Day 3 of camp is over!

Day 3 of camp is over..

certainly he is more tired than usual (as many of the kids were on this 3rd day of camp)

I noticed Ty doing more just staring off,

more just standing, less literally running here, there and every where!

Definite signs of a tired boy!

And like the last 2 days post camp, he came home, had lunch and fell asleep on the couch for about 2 hours!

That is good- he definitely needed it even more today than the other days!

He was getting very irritable on the 1/4 mile ride in the car home- clearly fatigued and overstimulated where he isn't tolerating much else at that point!

But we managed to get home without incident, and I literally tell the girls to just stay even out of his eye sight- stay away from him, and allow him to BE

I know it's hard to have all things kind of be centered around him and his ability to cope.... but after camp which is such a big deal, I think it's fine to just have everyone stay out of the one family room where he is and allow him his time, especially when he's asleep! That is just our reality- and trust me no one wants to disturb this otherwise the rest of the day will be difficult- and our difficult is unlike most.

So despite the oldest complaining about staying out of that one room, clearly it's best for everyone! :)

And so far, the afternoon continues on without a hiccup- it's hard to say if it will continue, but man I'm proud of that kid!

I know how desperately he wants to do camp, how badly he wants to do his best, how much he struggles to be there, to listen, to play, to breathe with so much happening around him!

And he's doing it!

When we say the fall out is too high of a price (because his behaviors can be so aggressive and dangerous...... it doesn't matter how the rest of us perceive how great something may be

those just are not the factors to take into account- his body doesn't properly process external stimuli signals and doesn't properly respond so the greatest of "even something he loves" can absolutely be so overwhelming to his system that he flips into fight or flight therefore putting himself into danger, by running away, or simply be so aggressive that somebody gets hurt!

He could not have done this camp last summer, or even 6 months ago.

And he is doing it- now, 3 days in a row

and I love seeing him have so much fun, as a little boy who is at basketball camp should.

The world is not the same to him as it is to the rest of us (and even for each of us we all feel the world differently)..... He is doing a basketball camp, he is not coming home and being a danger to himself or others, or destroying property, he falls asleep, he's asking to be left alone, he is being successful- and this we will support and praise him for!