Great weekend

We had a good weekend but busy.  Yesterday I made a batch of cupcakes before breakfast, then took the boys to a little puppet show at the library.  Both of them quite liked it and Malcolm actually sat with me for the whole show which is a stupendous improvement over last time, where he sat for about 2 minutes of the show!

Then we hit the dollarstore for Hallowe'en stuff on the way home.  A quick lunch and then Jan actually got Malcolm to nap (he has been way overtired lately) and Donovan did some quiet activities while I cleaned and tidied.  Donovan and I also did some decorating.  Jan went grocery shopping and after Malcolm got up we vaccumed the downstairs.  Then Jan made supper while I decorated the cupcakes and the kids mostly watched TV.  After dinner Malcolm went to bed but Donovan and I went for a walk to look at some of the houses that were decorated for Hallowe'en.

Today we went to church and then after a quick lunch the boys all headed outside to play while I tidied and got organized for Donovan's Hallowe'en party!  Donovan had six little friends over (actually that includes a little brother of one friend that is Malcolm's age) and they had a great time.  They were all dressed up in their costumes.  I had quite a bit of stuff organized for them - bobbing for apples, eat a donut off a string, two crafts and dance contest (to Monster Mash and Ghostbusters).  We had a fruit tray and cupcakes for snack and we didn't even have time for Bingo!

The only mishap during the party was when the kids were dancing and one of them managed to knock Jan's computer off the couch which torpedoed through the glass door of our TV cabinet.  Luckily no one was hurt and the glass did not make much mess.  Have contacted the carpenter who built it for us and he is going to fix it for us asap so no real harm done.

After the big excitement we were pretty tired and had the boys in bed by 8pm but then I sat down for another session of filling out forms for Malcolm's upcoming psych session.  Five forms, hundreds of questions (mostly multiple choice, thank goodness!).  The purpose of the psych assessment is to figure out cognitively what Malcolm's strengths and weaknesses are and get some advice on how to help stimulate development in those areas where he may be weaker.  Hopefully also some strategies on how to overcome some increasingly difficult behaviour....

Long story short, after several hours the forms are filled out and ready for Jan to drop them off tomorrow (since he works across the street).  Looking forward to sleep tonight,

Mary Ellen