Yesterday, we decided to take the kids to the zoo. I do not know where my brains were as I should have known that Saturday may be packed.
It took us awhile to get there as we had a couple stops to make and Braxton was getting a bit upset. He hates 'waiting' and traffic. As we neared the zoo, the traffic was awful and finding a place to park was difficult. Braxton was screaming in the front seat. Paul let us out to find a parking place and he finally got with us 1/2 hour later. We encountered many stares while Braxton continued his screams. You know, it is hard to understand a person throwing fits like this when they are almost 5'7 and 135 pounds. At nasty stares I smiled sweetly and said "This is what autism looks like." I should have packed my autism business cards to educate.
We let the kids ride the merry go round 3 times, which calmed Braxton and Sarita really enjoyed it also. Both kids have sensory issues on certain loud noises and both would cover their ears when the whistle sounded to start the ride . After this ride, Paul took braxton to restroom to put his shorts on him frontwards:) We then headed to the play area where Braxton enjoyed numerous rides down the slide and Sarita mainly climbed on things. Braxton did not want to go see animals, etc. Since paul had been at the zoo not long ago, he stayed with Braxton while I saw a few things. We went to the aquarium and views aquatic animals and the red foxes. We spent about 1 1/2 hours before returning to Paul. We then left the zoo and on the way home stopped and got ice cream cones. Even though the day was stressful at the start, it turned out to be fun. The kids were surely tired. We had one more incident before bed time. We heard Sarita crying and Braxton came into our room with a big grin. He said "Sister", and then it turned out that Braxton had peed on her. She was already on the toilet when he had to go potty. He has a problem waiting. That is the toilet he uses in the house. I then told him "Pee goes in the toilet. If sissy is here, use momma's toilet." Hopefully, he will make the connection. My children went to sleep early and I was one grateful mom:)
It took us awhile to get there as we had a couple stops to make and Braxton was getting a bit upset. He hates 'waiting' and traffic. As we neared the zoo, the traffic was awful and finding a place to park was difficult. Braxton was screaming in the front seat. Paul let us out to find a parking place and he finally got with us 1/2 hour later. We encountered many stares while Braxton continued his screams. You know, it is hard to understand a person throwing fits like this when they are almost 5'7 and 135 pounds. At nasty stares I smiled sweetly and said "This is what autism looks like." I should have packed my autism business cards to educate.
We let the kids ride the merry go round 3 times, which calmed Braxton and Sarita really enjoyed it also. Both kids have sensory issues on certain loud noises and both would cover their ears when the whistle sounded to start the ride . After this ride, Paul took braxton to restroom to put his shorts on him frontwards:) We then headed to the play area where Braxton enjoyed numerous rides down the slide and Sarita mainly climbed on things. Braxton did not want to go see animals, etc. Since paul had been at the zoo not long ago, he stayed with Braxton while I saw a few things. We went to the aquarium and views aquatic animals and the red foxes. We spent about 1 1/2 hours before returning to Paul. We then left the zoo and on the way home stopped and got ice cream cones. Even though the day was stressful at the start, it turned out to be fun. The kids were surely tired. We had one more incident before bed time. We heard Sarita crying and Braxton came into our room with a big grin. He said "Sister", and then it turned out that Braxton had peed on her. She was already on the toilet when he had to go potty. He has a problem waiting. That is the toilet he uses in the house. I then told him "Pee goes in the toilet. If sissy is here, use momma's toilet." Hopefully, he will make the connection. My children went to sleep early and I was one grateful mom:)
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