Back to his old self!
Liam has pretty much recovered from his illness. He has gotten right back to his typical anxious self! He has been running around the house screeching, crying, whining, and repeating the same questions over and over. The previous few days he has known he was going to see Disney on Ice, The Incredibles. He continuously would ask if it was time for the Incredibles, was it Sunday yet, are we going tomorrow, where’s the tickets, and what time is the show. This would go on each day. It tends to make for a long day!
Friday I took Seamus, Liam, and Brendan to our neighbor’s house for a little get together. A couple other neighbor’s came over with their kids as well. The purpose was to let the kids play together and the adults hang out with each other. A way to break up the winter monotony and have fun. Jill stayed home because of how sick she was still feeling. Aidan just wanted to stay with mommy. About an hour into the party Liam said he was done and wanted to go home. I think he was just done. He was having fun playing with the kids an suddenly that was it. I tried to talk him into staying, but he didn’t want to. As I was talking to Liam Jill called my cell and Aidan wanted to come over. So it worked out and we traded. Liam ended up just going right to bed.
Not too much went on Saturday with Liam. He stayed at home with Jill while I went grocery shopping and ran errands. Jill was still feeling terrible and had no energy. She said Liam’s anxieties were as they usually are as of late. Once grocery shopping was done I had to take Aidan and Brendan to their first birthday party. I expected them to be clingy to me in a social setting like that. As it turns out they weren’t. They both had a great time playing with the other kids from their class. They would occasionally run over and say hi to me as I watched. I was glad to see them being as social as they were. When we got it home we had dinner and it was time for bed.
Sunday was finally Disney on Ice, The Incredibles day! Liam was up bright and early telling us at 7am about it. This was all he talked about all morning. The same questions repeated; Is it time yet? Where are the tickets? When are we going? The last hour before we left Liam’s anxiety was high over the show. The big drawback today was Brendan and Aidan said they weren’t feeling well. Brendan looked especially sick and was. Jill still wasn’t feeling too well, but she’s finally made a turn for the better. Jill, Aidan, and Brendan, ended up not going. I took her brother Mike, Katie, and Bridget. Liam was extremely excited about going, he was quite the chatterbox the whole way there! When the show started Liam was thrilled because Mickey and Minnie Mouse came out. In years past his anxiety was horrible and he could not handled the lights, noise, and characters on the ice. As the show began he was good, but as it went on he started to say he was done and he wanted to go home. I was able to easily calm him and keep him focused on the show. He would get scared when the lights would be out as the bad guy “Supremo” would come out. We made it to intermission. We went back to the loge we had access to so he could use the bathroom and get something to drink. They gave out these wrist bands to all the kids to use at some point in the show. I played up the significance of what they were for and Liam was ready for the second half of the show to start. Liam really got into the show and had a great time. I was so glad to see him respond like he did. What may have made the show more engaging to him was the story line. The Incredibles family was at Disney for vacation and they had to save it from Supremo the villain. The Incredibles would from to each Disney ride, the Pirates of the Caribbean, Alice in Wonderland Tea cup ride, It’s a small world, and Liam’s favorite, Space Mountain. The Space Mountain scene featured someone dressed up as Buzz Lightyear. Liam was ecstatic! The show ended and Liam was still excited about it. He kept playing with his wristband. It was cute. He was tired from his big day out. We got home and had to help Jill clean up the refrigerator after a bottle of root beer froze and exploded inside. We cleaned up as fast as we could and Liam just kept whining for us to sit with him to put him to bed. We finally got him to bed.
We’ll see what this week hold’s in store. Hopefully a healthy week for everyone!
Friday I took Seamus, Liam, and Brendan to our neighbor’s house for a little get together. A couple other neighbor’s came over with their kids as well. The purpose was to let the kids play together and the adults hang out with each other. A way to break up the winter monotony and have fun. Jill stayed home because of how sick she was still feeling. Aidan just wanted to stay with mommy. About an hour into the party Liam said he was done and wanted to go home. I think he was just done. He was having fun playing with the kids an suddenly that was it. I tried to talk him into staying, but he didn’t want to. As I was talking to Liam Jill called my cell and Aidan wanted to come over. So it worked out and we traded. Liam ended up just going right to bed.
Not too much went on Saturday with Liam. He stayed at home with Jill while I went grocery shopping and ran errands. Jill was still feeling terrible and had no energy. She said Liam’s anxieties were as they usually are as of late. Once grocery shopping was done I had to take Aidan and Brendan to their first birthday party. I expected them to be clingy to me in a social setting like that. As it turns out they weren’t. They both had a great time playing with the other kids from their class. They would occasionally run over and say hi to me as I watched. I was glad to see them being as social as they were. When we got it home we had dinner and it was time for bed.
Sunday was finally Disney on Ice, The Incredibles day! Liam was up bright and early telling us at 7am about it. This was all he talked about all morning. The same questions repeated; Is it time yet? Where are the tickets? When are we going? The last hour before we left Liam’s anxiety was high over the show. The big drawback today was Brendan and Aidan said they weren’t feeling well. Brendan looked especially sick and was. Jill still wasn’t feeling too well, but she’s finally made a turn for the better. Jill, Aidan, and Brendan, ended up not going. I took her brother Mike, Katie, and Bridget. Liam was extremely excited about going, he was quite the chatterbox the whole way there! When the show started Liam was thrilled because Mickey and Minnie Mouse came out. In years past his anxiety was horrible and he could not handled the lights, noise, and characters on the ice. As the show began he was good, but as it went on he started to say he was done and he wanted to go home. I was able to easily calm him and keep him focused on the show. He would get scared when the lights would be out as the bad guy “Supremo” would come out. We made it to intermission. We went back to the loge we had access to so he could use the bathroom and get something to drink. They gave out these wrist bands to all the kids to use at some point in the show. I played up the significance of what they were for and Liam was ready for the second half of the show to start. Liam really got into the show and had a great time. I was so glad to see him respond like he did. What may have made the show more engaging to him was the story line. The Incredibles family was at Disney for vacation and they had to save it from Supremo the villain. The Incredibles would from to each Disney ride, the Pirates of the Caribbean, Alice in Wonderland Tea cup ride, It’s a small world, and Liam’s favorite, Space Mountain. The Space Mountain scene featured someone dressed up as Buzz Lightyear. Liam was ecstatic! The show ended and Liam was still excited about it. He kept playing with his wristband. It was cute. He was tired from his big day out. We got home and had to help Jill clean up the refrigerator after a bottle of root beer froze and exploded inside. We cleaned up as fast as we could and Liam just kept whining for us to sit with him to put him to bed. We finally got him to bed.
We’ll see what this week hold’s in store. Hopefully a healthy week for everyone!
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