mom's cake

My birthday happened to land on a tues. this yr., so the family came over for a cookout with some friends and a very large cake. Dinner was great, the kids ate good, the cards made me cry and then the dessert. A very large sheet cake that was so good with a scoop of ice cream on the side. I felt daring, I gave Corey a piece with ice cream so that he could eat it all by himself. My mom looked on ready to jump in and help with the mess he was making. He was enjoying himself, feeding touching, mushing, it was great. Bedtime came a bit late that night since everyone was on a sugar rush, but it only took him 2 x's up before he was asleep.
The next morning seemed to come so fast and I opened my eyes to him standing on the side of my bed with his hands covered in something?? First look I had a thought, was it edible or not? Well it was frosting, a sweet white frosting from what? MY CAKE! I ran into the kitchen to see my now 1/2 sheet of cake smeered down the front of the stove and upside down on the floor. Ugh! Now what? He was wet and covered in sugary frosting and needed to be changed, but the floor needed to be cleaned up. So trying to hold him back I scooped up what I could and yelled for dad to get him. Phew, saved! Nice and clean at 6am and ready to start our day!!

working hard

Cans 4 Corey raised over $1600 again this year. I didn't think that we would hit that mark but I'm so happy that we did! Hooray for us and for all of our wonderful volunteers and everyone that donated, esp. FARMINGTON!! They brought a dump truck, that's right a dump truck filled with 5c returns. Very long and busy day, one potty break, 2 diaper changes, some fishy crackers and a few juice boxes. Yah! Corey spent some time with a family friend at the park with her niece and big bro, so it was more play than work for him of course. But I'm glad that some cdsc families came out to see what we were doing.
Our next adventure will be the motorcycle ride, how much can we raise? Hopefully more awareness than anything. That's so important to me and I'm sure to so many other families out there with children with special needs. Just know that our children can do great things in the world and they will work hard doing it too!

a burden

Last week I was on fb and saw that a mom that I know who happens to belong to the CDSC had written about a situation that had angered her. Another mom helper at her son's school commented on her son being a burden for his one on one while she had been in the same room helping out. Being so upset and angry she left the room in tears.
Is this what people think of my son? How do I know that this same thing isn't happening in his classroom? Is he a burden? And to who is he a burden to?
See for moms like me we don't have the luxury of asking our children about their day and having them tell us. We have thoughts of how their day could have gone or get a feel for it by looking at their work that was sent home, but we have no way of really knowing.
When I look into his eyes, a burden is not what I see. I see a strong willed young boy that will have to work a bit harder than his peers. He walks, runs, laughs, is silly and makes others smile when they meet him. He is a child and he is my child. One day he will be able to tell me how his day went, just not today.