don't let the diagnosis fool you...
Addison is extremely good at problem solving.
Exhibit A: We set up her picnic table as a road block of sorts for the little girl who kept just crawling out of the room during therapy. She looked at us like "duh" and then deftly wedged her body underneath the picnic table and elbowed her way to freedom. "I DON'T WANT to be here and I'll escape anyway possible!"
Exhibit B: She was helping me pack away some Carter clothes in tupperwares that she somehow knew were leaving the house...and after I had put her down for her nap and was refolding the clothes I discovered a tiny pair of pink glasses that had been "stored" under a pile of clothes in a sealed container. "Hehehehe...and that's the last I'll see of THOSE."
Exhibit C: I was bribing her to take steps by holding out a chocolate Hershey kiss in front of her and she broke free, crawled away from me and found a dish holding LOTS of Hersey kisses hidden behind a lamp on the other side of the room. "Are you really expecting me to WORK for one piece of chocolate when I secretly discovered an entire STASH? Puhleez."
Exhibit D: She will do ANYTHING at the promise of Signing Time. Including give the annoying little bother a kiss.
Exhibit E:
Exhibit A: We set up her picnic table as a road block of sorts for the little girl who kept just crawling out of the room during therapy. She looked at us like "duh" and then deftly wedged her body underneath the picnic table and elbowed her way to freedom. "I DON'T WANT to be here and I'll escape anyway possible!"
Exhibit B: She was helping me pack away some Carter clothes in tupperwares that she somehow knew were leaving the house...and after I had put her down for her nap and was refolding the clothes I discovered a tiny pair of pink glasses that had been "stored" under a pile of clothes in a sealed container. "Hehehehe...and that's the last I'll see of THOSE."
Exhibit C: I was bribing her to take steps by holding out a chocolate Hershey kiss in front of her and she broke free, crawled away from me and found a dish holding LOTS of Hersey kisses hidden behind a lamp on the other side of the room. "Are you really expecting me to WORK for one piece of chocolate when I secretly discovered an entire STASH? Puhleez."
Exhibit D: She will do ANYTHING at the promise of Signing Time. Including give the annoying little bother a kiss.
Exhibit E:
Today she helped her friends make some sugar cookies
and then enjoyed one after nap time.
(she was especially a fan of the pink frosting)
"Oh sweet nectar of the gods"
"Oh sweet nectar of the gods"
She was pretty ticked when she was told only ONE cookie. I could see her wheels turning
..."How do I get some more of that frosting...hmmmm"
Her plan?
Sneakily hanging around while I was loading the dishwasher.
Waiting until I looked away....
And then diving in.
Pretty happy with her sugar-high self, she lapped up the pink frosting as quickly as possible because she knew I would notice her
sooner rather than later.
Her guilty lips formed "NO" in response to my reaction
and she helped herself to more...waiting for me to physically drag her away
..."mmmmmm LUV me some pink frosting"
Seriously this kid is so smart...
she knows how to get what she wants. #I'mInSoMuchTrouble
p.s. Addison would like to wish a very happy birthday to both of her Grandmas