Yesterday

Our trip back to the Y was ok. It's funny that when we walked into the Y all eyes were on us and everyone was on their best behavior... saying hello, offering to open doors, etc... I took Jonathan into the childcare room and the director was there (she's the one the decided to kick him out. Her husband is the one that confronted me). She was sugar sweet, not in a genuine way, but in an annoying fake way. Jonathan wasn't interested in her ~ he just wanted to wheel past her to get to the toys and other kids. I must have been ignoring her as well, because I can not remember a thing she was saying! Oops! I do recall telling her that if she or any other caregiver had ANY problems with him to please call me over the intercom! Oh... I do remember one of her comments!... I guess she was trying to impress me by saying that they have lots of new activities for the kids, she rambled on about them and then she said "But I'm not sure how many of those HE can participate in." I whipped my head around really quick and said "I don't tell him that he can't do something because of his disability, I try to find a way for him to do whatever the other kids his age are doing!" Yesterday's new activity was Cutting and pasting... come on, SERIOUSLY! I think they can find a way to include him... It's not like they are going to take a room full of 2-4 year old mountain climbing!!!! He is only in that room for 30 - 45 min a few days a week... I think they should be able to include him in the activities for that short amount of time! As I left that room I had a conversation with God... it went something like this "Lord, are you sure you picked the right mommy for this job (teaching the folks at the Y how to deal with SN children), because I'm already pretty close to loosing my mind! I'm not real sure that I can handle any of their comments in a way that would make you proud. I'm sure you have a wonderful plan, so I try not to question you, but I'm struggling right now... so if you are sure that this is something you want me to do.... HELP ME! I need a BIGGER filter between my brain and my mouth!!!"
I then moved on with my workout and tried to clear my mind. When I was finished I started back towards the childcare room and I had to pray again "Lord, please help me to be a better person... NOW. I want to make you proud." So I went back to the childcare room to get Jonathan. Of course the director lady was right there to greet me. I did my best to ignore her, I just kept looking for Jonathan. It took me a few seconds to find him because there were so many children gathered around his wheelchair! He had a race track sitting up in his lap and all the kids were gathered around him playing with either the race track OR the wheelchair. Jonathan was loving life! He said that he made lots of new friends. The only complaint he had was the kids keep pushing him around and they were taking him places he did NOT want to go! :)

NO PT for Jonathan for the next week. His Therapist is sick with Strep! I will be doing his exercises with him until she is better. He's thrilled!... insert sarcasm here.

Now, How about American Idol last night? Wasn't that one of the most unbelievable shows EVER?.... with Rod Stewart, Carlos Santana, Keith Urban, Queen Latifah, and Cyndi Lauper... just to name a few! WOW! What a show! We were all split on who we thought should win... I could not pick a favorite from the top two (my true fav, Allison, was voted off), Jackson likes Adam, Alexis loves Kris, and Jonathan loves David Cook.... we could not get him to understand that David is from last season. It did not help our argument when David Cook appeared so many times on last night's show! He kept saying "see, you guys, he IS on here!" So, eventually we gave up and let him think that David was once again in the running for the title of American Idol! I videoed Jonathan singing along with David, I wanted to post it, but blogger is still not allowing me to post videos!
When they announced Kris as the winner there were mixed feelings in our house... Jonathan was devastated that David didn't win! Jack was shocked because Adam didn't win! BUT Alexis was thrilled!!! She let out one of those girly screams! Personally, I don't think it really matters who wins or looses, it's what they do after the show that will determine if they are successful. Look at Chris Daughtry's success.
I hope that show like American Idol, The Amazing race, and Survivor continue because these are shows our family can sit down and watch together. We do not watch a lot of TV, but when we do, it is usually a show like this that I can watch with the kids. Pop some popcorn, sit back and relax with the kids.