autism is a journey: Spiderman!

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Spiderman!

Jackson is all about dressing up as Spiderman. He likes to put on one the "red" spiderman suits (we have about 6 in all red/black). Jackson will put on the biggest one we have (which is still 2 sizes too small). He likes to see himself in the mirror as "spiderman!".

Honestly, I'm just looking so forward to a Halloween where he will dress as someone other than Kermit the Frog--which has been for the last 3 Halloweens and it was sure not to fit this year...

So, webmaster that I am, I got on line and found him a 12-14 XL Red spiderman suit...that should be here by Friday. I'll post pictures of him in it when it arrives...

1 comment:

tylerbritney said...: Where's the pics??? I bet he looks so cool in the costume! Bet he is counting the days for Trick or Treat! :); September 13, 2008 at 12:44 PM

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from "Metaphor-the puzzle piece symbol"

Ever had one of those "ah-ha" moments? I'm driving down the road today, pondering Jackson's recent successes--boyscout camp and football camp. It occurred to me that each experience gave me back a piece of Jackson. [I'm not doing a very good job explaining this...] When we learned about Jackson's diagnosis, so many dreams were snuffed out. We no longer thought about our son becoming an athlete, a scholar, or even a friend. We thought in much smaller terms:"how many words does he have?""did he learn a new sign""is he reaching out to us?""that's playing pretend, isn't it?"Our perspective as parents permanently changed. It's like we had this complete picture of our child and autism fractured it--into a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle.Each day little by little, we get pieces of the puzzle back. It'll never be complete, never the same as we expected, but there will be parts that will come together.Like when he participated in the school music program, enjoyed boyscout camp, rode the roller coaster and attended football camp. Bit by bit, we get pieces of what we expected back.Of course, the flip side of this is all the joys we gain from Jackson that we never expected in spite of the autism, but that's another post my friends....