Thursday, 27 August 2009

• The Sleepover event of the summer

  My two boys, Thomas and Brandon, both of whom have autism, had a sleepover event last night with two of their closest (and only) friends. The four boys stayed up until two a.m. and were then were up bright and early at six a.m.! How do they go on with only four hours of sleep? The good news: Thomas made a pot of coffee for me!

  They spent the night playing video games, jumping on the trampolene outside, swimming in the pool, watching T.V. with questionable content (rated G but the level of intelligence of the shows are questionable) and snacking on the good stuff.

  At least every five minutes, I'd hear them argue. Over everything. They tried playing a board game and then argued over the meaning of "go back four spaces." They tried to watch a T.V. show and then argued over the volume level (the other boys have no sensory issues so loud TV is cool to them). They argued over who had the better muscle development (Brandon has hypertonia, that shouldn't even be a contest!). They argued over whose brown hair was browner. 
  

  Then lights off and the arguments continued... who was going to go to sleep the fastest and what they were going to do the next morning... who was going to cook the eggs... and on and on until two a.m.

  When they got up this morning, right back to arguing! Bickering non-stop.

  Now that the boys are preparing to leave, my sons say "Can't they stay longer? We had SO much fun!" Fun? Fun? Arguing over everly little detail is... FUN?

  I'm glad they had the experience. Every kid should have a sleep-over with friends. But I'm also glad the school year is starting up in just 10 days and I can limit the amount that this happens again! It may have been fun for them but my nerves are shot!

   

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