and helena is adorable…

Just maybe Daniel likes who he is. Jamie Lee Curtis once said that the more she liked her self the less she wanted to pretend to be other people.

Helena is beautiful.

Tammara — I too (after some mental adjustment) love that D just wants to be himself. And Hanna Andersson! I hit my mother up for an order every once in a while.

Celtic Knitter: You know, this is exactly what I thought when he first showed his hatred of dressing up and I was disappointed! One possible future of my gorgeous drag queen son picking me up in a pink limo for martinis and dancing — all gone! But Daniel has consented to consider the pink limo.

Lettuce — I think this is a huge argument for having more than one child — they throw light upon one another, relieve you of some of that — oh god, what did I do — panic and double the fun.

Lee — If you think this is good, you should see the ballast I’m saving up that I couldn’t possibly post here… (heh heh heh)

Fritz — I so hear you — this is PRIME almost aspergers stuff. I recently decided that one good way to work with Daniel was to use the techniques people are developing to work with Aspergers children, even though he himself isn’t. Reality, for Daniel, is very important.

Firstly, and I hope I do not hurt your feelings–this is merely an observation–Daniel’s very BEING is such a fascinating one, with his ‘almost’ this or ‘mostly’ that tendencies. In this instance, he is really quite ALMOST Ausperger’s Syndrome. It is a difficult transition for autistic to ‘pretend’ they are someone else. Something about reality getting blurred, not being sure they are part of something that is real…etc, etc.

I DID love dress up, and always wished I had MORE dress up clothes. The good news? Mom’s makeup drawer was always on the ready…

Thate Helena is as cute as a button.

Children are so endlessly fascinating (and wonderful).

I think it’s cool that he wants to just be himself. Perhaps that will lead to a very moral and self-aware man! The world is in need of more of those.