March 2023 - We took a spring break trip to Arizona and had the usual travel stress, finding our rental car and navigating out of the airport. I was driving and Mike was navigating. He told me "ok you will turn left up here in a little bit." We approached and then he said "right here" which I took to mean right turn. He actually meant, "turn left right here." And I repeated "right here?" and he said "right here!" so I turned right. The kids in the back had a good laugh as we turned around. Now whenever we are driving we all repeat " right, right here!"
March 2023 - While on the same vacation, Isaac was singing along to "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate with the lyrics "I believe in miracles." Isaac put a spin on it, "I believe in meatballs."
May 2023 - We had on the live coverage of the coronation of King Charles, Sam walks through the room not really paying attention but stops and looks at the screen and asks, "Ok so now who are they sacrificing?"
August 2023 - Isaac recently began seeing a new therapist named Keeva that we really liked. During his first session she asked him his favorite hobby and his response was, "Great question Keeva, I guess I'd say climbing trees."
September 2023 - Labor Day up at the lake and Sam had opted to bring only his crocs as footwear. They also serve has his lake shoes to protect his feet from zebra mussels and rocks. We were swimming on a particularly windy day and he kept taking off his crocs and leaving them on the pier. I warned him to keep an eye on them since it was so windy. We looked up and they were gone. I started scanning the shoreline angrily and he was frantically looking under the pier, etc. Suddenly he stopped, "oh here they are... on my feet."
September 2023 - Another interesting session for Keeva, as Isaac (who reads entirely too many medical books) shares that he has experienced auditory hallucinations. He is very specific that it is a french man. She was fairly concerned after that session and asked Mike if he was concerned (which he was not). Keeva calls me in to chat after getting to know him more and understanding his penchant for finding fun diagnoses and says to me, "I don't want to make fun of your son, but that's hilarious." Yep, yep.
November 2023 - As we prepare to host Thanksgiving, Isaac joins me on a trip to Costco to get the turkey. We find a 20 lb bird and Isaac informs me "this turkey weighs more than a Napoleonic era cannon, those only weighed 12 pounds mom."
Happy Holiday to you and yours!
