While this year's adventure home for Halloween couldn't possibly top last year's, what with its prosthetic arm in the road, trip to a small-town Wal*Mart and dead bear, but it was pretty fun.
I need to back up a week before I start, though.
Charlie has been easing into the gluten-free/casein-free diet for over a month now, and the jury has been out as to whether or not it is working. Yeah, he's making progress, but he's been making pretty steady progress since May, so I hate to just assume that something is working when there are too many factors to isolate.
After last Saturday, I can say with fair certainty that it is working.
Saturday was the day of many halloween parties. While we did our best to carry foods that were acceptable for him and heavily edit anything that made it into his bucket, we clearly failed, as Sunday was the most horrible day we've had in months. He couldnt stop jumping, throwing things, screaming, attempting to kill household pets, biting, shaking--it was like Charlie of six months ago had suddenly reappeared to hit us over the head and show us just how far he'd come.
Monday, Charlie had what I can only describe as a hangover. As the week progressed and the stuff got out of his system, it was like watching in one week what we've been watching over the last half year.
This week, I have been working crazy amounts. When I come home at night, Charlie runs to hug me, yelling, "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!" He has never done that.
Thursday night, I tried on my ball gown to wear to work the next day and he saw me and bowed, saying, "You're a princess!" He asked where my castle was and took me into the kitchen to dance. Captivated by mommy in purple satin, we spun around and around until he stopped, grabbed daddy's hand and said, 'You dance with the princess!"
On the trip to my parents' last night, he sang a song, all by himself. He sang 3 or 4 verses of The Wheels on the Bus, screaming STOP anytime a sister tried to chime in. It was like having a normal kid in the back seat for the first time I can remember.
4 comments:
Yea! I thought he was super awesome at Trunk or Treat and looked adorable too! You and Dowlan keep up the work and faith - you have lots of people praying for you! Hope to see you soon!
Yea! WooHoo!! It's so rewarding to see that contrast and know you are doing what is best for a child. What a delight to hear him sing! It brings tears of joy to my eyes. I guess mostly from remembering how precious these little moments can be when so much work is involved. Congratulations! Enjoy it.
YAY!!!!!!
It's not until you have a child that significantly deviates from normal that you appreciate normal.
I will never forget when my then 5 year old hugged me (unprompted) and said "you the best mommy"
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