Leave it to King: May 2011

Today was a superdooperliscious day! It was sunny and warm. Nick was oh so cooperative during school...even asked to work on his book report after I told him he could be done. (Looking back I should have expected his later explosions). We took Cooper for a walk; Nick rode his bike. When we returned from our walk Nick asked me why my feet were all cracked. (lovely, I know) I wanted to say it was because it's hard being Cinderella but instead I told him it was due to the lack of pedicures in my life. I saw this light bulb go off and I was asked to wait outside. When I was allowed back in the house...well, it was just the best darn surprise! For those of you that know me, you know I have a magazine addiction. I gave up magazines for Lent so I am over the moon they are back in my life! Anyway, I saw this "top-secret" pull out for Mother's day and pulled it out. I casually placed it on the kitchen island to see if anyone would take the bait. Turns out my little man did. I came inside to a 2 part foot bath and a spa snack. Sometimes having a child with PDD/tourettes is just the cutest darn thing because these kids are even more serious and "black and white" than most. To hear him describe the foot bath and ask me if I felt it " was really exfoliating because it said in the directions it would and if not then we should tell someone that they are telling a lie and by the way Mommy, what does exfoliating mean". He did this to be sweet but he also did it because the way his mind works is- there is a problem, I know a solution so I do it. There are no words for how full my heart was at that moment. Next it was off for some errands where I found a little "conversation" seating set for our deck and the store let me take it out of the box to fit it in my car. Boy oh boy were they smirking behind my back. They totally thought I was crazy. Little did they know my little green box is a machine! I didn't mean to do it but I busted out a "Ha! Ha!" when I had both chairs, ottomans, and table in said green machine. After the guy helping me stopped laughing he admitted he thought he'd be taking it all back into the store. Next we picked up Parks from school and surprised him with a trip for ice-cream. Cooper got his first puppy sundae and LOVED it!!! We came home and the boys played transformers which quickly turned ugly. For a brief second I was scared I wasn't going to be able to get Nick safely away from the situation before he hurt his brother or himself but I did and after a supervised cool down period it was time to head back outside before the storm came. It always amazes me how forgiving Parker is with Nick. Trust me, the boy can hold a grudge but the turn around time for playing again is utterly unbelievable to me. I can't begin to understand how Nick's constant companion affects him. I was glad it started to rain so they didn't know I was crying watching them chase each other with bubbles.