sarcasm, character, and sulfuric acid - kinda random

interesting day in RADland. i tend to forget my RADicals don't do sarcasm, which really stinks since i love it. but today i slipped. i was peeling an onion and mr asked if it was hard.
i said, well it's not rocket science.
he said okay, but is it hard??
*sigh* no, mr, it's not hard. rocket science is hard, this is easy, that's what i meant.
oh, okay. (said as one wondering why i brought up such a stupid reference)

i always wonder if the kids are learning what we mean to teach them. today the boys refused to help em do some work because we want her to build character. we told her it was to build her character but she still got mad!
poor em.

today i put sulfuric acid in the kids eyes to teach them a lesson for homeschool! does that sound mean? yeah, we chopped onions & learned why it makes you cry! (i didn't actually put anything in their eyes, drop the phone and google it). fun lesson! :)

concepts, comcepts, whatever

em cracked me up today and didn't know why. just some of that grown-up humor she doesn't think is funny. (she says that often).
em does not get concepts. she can do math easy peasy, but put the exact same problem in a word problem and whoa. forget it and be ready for tears. she'll read the entire problem and just say but what does that mean? and yes, it's the lack of ability to access her frontal cortex during that fear, we all know that right? (but shew does it get old)
but the not getting concepts thing applies to other areas too. things like oh, you didn't say don't put a wet towel on the floor, you just said wet washcloth, so i thought the towel would be fine. the laundry basket's moved a foot to the right, so now where do i put my dirty clothes?
my worst habit (and i know this is bad, which is why i'm saying you shouldn't do it) is saying, em, you have to USE that brain in your head. (i know, shut up). but it's so hard when she just won't learn to think. (i know, shut up again).
so anyway, we try to point out concepts in other areas hoping one day she'll connect the ideas. who knows, but she's aware of the idea of them and that she's not good at them.

(wow, long set-up, sorry!)

well today, i asked a question about the book (they have to answer with complete sentences) and she (as usual) spit back my question to start her sentence. i told her she doesn't have to repeat the whole question, just start a sentence about the answer.
after much confusion i just said oh, it's a concept and you don't understand do you?
she said no, i don't understand comcepts.
i said comcepts? it's concepts with an "n"!
she said see? i can't get concepts, i can't even SPELL concepts!

okay, it might not be funny to anyone else, but it cracked me up!
now, if you have any (real life practical tried) suggestions on teaching concepts, i'm all ears!

sensory therapy - oops! :)

We were showing the kids the sensory integration therapy that we’ll be adding to their daily schedule (therapist instructed!) and one was spinning (getting mr’s brain stimulated enough to focus). Therapist said do this, this, and then this if mr can handle it. Well we assumed she meant if he doesn’t mind being dizzy (which he loves). Well, we tried it and he passed out! : ) Oops! Just spinning 10x each way in a chair (which they do often). But the last thing was lying on his side, and he just looked really relaxed and then flopped off the chair. He said things went black. So yeah, we’ll skip that, yikes! : )

the way to her heart...

we've learned that the way to em's heart is food, and we use that in therapy and at home of course. she thinks about, talks about, and worries about food so much, although it's been much better since we realized the issue and now always have a snack available (apples or raisins) anytime she wants.
with neglect, it makes sense of course. sometimes you'd think 3 years of always having plenty and never missing a meal would make that fear go away, but then you would be using logic, silly head. it's interesting that her favorite food in the world is apple sauce (aka baby food) and she really enjoys baby food time more than baby bottle time. she's still not super comfortable, but she's getting there.
in therapy, she was asked to draw a pic of something about me that made her feel love. after the usual "aw, i don't want to talk about love" complaining, she drew this. just interesting. and a good reminder to me that i need to keep using food in a playful (babyish) positive way and not overdo the table manners reminders!