I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving! We had two guests and enjoyed our traditional dinner: steak! One of our guests loves to help prepare food. He has been a guest for holidays with our family for years. As the day went on we kept crossing off things from our menu! I gave up on making pumpkin soup, he gave up making a Bernaise sauce to go with the steak and he also gave up making some bread pudding. Just as well, we had plenty of food otherwise.
Samuel does not care for beef so he had his old standard entree, chicken nuggets! He has not been as cooperative with trying new food as he was about a year ago. I need to strategize a bit. Last year a taste of soda in a cup was enough of a "reinforcer" to get him to try sampling new food. That is not the case anymore.
This is the first year that Samuel will be writing a letter to Santa with a specific request that is his own. He has been wanting an X-Box 360 for a while. We told him, "Maybe you can ask Santa for one at Christmas." Now he goes around saying, "I can't wait to get my X-Box 360 for Christmas!" Here's the problem, we are a Playstation Family! We have a PS2, a PSP, and quite a selection of games to go along. While I am thrilled that Samuel has requested something on his own, I just don't see how "Santa" could bring something that is a whole new system to deal with! We are trying to steer his request for a Wii game instead. He has been using one at occupational therapy and his brothers have tried one at a friend's house. Yes, Wii is a new system, but one that the entire family could get some use out of. (I'd love to try Wii Fit!)
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We have the Wii and the kids like it. My mom just got Wii Fit and she loves it. She has lost a pound and feels stronger!
I find Wii games to be more kid friendly thank my brother's XBOX 360
My kids want a Wii so badly!
They are so expensive.
I entered a raffle for one.
It would sure make their christmas but that would be all they would get.
WOW you have a lot of stuff.
I'm with you on not wanting a whole new system. I still have a Nintendo original from the 1980's. :]
my husband has a Wii on his Christmas list - not sure Santa will grant his wish this year...I think he's on the naughty list! ;0)
glad u guys had a great thxgiving!
jaden won't try new foods either...the whole texture thing throws him totally! if it looks weird, well then it MUST taste awful! ;0)
Thanks for your comments on my blog... you can see that I was feeling down on myself today, happens some at this time of the year. I don't know why I let what I overheard today get to me... it just did. I know that you and I would still be close if we lived near each other - marriage and kids included - just like I was always close to Michelle when Ashley was a baby - and still am even though they live in PA.
Oh... and my nephews are getting a Wii this year!!! I am going to buy the oldest one the "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader" game for it for Christmas. He loves that show!
This post made me laugh because my son has also just started to ask for a gift from Santa and it too is a gift I'm less than thrilled about. (He wants a Nintendo DS Lite - basically a handheld computer game that longingly calls "Small Mario Party.")
I've been so torn about this because we have a Wii that gets plenty of use (BTW, Wii Fit is great! Totally family friendly too. I about killed myself trying to do yoga! I think I'm the only person in CA that can't do it!) Plus, I worry about the exclusivity of such an activity, particularly when so much of our life's work with him has been about social skills and interaction.
That being said, we went ahead and bought the game. Ugh. Hubby and I went back and forth for so long on it and then we concluded that it's not the game that's inherently bad. It's how WE control it. Like our Wii, we intend to control the use of the game and use it as a strong positive reinforcer for positive behaviors.
I guess the other thing that pushed us over the edge was the simple fact that he asked for it - a big deal for a kid with so little language. This is really the first year where he seems to be putting together the whole concept of Christmas, Santa, gifts, etc. Frankly, we've been waiting so long for this type of "typical" behavior that we are just thrilled to indulge it. (We all have our weaknesses, right?!!)
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