Recently, things have changed. She loves to glue, or should I say rub her fingers on the glue stick. She colors more and even allows the teachers to paint her hands. In December, Alex and I had to go into the classroom and coerce Adeline to let us paint her hand for the parent gift the teachers were having the kids make.
Last week, I dropped both Lila and Adeline off at school and the teachers mentioned they were going to paint feet. For Miss Grace this is a dream come true. If not supervised, she would strip naked and paint her body! For Adeline, I was a bit apprehensive. Adeline doesn't allow me to rub her feet. She can't stand it when I cut her toenails because I have a her entire foot in my hand.
So. . . you can imagine my surprise when Adeline's teacher told me that while painting Lila's foot, Adeline came over and said, "My turn." She proceeded to sit in the chair, let the teachers remove her shoes and orthotics. Adeline actually lifted her foot for the teacher to paint. While sitting quite still for the process, Adeline said, "Pink, pink." It was pink paint.
I know the above doesn't translate very well but it is a remarkable step for the Belle. She has a lot of baggage when it comes to sensory issues and it holds her back in many situations. Allowing her teachers to paint her foot. . . That is rather unbelievable. I was thrilled that they took pictures because I certainly didn't picture a quiet and willing Adeline sitting all by herself while someone holds and paints her foot.
There are some teachers in this world that are priceless and Adeline and Lila have two of them!!
