If you put ice in my cup, it wont fall out because the lid is on.

Which is amazing, I forgot to put any special drink (sanitarium up and go) in the fridge yesterday so it was warm, this is usually Alec's prefered way of having it but not Riley, so being Christmas we ofcourse have an esky with ice in it out the back, Alec saw me put ice in Riley's and then said that to me, well i am still smiling from ear to ear, he always makes sure his drinks come with no ice, he hasn't liked the sound it makes when it hits the glass.

He wouldn't let me get a photo of him though, so this was the best I could do

The other child

You know what is the hardest thing to balance, how to split yourself fairly and equally between your children. I know sometimes Riley comes out second best, but that is no excuse for him to scream at me for an hour and 15 minutes, I admit a good amount of that time I locked myself in the bathroom. For some reason Riley is unable to accept NO from me, but if my mum says NO, he says "ok mutti" if Michael wasn't on holidays and my mother in law wasn't staying here I'm not sure I would be so calm right now, because the prospect of spending the day with my 3 year old sends me cold, it is strength i sometimes don't have.

Alec on the other hand is handling the holidays very well, there is a little more stress evident as he gets overwhelmed by some situations but on the whole he is doing well. I even got a photo of Alec and Santa and then he wanted to go back again with Riley, this is the same boy who when asked looked fearful and hid behind something at the mention of santa photos, we have come a long way.

1st School assembly

We were so excited, this week we got our first school photos back and then Friday the first kindy PP assembly. All the school came to watch and kindy and PP did songs and a nativity play, they were all just gorgeous. Alec sang along too and wasn't bothered by the people or the noise.

Then they had a party and a disco, Alec joined in at the beginning, dancing and running around with his friends but it did get a little loud for him so we went and played around the corner and sat with Mrs Mirco, Helen Alec's aide is just fantastic she is so clued in to his moods and needs and even does his compression exercises when he gets a bit worked up.

Riley was where the food was and had a lovely time sampling all the goodies everyone bought along.

We coaxed Alec back to the others and they had a visit from Santa which Alec just loved, he loves Santa! After that he did a bit more dancing and as Santa left they all formed a conga line, Helen helped Alec out and once he got the idea he was off.

It was a fantastic day watching him participate, I have been so happy with the school he just loves it there.