Last Friday after school brought Boy Wonder's go karting party. He and eight friends took to the track at an indoor karting centre. The staff were excellent and removed the lap times and positions screen so that they could just have fun without the upset and pressure of competition. Boy Wonder really struggles with this and combined with two other children with ASD the emphasis needed to be firmly on fun rather than meltdown!
A friend made a wonderful Minecraft cake for Boy Wonder and they had pizza for party food. All in all they all seemed to have great fun and it was nice to see Boy Wonder have a positive experience with his friends.
Saturday was the big day and this started at 6.45am when Boy Wonder opened his eyes. After his shower and changing into his football kit ( early match) he came into our room for present opening. Cat Girl bought him a beautiful carved wooden dolphin which he loved. He also had some Lionel Messi football boots, a season ticket for his favourite football club, biking gear and games for his XBox. He seemed very happy and once everything was open he had breakfast and bounded off to football with Superman, insisting on wearing his new boots.
After lunch Boy Wonder went to dance and then on to watch his favourite team play football with Superman. Cat Girl and I went shopping and prepared the buffet for family who were visiting at tea time.
Everyone started to arrive early evening as Boy Wonder and Superman returned from football. We were a little unsure how he would cope but all in all he held it together fairly well. Lots eaten and lots of playing before we said goodnight to everyone.
Sunday was a chill day in comparison. After Cat Girl's horse riding lesson we visited a friend to give her a birthday gift and then went to Supergran and Biker Gramps new house ( as they moved over the weekend.) Boy Wonder was very tetchy and complaining of the smell of paint which was quite faint now. To finish the weekend we met Boy Genius and family at a play centre for a couple of hours of energy release. The play centre was fairly quiet so didn't present with any real problems which was nice.
We arrived home about tea time and settled down to eat and watch tv. Boy Wonder started to get quite upset and saying that he didn't want to go to school and that he hated it. We provided lots of reassurance and distraction which eventually proved to settle him and get him to sleep.
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