The week in review

Happy Saturday to everyone out there. Here are a few tidbits from the week.

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In Maddy's Social Skills book we are working on polite and appropriate conversation. Since Maddy has no filter whatsoever this is a skill we really need to work on a lot. This week we had a page where you were in different situations and you had to decide on what to say and what would be the best way to start or become part of a conversation.

Me: Ok, lets read the next situation. "You are in an elevator going up to the 26th floor to meet your father at his office. It's a long ride and you find yourself staring at the woman who is in the elevator with you. Well, someone has to say something first. What might you say to pass the time?"

Maddy: What? I would not say anything, you tell me all the time not to talk to strangers!

Me: *Sigh*

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Our breakfast conversation from yesterday.

Maddy: Mom when you were little what did you want to be when you grew up?

Me: Well there were lots of things, but I guess I really wanted to be either a teacher or an archaeologist.

Maddy: (looking heartbroken) You did not want to be a parent??????

Me: Of course I did, I thought you meant what kind of job I wanted to have.

Maddy: I thought being a parent was a job!

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I am always on the look out for new social situations for Maddy. This week there was a grand opening of a new concept Burger King. Maddy's favorite radio station was going to be at the restaurant giving away prizes and such. I thought Maddy would like to go and meet a couple of the DJ's and maybe get some sweet swag.

I also knew that there would be things that make her uncomfortable, like mascots and such. Only telling her about the "cool" things that would be there we head to check it out. The first thing she spots is the "Icee Bear". Once I convince her that the Icee Bear is not going to rush up to her and administer brain freeze we decide to check out the radio station tents.

There were 3 radio stations with little tents set up and each on had a game to play and were giving away koozies. No cool swag was anywhere! We go to the first tent which is the one for Mix 96.5, the radio station she loves. She tells the girl there how much she loves the station and how she knows all the songs and listens to it all the time. We play the game they had and then we move to the next tent.

Maddy not realizing that each tent was for a different radio station very enthusiastically tells the girl from Hot 95.7 ( a bit more Urban station than Mix) how she loves the station, they are reason we are here. The girl was very sweet and seemed quite a bit surprised at Maddy's enthusiasm for their station. Maddy just keeps going on about the station , the music, and how she listens all the time.

Maddy did get to meet one of the DJ's from Mix and Michelle Fisher was very sweet with her and talked to Maddy for a long time.

All in all it was a lot of fun and Maddy had a blast. She could not wait to tell Daddy that she had met someone on the radio!