Due to my oldest son's racing activities, every now and then I find myself without my husband around Sunday mornings when it is time to go to church. I am happy to say that this morning Samuel, his sister, and I all successfully made it through mass, on our first attempt! I made sure to give Samuel advance notice about how things would happen. I usually have to sit with him separately from the rest of the family; he gets distracted and agitated with his siblings around. The only other time I tried this was when I had one of his brothers with us, Samuel did not care for it. We had some close calls this morning: he loves to tease his sister and one time he started getting agitated when I asked him to change the position he was sitting in. I tackled these challenges by giving Samuel some words of encouragement and a few hugs and thankfully it helped.
To celebrate our success we went out for breakfast, with more good results! That was no small feat either, with a very tempting gift shop to maneuver through as we entered and exited! (Can you guess what restaurant I might be talking about!?)
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Oh yes, the lovely Cracker Barrel!!! One of my favorite places to eat and shop.
Correct! A great family restaurant, but oh is that gift shop a killer; not just because how my child with autism reacts to it.. but also how my NT children react to it as well!
Congratulations!!!!
My husband is so bad! He works for a Chilean company. Some Chileans were in town and they drove to the factory in Tennessee. On the way, they stopped at a Crack Barrel. Steve explained that it was a very unique restaurant in this little town in Tennessee. People drive all over to eat there. They oooed and aahhhed at all the quaint stuff inside. When they got back on the Interstate and saw a sign for another Cracker Barrel they started to smell a rat! LOL!
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Woo hoo!!
That is GREAT! I went to mass with my friend once.I barely made it through.
Mass AND a restaurant-- very very good!!
(just thought I'd stop by and say HI!!)
--Kimberly
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