Happy New Year!

While this week brought another change in his routine (started back at school again from winter break), nothing really overwhelming happened. Last night some friends of ours came over and Alex was able to play with their baby daughter, because as we know, he has been practicing taking care of babies at school.

He did a lot of playing in the snow, and when I asked him if winter was his favorite season, he jumped and said, "YES!" So that answers that question.

This week I have been thinking a lot about words. We are extremely lucky that Alex has language skills, because some Autistics don't speak at all. I know people probably look at Tony and I and judge us as parents because we do not really censor ourselves around Alex, and we try to teach him that words and their meanings are just something that humans made up. In the vast grand scheme of things, does it really matter what four letter word I just called the neighbor?

We are very laid back parents, which works because its what Alex responds to the best.

For this first post of the new year, I think I will not go any deeper, or any longer. Yesterday, I found my wedding dress, so today I am quite tired from that ferociously girly experience that I am totally not used to. I made the lady who was helping me find dresses and put them on cry with my story. She saw my tattoo and said it was very interesting, and I told her the story was much more interesting.

Next week's entry, hopefully, I will have some engagement photos to share, and since they will have a normal school week, maybe I will have more interesting Alex-isms to share.

I hope you are all having a happy new year!