Alpha child vacillated on how to celebrate her birthday.\u00a0 (Giving her a choice was mistake.)\u00a0 Four days before, we finally settled on a simple party at the local, recently-opened mini-golf course.<\/p>\n
It might be worth mentioning that Alpha has been officially diagnosed with Asperger’s (that’s worth a whole bunch of posts on it’s own), so a party with a “script” to follow is a very, very good idea.<\/p>\n
So mini-golf has a implicit script – everyone knows what to do, there’s something to keep busy with at every turn, and it’s easy to avoid uncomfortable moments.\u00a0 The party worked.\u00a0 We met a couple of Alpha’s friends from school, everyone had a good time, and we ended the day on a high note.\u00a0 Plus, it turns out that Alpha loves laser tag – also offered at the place.\u00a0 Beta and her friend kept busy too.<\/p>\n
And a shout out to our friends Sam and Joanne, who came in from out of state with their son and were most helpful.\u00a0 I suck with unfamiliar kids, but Sam is actually quite effective with them.<\/p>\n
Pics to come later.\u00a0 Maybe M has a few, I never remember to take snapshots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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