If you know much about Fragile X, you are familiar with tangential thinking. I admit that as a carrier, I definitely exhibit this Fragile X characteristic. For those of you who are not familiar with this, it usually shows up when one talks with a person with Fragile X and their conversation goes off on a tangent. One thought leads to another which leads to another.
So, Blake got the big idea to put a ripped up poster around his arms and legs. I have no idea where he got the idea, but apparently it made him think of a superhero because he started yelling, "Superhero, save day!" The line is from Oobi, who is a bare-hand puppet.
Drew wanted in on the fun, so Blake helped him get rigged up with the ripped up poster. I know, it's all too bizarre. Anyway, after a couple minutes of playing with the poster-cuffs they made, they pretended that the cuffs were puppets (like Oobi) . Which made Drew ask me if I'd put strings on the Woody (like a Pinocchio marionette) I turned him down, but offered to make brown paper bag puppets.
I made one for Drew first, and he wanted me to attach his drumstick to the puppet's face to make a long nose (like Pinocchio). He settled for a toothpick nose. Then I made one for Blake. He played with his a minute before wanting it to have feet. I drew feet on the bottom, which of course, led him to want arms. No prob. Next he wanted it to have "undawear" (like him!)
A typical display of tangential thinking coming from my kids.
4 comments:
I want one!!! I am so guilty of this, except I tend to do half the thinking in my head and then blurt out a thought that appears random to the listener. :)
Exactly, Erika. I do that, too. Eric used to say, "Oh, we had a subject change?" Now he just goes with it. lol.
What a good mom! Very creative too! It looks like everyone had a great time! Enjoy your holiday time together!
It looks a little like Spongebob..... ;-)
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