Took All Three to see Santa. By Myself. With No Stroller. :D
was at the horticulture gardens. Lots of Christmas trees, some craft
activities including coloring, microscopes! (Lola loved 'em)....
Tristan held my hand the entire time and stayed with us, until Lily
decided to take an extensively long time in the bathroom on our way
out the door (and we discovered, yes he can open the heavy door,
luckily I caught him just as he opened it). He did try to dive into
Santa's sleigh once he saw the candy canes. One of the parapros that
was in his class last year was there and she helped me hold him. After
that (the two kids that were in front were older) Santa asked to see
the younger kids first. :D The parapro said she missed the kids in the
class (she was switched to another AI class that needed the help) and
came by one day when the school she's in had no school (the school his
program is housed in only has days off on holidays, so no inservice
days or half days during the school year) and once Tristan noticed she
was there, he smiled real big. She said she was glad to see us out, as
one of the kids in the class she's in now has never been taken out,
and so he doesn't know what to do (program has social skills field
trips to take the kids out) and runs all the time. I said Tristan runs
a lot too, but he's getting better about staying with us, and there
was so much going on and to look at and see, I don't think he felt the
need to run. He was too busy checking everything out. He likes to
explore. (and for the most part I kept moving - you keep moving w/
Tristan he doesn't generally want to run away). They'd had trips to
the mall last year and he did well. I said, after watching him, that
maybe he did well because of how busy the mall was. Again: lots to
look at and see, and lots of people.
