It started on November 12th. As soon as
Remembrance Day was “finished”…the next ‘day of Observance’ in Riley World was THE
topic of conversation. Daily. Hourly. Oh heck…every time I saw him. :O
It goes something like this…“Christmas is coming.
In December it is Christmas. What’s in December? Christmas. I need to wait
patiently to open my presents. What do I need to wait? Patiently.” Ad nauseam. Over and over and over again. *sobbing*
This is because all things in Riley World revolve
around statutory holidays/specials days/special events. It has been this way
since……forever.
On December 1st the outside lights HAD
to be up. Come rain, shine, sleet, hail or snow…the lights MUST be up and ready to be turned on. I stalled
as long as I could bought myself some time and promised Riley that the tree/decorations
would go up this weekend after I had time to ummmm tidy up the living room. Who
am I kidding…our house will never be tidy. :(
So after G & R left for R’s Special Olympics
swimming class this morning…because I am *written in sarcasm font* an awesome autism mom and would like
nothing better to do with my TIME ALONE than to clean, vacuum and dust…I downed
my coffee and dragged dusted off got out the vacuum cleaner. Don’t get me
wrong…I LOVE Christmas! Only…NOT first thing on a Saturday morning. Just sayin’…
And then…Riley came home. The clouds parted and the
angels started to sing. He happily ran up and down the stairs bringing up (one at a time of course) tubs
and boxes of decorations. The entire time pleased as punch with himself.
Now Riley had been talking incessantly excitedly about
wanting to decorate the tree with dad
for weeks on end. Yet he has never…EVER wanted to touch the tree so I seriously
had my doubts. Last year we had moved a step closer with Riley “directing” G
where to hang the decorations.
And then…the skies were bright blue and the angels
WERE SCREAMING!!
LOOOOOOOOOOK. AT. HIMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!
HE'S TOUCHING THE TREE AND EVERYTHING! YES...I KNOW I'M TYPING IN CAPS BUT THIS DESERVES ALL CAPS!!!
20 years old and Riley WANTED to decorate the tree!!
Our Christmas Miracle...indeed! <3
This is so very awesome. Our kiddos never stop growing and making progress. What a very good day, indead. :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like we had a good day all around! Could this be the season??? :D
DeleteNo better gift!
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Takes a 'little' longer but the payoff is priceless. <3
DeleteWow, that's so wonderful! you must've been smiling the whole day! it's so nice to see people get so excited!
ReplyDeleteExcitement was his middle name yesterday for sure. He just may be taking after his Auntie S after all. :P
DeleteHE LOOKS SO HAPPY! AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DRAG EVERYTHING UP BY YOURSELF!
ReplyDeleteIt seems our kids will continue to surprise us their entire lives.
You mean G didn't have to drag everything up by himself. :P He was MOST thrilled about that! HA!
DeleteLOVE!! --> …“Christmas is coming. In December it is Christmas. What’s in December? Christmas. I need to wait patiently to open my presents. What do I need to wait? Patiently.” :) And you Blogged! I've missed your voice (and am possibly just a tiny bit inspired). You've given me hope... maybe K will take R's lead next year?! Maaaaybe??!
ReplyDeleteMaaaaaybe. :D I've missed your voice too so I'm thrilled if I've inspired you even if it is just a teeny tiny bit.
DeleteThere's always hope! Cheers mama!
ReplyDeleteYup. Always. Back atchya mama!!! *raising glass*
DeleteOne of the very best parts of Christmas in my opinion Riley!! way to go!
ReplyDeleteAnd I cannot fault his enthusiasm - we should all catch some bubble over with "Christmas is coming!" :)
Definitely have to love his enthusiasm alright! Keeps us all in the Christmas spirit. :D
DeleteYeah!!! Go Big R!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tara! How does Megan do with the holidays??
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