What do your kids want for Christmas? I’ll never forget the year Matthew asked Santa for a drain. “A train?” Santa aked. “No,” Matthew said, “a drain.”
"A train?" "No, a drain."
I asked fans of A REGULAR GUY: GROWING UP WITH AUTISM on facebook to tell me about their child’s holiday wishes over the years. Here are some of my favorites:
- My son wants play dough (he makes incredible TINY sculptures) goldfish crackers and a hammer.
- Power bars, extension cords, a green light bulb, and Mike and Ikes.
- 18 books on all the different types of Mythology from South American to Chinese.
- A yellow sweat suit and a spatula. He wanted to be a fry cook like Sponge Bob.
- My son asked for a thermometer, so he could know the temperature of the air at all time.
- I was helping my son write his letter to Santa, the first thing he said he wanted from Santa was peanuts.
- A waffle.
- Last Christmas my son asked for a garbage disposal. This Christmas it’s carpet- any kind of carpet.
- My 18 year old son is into anything and everything related to AC/DC which is a age appropriate until one realizes the degree of obsessiveness involved.
- DVD boxes, not the DVDs themselves.
- My 24 year old asked for dish soap.
- A calendar, Pop Tarts and drum sticks.
What are your children wishing for?
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A Regular Guy: Growing Up With Autism is a great holiday gift. You can still order it from Amazon now and get it before Christmas.
I'm a fifth generation Californian and live in the San Francisco Area with my husband and three sons. My oldest, Matthew, is autistic and I've been writing about my experience raising him from babyhood to young adulthood for about 4 years. I've read my stories on NPR and published them in magazines, newspapers and anthologies, including Voices of Autism. My book A Regular Guy: Growing up with Autism is available at Amazon.
This is the 1st Christmas that our son has not asked for a vacuum! And, it will be the 1st year that he doesn’t receive one…
A yellow sweat suit and a spatula. He wanted to be a fry cook like Sponge Bob.
I love this one! I would definitely indulge this desire!
My Luke (7) is non-verbal and doesn’t have communication skills to ask for anything. This week however, when he and I were in Walgreens getting stocking stuffers he found a remote control car that had buttons that make noises. He picked it up and motioned for me to put it in the basket — it was so cool. And yes it went in the basket and we are all having fun with it at home — he likes the noises and his older sisters like the car for what it was made to do. A win-win.
My son wants a yellow circle table (he’s obsessed) So, I found a small circular children’s table and painted it bright yellow. He also wants Zhu Zhu pets and a vacuum.
My daughter wants orange shirts with butterflies. I can’t find orange shirts with butterflies
Jaden wants Fero & Skirmix – it’s a specific Lego Bionicles set…& that’s all he really cares about! he’s told Santa, my husband & i, Nana, and all his teachers – he doesn’t care who gets it, but it must be under the tree this Christmas! ;0)
can you get a plain orange shirt and an iron on butterfly aplique to put on the shirt?
http://www.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Orange—BUTTERFLY-FLOWER—Junior-s-Tees/Detail-3384/Marketplace/Products/detail/article/3627025/department/2/
My 15 year old nephew…”a years worth of chewing gum.”
My son Joey, is obsessed with the violin…so naturally that is what he asked for. We just had happened to be at the mall and a young girl from the Salvation Army was playing as she took donations, my very hyper active son, stood, mesmorized and when she was done he said, ‘I buy it” ..
So..i’ve looked all over for a toy violin, hoping that will do..hoping it gets here into for Christmas..*as we only could find it online*
He also asked for stuff for his sibs.