Special Olympics

Recently we signed Levi up for the Special Olympics. Levi is our 8 year old son(9 in November!).He has Asperger Syndrome, which is a high functioning form of autism. He is super smart, but socially he is behind. These are the kids who don't underststand personal space and don't make eye contact with people for very long. Many, like Levi, have trouble understanding idioms and are very concrete and literal. He also has ADHD and bi-polar to top it off. He has a very short temper and boy, do we have some tantrums at our house on a daily basis. But, he is sweet kid, very artistic and imaginative and loving. Anyway, the special olympic team of Tri-Cities are doing bowling right now. It's a little frustrating for him since they don't have the "bumper lanes" out and he's had his share of gutterballs. But he's learning and it's good socially. He made his first real friend recently and they are having a blast! His mom and I hit it off really well. Her son has Aspergers too, and it's so nice to have someone to talk to who understands!
Tonight is bowling and should be fun with them. I'm praying that he will get a higher score than 32, which is his best so far. But the important thing is he's learning and having fun doing it. That's the latest with our family! More on Miles, our little 14 month old later!
Kayla