Last Thursday, SJ had his last after school speech. Starting this Thursday, he will have speech during the day. We headed out to speech right after I picked them up at school. There was no time to go home today. We had lots to do. I stopped and got Bob his dinner at Subway (12 inch flatbread with only ham and American cheese). I offered to get SJ Dairy Queen, but he wanted to wait to get his usual, McDonald's. He did pick up a drink in Subway, because he was "so thirsty that he couldn't stand it!"
Since we went straight from school, we were able to stop at McDonald's before speech. SJ got his usual (2 hamburgers no pickles and medium fries). He finished both burgers and most of his fries when it was time to go in for his appointment.
This week his therapist used an excerpt from a story that he is already familiar with, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". She told him they were going to try to find out different things from the story. She focused on Main Idea, Questions, Retelling/Sequencing, Inferencing/Feelings and Predicting.
For predictions, SJ said that Greg (the main character) was probably going to use a diary. After she had him read it aloud, she had him retell the story. He told her that Greg was in middle school. Greg's mom bought him a diary. Greg doesn't want the diary. Greg will use it, so he doesn't have to tell stories later. SJ was correct in his prediction and retelling of the story.
She then had him tell her what the main idea was. He said that Greg's mom bought the diary and he wants to it to be a journal. However, Greg doesn't really want a journal or a diary. He was pretty close. She then had him discuss Greg's feelings. He felt that Greg was a little mad and annoyed. SJ was right on that point. Greg is annoyed with his mom and he is annoyed that he is going to be attending this new school where he may get bullied due to his stature.
That activity took up most of the session. SJ also told her all about his field trip and how the next day was to be the last day of school. After we left speech, I had to take the boys to Men's Warehouse to get fitted for suits. Both boys are going to be in my husband's nephew's wedding at the end of June. I had tried to take them once before months ago, but the clerk was concerned that they may grow and would have to be refitted (he was right for SJ, not for Bob.)
So, we finally made it to the suit store and I told them that I didn't want any bad behavior in the store. I told them the consequence for bad behavior would be no screens (IPods, computer, IPad or television) for a whole week. That is practically death to them.
We went inside and there was only one gentleman ahead of us. She finished up and started our fitting. SJ was first to try on the suit. He was in the changing room and I could hear him. "I look terrible, I look terrible, I look terrible," he was whining. I went in to help him. He looked so handsome. The clothes were a little big and the shoes were a little tight, but he still looked so handsome.
She had him stand on the platform and she did all the measurements. He continued to say that he looked terrible and I continued to reassure him that he did not. I could see the gentleman's bride trying not to laugh. I looked at her and thought, "Go ahead and laugh." It was funny, but I didn't want him to think I was laughing because he looked bad. Finally, he was done and it was Bob's turn. He didn't like the way he looked either, but he was able to only complain to me when I was assisting him with his shoes.
Overall, they did fairly well in the store. Honestly, I thought it would be much worse. Then, we began our long drive home. When we were about 10 minutes from our house, SJ said he “just had to get out of the car”. I told him, "Well, it will take you a lot longer than 10 minutes to walk home." He piped down and we finally made it home. We arrived in our driveway almost 12 hours after we left it this morning. At least there was only one more day of school.
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