Special Olympics

I'm sitting here waiting for Mom at her school. I am waiting in eager anticipation so that we can go to Ian's first Special Olympic event. We are very excited for him as he will be getting a ribbon later today.

He has a new fascination with the ribbon. He loves to take us to the computer and make us print him out a ribbon.

The other night, he had done his homework and Mom printed out a homework ribbon for him. He was going to take it to his teacher to show her. He must have been so proud of himself.

The next morning I was putting Ian on the bus for school when he remembered he did not have his ribbon to show his teacher. He flipped out and kicked both bus drivers. I had to take him off the bus. He was very mad. Of coures, as parents can sometimes be, I had little patience with him and was very upset with his behavior.

I did not understand that Ian's ribbon was so special to him. He does not have the ability to communicate that to me in ways that I understand. Instead, he throws tantrums as he can not communicte like a normal kid.

After I realized how special that ribbon was to him, I felt really bad. I failed to understand that he was communicating with me in his Ian ways.

Anyway, we'll post photos of him at special olympics today.