Easter and Autism -- How Did Your Day Go?
Yesterday, there was an egg-grab event on the village green: the MC says "go!" and all kids under 9 race in and grab as many eggs as they can. We didn't realize, until we arrived, that the cut off age was younger than our son (he's 11, and has a "PDD-NOS" diagnosis), which meant our typically developing 8-year-old had to represent our interests in the fray. We had a few tears from Tom, but in the end he stood and shivered, asked to go home, said his legs hurt... and enjoyed the booty that Sara provided!
This morning, the Easter Bunny brought both kids baskets, and while Sara led the way, Tom found quite a few plastic eggs himself. Lucky for Sara, Tom doesn't care for peeps...
Later today, we start a new tradition. We've "volunteered" Tommy (with our support) to feed the animals at a local nature center. He loves the critters -- tortoise, turtles, hedgehog, rabbits, guinea pig -- but is still working on the discomfort of doing something brand new that requires hands-on work from him. As luck would have it, we were the folks available on Easter, so we'll be feeding Peter the Rabbit, Miss Prickles the Hedgehog, and all their friends.
What are your Easter traditions and activities? How's your day going? Are you bringing your children to church -- or just hanging out at home? And...how are you coping with all those sweeties?
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I always take my son to Easter Egg hunts, but this year he caught a stomach bug (last week) so I didn’t want to further irritate his stomach by allowing him to get eggs filled with chocolate… So we took him for a bike ride instead. Here in California the weather is just glorious this weekend. We are not religious, but we still celebrate Easter as a family day, so we’ll be having lunch with relatives this Sunday.
Just spending a quiet day at home in our pajamas. It’s nice to a enjoy a no-stress holiday once in a while. The sun is shining, so we played in the back yard for a bit.
I love that Tommy is working to feed the animals. What a fantastic idea!
I wish Tommy lots of luck with the animals! next thing you know, he’ll want a few as pets
Due to a split family and shared Holidays, some years Holidays come early, and the Easter Bunny arrived on Friday morning. It took years for my son to understand Holidays of any kind, and at just shy of being 9 years old, Holidays are really starting to be fun. My son also enjoys waving all this chocolate in front of his daddy (my hubby) and purposely not sharing any of that! Now the hardest part is getting mostly sour candy!
Our Easter Bunny arrived covered in snow! Which made it a great Easter for my youngest as he loves the snow. However it quickly melted much to his disgust. He is not a chocolate loving boy so he only got one Easter Egg as a token gesture, which he was fine with. As the snow melted and the sun shone he and his friends had an extended game of football on the grass outside of our home. It lasted some 6 hours with regular breaks for hot drinks and snaks.
So it was a good Easter Day here which despite the coldness of the day gave me a really warm glow. Watching my youngest play footie with the local children is something I could have never imagined 8 years ago and makes all of his hard work to get to this point worthwhile.
over the years have managed one egg hunt with a little interest…put out chocolate eggs every year with some interest…mum eats too much of every year and promises to be back on diet very soon…very few relatives could be enticed round for easter lunch after the first 3 years.
what to 2008…shared an egg with a sultry partner who said he wasnt getting his fair share,no relatives visiting,sent all my easter wishes by email and got none in return…sent partner down with some pocket money and an egg with mug to a son with autism in two minds as to if he wants to come home and we know we can have him home only if we get support..didnt visit myself today still struggling after his 18th last week really.
he is trying hard to grow up fast and over the 13 years + i have known them he has taught me so much! but he still has special needs and still needs support but we all needed a break from each other and i had to be the one to make sure dad got that break..not sure how son feels..he will give a kiss if i ask for one but only really wants to see me occasionally,we wouldnt have adopted him without me ,i have felt alientated in my own home sometimes but we still care..memories live on and i will continue to care but in a 2 up 2 down i can only on the face of it care so much.
care is more than words can say..is more than skin deep!
I thought at the age of 15 my son should be over getting finding easter eggs. Wrong I was informed the night before that “there would be chocolate in the morning.” My son goes to a private school which nicely had a egg hunt on the Thursday and send home the goodie bag which I took out of his backpack and recycled them on Sunday around the house. So I guess he was right all along. Silly Mom.
Waster for is is very simple for the most part, the kids are not allowed to leave the upstairs til the alarm goes off which is 8am this gives me time to ahve them change their dipers (goodnites) and pjs if needed and wash all faces. Well Iam tending to each they are reading their little letters left in their baskets from the easter bunny. mainly instructions on what they colour eggs they are looking for and how many and any other little gift they many be reciving. Then I take a quick pic of all of them and then downstairs we go so that the kids can all start searching. usually all goodies are found within 30mins, by this time I ave pics of them finding their goodies and i am able to get one more pic of them all togehter withtheir stuff. After this Its time to eat breakfast which is usually fruit or something low in sugar and then theyare allowed a few peices of chocolate and they can play with their toys this gives me the time to get each dressed and myself dressed. Lunch and then off to bowling. My kids love this we go to a local bowling alley that is never croweded usually fairly quiet and cheap and gives my kids time to have fun learn to share and take turns. If they are lucky they recive dinner out, Back home watch some TV read a few books have a late snack and then bed.
This is how we have done easter for the past two years, hopefully this will be our thing each year,