Yesterday we had a family day out in Dallas. We went to the Dallas World Aquarium and had a blast. We also went to a mall and let momma do some window shopping while me and the guys sat and played in their little play area. The big guy also had a meltdown about a train he could ride that they had on the second floor, but it was all good. Anyway, on our way home we stopped at In-And-Out got some burgers and fries, and the big guy didn't want anything to eat. He only wanted his soda to drink, and that's ok, we can't make him hungry.
So the boys fell asleep on the way back home in the back seat. Mom and I had a nice drive back with good conversation keeping us company. So we got home about an hour later, and the boys woke up, well the big guy did anyway. So we put the little guy down, and let the big guys run around and watch TV with us. I fell asleep on the recliner for a quick 30 minutes nap, and at about 8 the little guy was back up, and we were trying to get the big guy down for the night, and that is hard sometimes.
Mom and I have wanted to watch the movie Temple Grandin for a while now, and we were going to sit and watch it that night, and trust me, if you haven't seen it, watch it. It is about someone with Autism, and how she went to college and.... well, it's good.
Well the big guy keeps coming out of his, different things each time, change my pull-up, start a movie for me, I need you to have this truck, you know, the normal stuff.
I know he didn't want to go to sleep because he had that nap on the car ride home, but then he has this "idea" and he's trying to get me to go into the kitchen for something. The reason I say "idea" is when he has something he wants one of us to do for him, and trying to be sneaky at the same time, he will do this thing to convey the idea that he has an "idea".
The best way to explain it is an old silent movie. When an actor in a silent movie is thinking, he strikes a certain pose; arms kind of crossed, and his right hand up at his chin, with his thumb on one side, and his index finger on the other. Once the actor figures out what "to do" ha has a "idea", and to show that he has an idea, the actor will make a kind of bouncing movement while at the same time his right hand will leave his chin, and his index finger will go up, like "Eureka!! I've got it" type thing. This gives you an idea about how he thinks; he has a visual representation in his mind to convey the fact that he has an idea.
So......anyway, back to the story...
So he has his idea, and wants me to go to the kitchen to make pancakes, and that's mom's department. So we get everything ready, heat up the griddle, mix the batter with water, get the plates ready....and cook pancakes at 10 o'clock at night. It was awesome, the whole family cooking pancakes in the kitchen, it was fun.
The reason I bring this up, even though we did so many other things that day, is because we had pancakes for dinner the night before, and he was adamant that he did not want any, and he usually does not eat pancakes.
We went back out into the living room, he ate two big pancakes, and sat with me and the little guy on the couch (mom was on the love seat, so I got all the loving) and we finished watching Temple Grandin, which he was totally enthralled with.
I'm not sure why he wanted pancakes, like I said he usually doesn't eat them, but that night he did want to eat them. He also gobbled them up like there was no tomorrow. I'm also pretty sure he will want them almost exclusively for a while because that's usually what he does with a type of food, he will stick to it and only eat that for a large period of time and it may be the only thing he wants to eat for a while, but that story is a whole post in and of its self.
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