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The kindness of strangers!

Today someone who didn't know us did something very nice for us. First off most of you know that Parker is obsessed with Monster trucks. He loves them. Lately though, he's been afraid of the helmet that one of the drivers wear. The monster truck is called "Big Dummy" and the driver is Frank Schettini. He wears a helmet that looks like the face of a crash test dummy. He also is a guy on one of Parker's favorite video's, "There goes a monster truck". I tried to tell Parker that there is a guy inside the helmet and that he takes it off when he goes home but he was still afraid. He kept saying, "Big dummy mask is far away". He even woke up this morning having a night mare about it. He has many books of monster trucks and with his last new monster truck book I had to tear out the page that had the monster truck driver on it wearing his helmet. Parker even wears an old army Halloween costume mask that he calls his big dummy mask. He is really trying to help himself deal with the fear. After him waking up at 4:30 am and requesting the movie with him in it and talking about "Big Dummy" all the way to school, I decided I might have to try and find a way to help him more. I found a site where I could email the monster truck driver "Frank Schettini" and told him about Parker's fear. I asked if he had any photos of him taking the helmet off or anything. Can you believe he went out to his truck with his mask and took a picture of him holding the mask next to him and pointing to it. That was so awesome of him!!!!! Parker is going to love it and I know it will make him feel a lot better! What a nice guy! He said in the email, "Good thing I still have that helmet". I think he drives another truck now called Monster Jerky.

Yay! The kids are in school!

I love my kids to death, but this has been one Looooong presidents week!

The lengths I will go to for my children

I told Bobby we would meet him at Safeway in Eureka yesterday. I told Parker that he would finally get to ride on the little truck they have in front of the store. He was really excited. What I didn't plan on was that it had been raining. He was so upset that it was all wet. He hates being wet to the extent that he will take his clothes off if he gets a drop of water on them. I did the only thing a helpless mother could do. I went into Safeway and bought a roll of paper towels to dry the truck off with. He had been so looking forward to riding it. We used almost the whole roll and got some funny looks, but in the end, he was happy. Here is a pic of him riding in the truck.


By mollyalexis at 2008-02-23

I should know by now.....

I should not have taken Parker into Burger King to get another monster truck toy. We should have went through the drive through. I know that Parker does not do well with or understand disappointment. We went to pay for a meal the lady said she thought she had a Grave Digger truck. Parker was all excited and then they didn't have it. He had to get the same one he had before. He cried like he was dying. Some idiot kids in the corner were howling along with him and making it worse. I just got our stuff and got up to leave. I had to throw something away and I could see the dumb kids all scrunched up in the booth laying down so I wouldn't see them. They're lucky I didn't dump my coke on them. (Not that I'd really do that) Then I had to go to Safeway. I knew he would be grumpy still, but I needed to go. First thing he did in the store was lay down between the isles. I just stood there and told him that I was waiting for him to get up and come with me. It took about 5 minutes, but he did finally get up. I had to use the old, "you might not want to be on the floor in case they have to vacuum" trick eventually. I know it's mean, but I can't stand there all day. We came home and now he's happy. Next time I go to Burger king to find him a new truck, I'm not taking him with me. Grrrr!

It's Thursday

I'm trying to think of what to post. Hmmmm.... Yesterday we hung out with my Mom. We went to Target and stuff. Mom bought Parker two monster trucks from Burger king because they come in happy meals now. He was in pure heaven. They are small and he calls them baby monster trucks. I'm looking forward to tomorrow because we have respite for Parker. I love the we get to go out on our own! Last night we stayed up until 11pm playing rummy. Bobby kept beating me and I wanted to go to bed winning one! I never did win so I just gave up. He better look out today. I'm out for revenge. You want to know something weird, 3 games in a row I got a hand of three 2's. Strange......... Today Parker and I are going to Safeway while Molly is at her aunts house. How exciting, lol. Guess that's about it for the day.

So you see I've been really into recycling

almost anything can be recycled, lol!...............

By mollyalexis, shot with FE210,X775 at 2008-02-19

Oh, I forgot

I have more to think about. Parker is starting head start 2 days a week soon. His (autistic preschool) teacher thinks it would be good for him to mix with some typical kids. To learn how to interact with other kids more and pick up some more language. I'm really scared about this but I think it will be good for him. I love the teacher and the aid is a male! He loves men so this will probably work out great! He's going to have people from pcfa be his own aids, so that will be great. I'll know everything that is going on with him and how he's doing. I'm not sure who they will chose to be with him, that bothers me a little. I hope they wait a couple weeks before he starts. He has a runny nose that won't stop. Anyways, wish us luck. I hate change, even if it's for the better.