Helpful Boy Wonder!

This morning I started to organise the school bags ready for tomorrow, write in the home / school diary ( a bit of an essay!) and generally get sorted for back to routine!

Boy Wonder woke up in a very high mood but once breakfast and medication were done he started to settle. In fact he stated very clearly that he was going to be 'helpful Boy Wonder' today. And indeed he was helpful. He showered and dressed himself, helped Cat Girl to pick her clothes as she was being awkward and generally organised himself. It was lovely and so refreshing! We must have gained about half an hour due to Boy Wonder doing so well.  We spoke about our routine for the day which included art therapy and football, the relief on his face when he heard this was immense. I think in most part he has really missed his daily activities.

We went into town to the bank and then to get Boy Wonder some black football socks and them both new drink bottles. We went into the game shop and they both bought a DS game in the sale. Boy Wonder had started to become quite anxious and throughout the journey to town and around town. In the game shop he walked away from me, I shouted after him and caught up with him, explaining that walking off wasn't acceptable and he started to cry, saying over and over that he was sorry. We left town as we had been to the bank and two shops as agreed. Once back in the car, Boy Wonder went very quiet again and when we went to order food at the drive thru, Boy Wonder was very clear that he only wanted chicken and black currant and nothing else.

We arrived at art therapy and Boy Wonder went in for his session. Cat Girl did some colouring and I rang a couple of people regarding the school meeting next week. Lots of messages left rather due to it being the first day back. Boy Wonder looked really happy when he came out but this quickly reverting to high anxiety. He went into panic about being asked to use the toilet before leaving, negotiating the traffic to get back to the car and getting in the car. He then settled again.

We drove to the DIY store to get some clips for his hammock. Boy Wonder got out of the car and walked off. I asked him to stop before crossing the road but he didn't and walked aimlessly accross. I shouted him but he didn't respond. I quickly caught up with him and asked him why he hadn't stopped and waited and he started to cry and repeatedly said 'I'm sorry alright ! ' I reassured him that he was okay and no harm had come to him whilst reminding him of the dangers of crossing the road. However, he really wasn't taking it in. There seems to be a lot of zoning out lately which is worrying.

We went to the barbers that was very busy so decided to go home and call back later. Once home we put up the hammock and chilled out for a bit.

This evening Boy Wonder went to football in his new Barcelona top and I took Cat Girl swimming. She enjoyed her first session back and actually did some swimming! Afterwards we went to meet Superman and Boy Wonder at the barbers for haircuts.

Hair cuts done and showers had to rid the bits of hair that send Boy Wonder nutty, we settled them down. Cat Girl fell to sleep quickly but Boy Wonder remained awake. He got into his hammock and nodded off but when Superman went into his room to turn of the computer, he woke up again. He ended up coming back downstairs to settle with me but became panicky over the programme they was on - Bridgrt Jones. We put something else on and he calmed. It is likely to take some time to get him to sleep tonight I think.