Come dine with us!

Sleep is still not happening, Boy Wonder is just not switching off until the early hours and then waking again after a few hours. He looks tired and is highly emotional.

Today was a rainy day and we decided to stay in and set the children a challenge. They were asked to make a two course dinner by choosing the menu and making it, decorating a paper table runner with drawings, glue and glitter and then pick after dinner activities.   They were both very excited which was nice and Boy Wonder wrote down the specific instructions that he required. My job was to help with any hot or sharp bits!

They agreed the menu and I talked through the timings with Boy Wonder. He then set to work in scrubbing potatoes to put in the oven for jackets. Cat Girl made the angel delight and then set to work on the table cloth. They decided to make meatballs and salsa with the potatoes which was a little unusual but okay. Boy Wonder had episodes of panic when he looked at the time and didn't know how he would fit everything in! ( Welcome to my world!)

As dinner was served, Cat Girl called Superman from upstairs as he was decorating and Boy Wonder opened and poured the wine. He then sat everyone down in their places where their name badges were. We all had cock eyed cutlery loving laid out by Cat Girl. We congratulated them on their hard work and realised that they have probably learnt quite a bit from this fun activity. They both ate well without fuss due to the effort that they had put in to it and Boy Wonder said that he felt trusted as he had been able to use the cooker. (And did so very sensibly too) . I took the point to remind him that he did very well but mustn't use it alone until he is older. We then had a conversation on the specific age required!

After they had cleared up we played Hungry Hippos, Labyrinth and Cludeo in front of the fire with the rest of the home made wine ( for the adults) Cat Girl got a bit bored and went to dress up as a princess and although Boy Wonder genuinely won most games, he was clearly panicky about losing.

We watched Home Alone to finish off the evening and then Cat Girl went off to bed. She had been a lot better today.  Boy Wonder was very difficult to settle and ended up going upstairs to read. He came down minutes later and flew a paper plane into the room that had a message on it 'boy Wonder Sad!' I went upstairs to him and we lay talking. He was very emotional and kept saying that there is something there that stops him sleeping. It comes when he is stressed or bored. We spoke about it for hours and never really resolved things although he did say that when he felt really angry or stressed at school, saying a wrong word helped him to release some of it. He also spoke briefly about a boy that he struggled to cope with as he talked a lot.

I reassured him and said that I would talk to his Doctor tomorrow about a possible solution to his sleep. Eventually he fell to sleep in the early hours.