Fantasy-tastic Holiday

It's amazing in general how kids develop their own personalities. Watching Aethan's interests shift through the years has been so interesting and exciting. First it was Trains, then Dinosaurs and now Dragons. Now, when Aethan gets "interested" in something, like most Autistic children, it morphs itself more in to an obsession and then in to a world he escapes in to. These little guys have names, genders (only 1 female because his brother pointed out since he has eggs and baby dragons there needed to be a girl) and they all have special powers and abilities. As I clean it the drawers and file cabinets I will post the morphing of is Dragon drawings, which is spectacular from age 4 until now. 

     identity has also become somewhat confusing. Since he has no real interest in knowing what being "the best" actually means, he just assumes that in his world he is the best. In his world he is "a gamer." He's referring to his favorite video games- World of Warcraft (he plays under supervision, just in case anyone is thinking I am crazy) and any type of Pokemon. Some days are entirely filled with banter about which level or type a certain character is and he hums a soundtrack along with it. I have a hard time keeping up. 

    Aethan will turn 9 in a little over a week and I look forward to spending his birthday, just the 2 of us, at Islands of Adventure.