So to continue with my Easter Story.

Side note: My husband was just standing over me while I was typing this. "What are you doing" He says. He does not get why we blog.

Anyway...

After the rocky start to our trip, you will be surprised to hear that the rest of it went very well. We stopped only once for lunch and potty.

We stopped, somewhere on 64 close to the VA/NC border, at a McDonalds. This must have been the only McDonalds in town because everyone was there at that moment. After circleing twice, we found a parking spot and squeezed in with my big Suburban.

When I open up the back door, toys and trash come spilling out. Of course no one had shoes on. Since both Scott and Laura are potty training at the same time, I did put them both Pullups before we left. The 3 year old was doing the Pee-Pee dance, as was I. Scott does not hold his as well as Laura.

So we make it into the McDonald's restroom. I try and get the 3 of us into the big stall, so that I can keep an eye on them. My oldest waits for us. Scott does not go potty. Instead he flushes. He has a flushing feddish. I am not sure what sensory input he gets from it but he sure does love it. He can waste a lot of water if we let him.

Laura refuses to go. She is afraid of the big noisy toilet. Since neither one of them would go potty-I couldn't go either. So here we are, 2 hours away from home, 3 hours to go-all with full bladders. Thank goodness the 2 little ones have on pullups. I wish there was one for me!

We are all hungry. Of course we will have McDonalds since we are there. But I refuse to wait at the counter. I have had to stand in line with my kids before, I vowed never to do it again. So we get back in the car. Remember I said everyone in town was at this burger joint. We waited 15 minutes to place our order.

Now with food, we get back on the freeway. We make it all the way to my mom's house without incident.

I was so shocked that they were all so good. I was afraid to jinks it, knowing we had to go back the way we came.

The week in Virginia turned out to be a great time. We were very busy going from house to house. My mother has made it very easy for us to visit.

When Scott was first diagnosed 3 years ago, he was going through his distruction phase. He broke, ripped, chewed everything in his reach. We ended having to lock up everything in his room. After one of our visits with my mom during this time frame-she also leared how distructive he could be.

So she did the same. He has his very own room. Where she has placed a lock on everything and moved the bed away from the ceiling fan chain. Another feddish he as-fans! She really came through for us. I big change for her to.

During our visit we were able to coordinate a trip to Kings Dominion. I could not believe it. It was like a family reunion. Everyone was there. Remember how many cousins I said there were. All in all there were about 30 of us all together. We had such a good time.

Scott did very well. I had lots of extra eyes to help me keep track of him. Laura being the typical child-has a fear of strangers. So I did not worry about her wandering off as much. Scott on the other hand not the same.

Scott does not understand fears or many other things that require him to use the part of the brain that tell him cars can hit you if you run in the street, fire burns and you can get lost in crowds.

Scott is very stealth like when he moves. My husband and I often refer to him as the butler. If you have seen the movie Mr. Deeds, you know what I am talking about. Here now. turn around and he is gone.

Luckily there were only two incidences at Kings Dominion that made my heart skip a beat. My family knows that when I say "where's Scott" they quickly scatter in search of him.  

Such a good Easter Week.

We made it back home to NC just as good as we went. Rain all the way, but they were very good.