This is DEE's favorite part of the game, where everyone gets together and puts their hands in, and shouts "Go Team". DEE has played several games now with mixed results. He really likes being in the dugout with the other boys. I can see him think about how to talk to them, and just not have the ability.
For example: Rock was late getting to practice on evening and so Smiley and I had to accompany DEE on the field. (Doing that with Smiley was crazy, he just wanted to walk and explore. Thank God for other people's kids. One of the big brothers volunteered to chase him. Bless you, sir!) DEE stood in line to await his turn with Coach. He noticed that P in line behind him was wearing a Spiderman T-shirt. Dee tried to say something to P about Spiderman, but he didn't have a script for it in his head so it came out all garbled. But he tried! I was so happy! I tried to help P understand what DEE was trying to say when P Dad jumps all over the kid. Dear P's Dad - thank you for squashing what little interaction my son was reaching for. You have a great, funny, neurotypical kid - cut him some slack. Seriously!
I could have just hit that man upside the head with my Winnie-the-Pooh diaper bag! I guess it was written all over my face because P's Dad backpeddled a bit and told P it was okay to talk to DEE. Yes, I understand all about attending to the Coach and making sure that we were following instructions and BLAH BLAH BLAH... but DEE was reaching out. An impossibly hard thing for him to do and he was giving it a go!
P still tries to talk to DEE a little bit. All the boys try to listen if DEE is actually trying to talk to them. It's pretty amazing. Did you look at the picture? See #2 there? He has a brother that is an ASD kid, too.
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