course. I was probably up until 1AM and was awake by 8. Usually I feel groggy and tired with less than 8 hours sleep.

I started the day by playing a game with Ki. He got Memoir 44 for his birthday. He had been wanting it. My mom took him shopping for his birthday. Ki insisted they go to the hobby Shop where they sell this war board game. Ki loves history.  He loves talking with the store workers, too. They assured him it was a very good game and a lot of adults like it, too. This is such a big step from where Ki was a year ago. Ki NEVER EVER wants to play games. He has trouble with turn taking. Not in a selfish way, but he could never grasp the back and forth and was always confused as to who’s turn it was. He began playing 2 player games last year- with JUST me. He could handle 2 people games, just back and forth and he likes me….. (smiles). He still wasn’t playing board games, not only the confusion of whose turn it is, but he is not keen on doing things that require him to cross midline… going around a board does a lot of midline crossing.

Now, at almost 10. He will play 2 player games with anyone (not just his mommy….) and he will play card games with more than 2 players. He still won’t do board games and he does NOT like Twister at ALL.(still has trouble getting lost with whose turn it is with more than 2 or 3, and still doesn’t care for midline crossing- but he’s improved)  It is still common for him to rather be the spinner person or the score keeper in games, even if they fit his requirements. And he often chooses to just watch or to play a ‘2 person’ game by himself- controlling both sides.

Still, he has come a long way, I think.

And though he had a crying meltdown at his birthday party, he didn’t get aggressive and angry from the over-stimulation, like he used to all the time. He still gets very hyper and impulsive, but it is so nice to have gotten through the aggressive rages.

Yep, Ki is maturing and learning to cope with his sensory limitations. Life is good. And I LOVE home schooling. I truly believe it has been the bridge to get to these changes in my boys quicker and more efficiently.