A day in the life of Autism

Friday, July 14, 2006

And fun was had by all....After a lot of work

Well we went to the redneck paradise of Dollywood for our vacation this year and had a Great Time!! I really thought it would be a waste of time but between the rides and nice cabin we had fun. The only hard part was getting Brandon to have a good time. That was a LOT of work. The funniest time was when we were walking into the park and a nice lady took our picture for us, the lady said ya'll have a goodtime in DOL-LY- WO-OD. Yes I am from the south born and raised BUT I don't take an extra syllable to say every word. The funny part of this is Brandon saying to everyone "We are in DOL-LY- WO-OD". It was priceless. I will say that the hardest part was getting him to ride the rides. Once we got him on one he was fine. The wet ones were the hardest though. He fought tooth and nail and then was like "OK Let's go again!!" This was part for the whole vacation. He loved the cabin and wanted to stay their ALL THE TIME!! We only got him to leave by saying if we go back to the cabin you will have to go to bed. It was a choice, made by him you can do what we want to do or you can do the lesser choice. He always made the right choice but we had to give him these several times. These were started by don't want to ride the swings... choice, then OH I had a great time. Then don't want to get on whatever ride....choice, then Oh I had a great time. After 5 hours of this the fun on me and my husbands part was a little strained but the end result was good memories for all. Brandon was not tall enough for the roller coasters but he watched each one. We will be back to ride those, he told me. That may have been the problem all along, who knows... His sisters had fun, we had fun, Brandon had fun.... That's all that matters. oohh, I came home with chicken pox, everything can't be perfect. Brandon keeps looking for the chickens though...

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