Obsessions

I've been reading some postings on the Internet from various sites regarding obsessions that aspies have. We've been dealing with this since Mason born. His first obsessions (before he could even talk) were lights and ceiling fans. As a baby he would point them out everywhere we went and that's all he cared about. As he got older his "light" obsession became more focused and for the last 4 years (he'll be 8 this Christmas) he obsesses over solar powered lights. To the point of wanting them for Christmas! Of course Santa obliged and there were solar lights under the tree for the last few years now. He gets so excited when he unwraps a present and find solar lights that he'll start jumping around screaming "solar lights!!!". It's really quite fun to see how happy he gets. The cool thing about this obsession is that he's become our family landscaper. He arranges the Christmas lights outside as well as the decorations and quite honestly he does a great job. He has such an eye for art and creativity and he can picture things in his head before he starts laying out the decorations.

Another obsession is air-fresheners. He's completely in love and collects air-fresheners of all kinds from car ones to house ones. His room is decorated with car air-fresheners. He knows every scent, he studies the pictures on them, the colors, and the shapes. We can be driving down the highway at 70 mph and he'll identify what kind of air-freshener the oncoming had. Needless to say, our house has them hanging everywhere and there are many different smells as you walk through the house and not all of them good. Keep in mind that not all air-fresheners smell good. Some of them smell like the hockey puck thingys they put in urinals. GROSS!!

For the last year now, he been obsessing over pencil grips. He probably has over 100 different grips and is expecting more for Christmas. He knows the shapes, sizes, and names. Yes! There are some grips with names like "The Crossover".

Well, I just wanted to share our daily obsession experiences and hopefully you will too by posting your experiences on this Blog for all to see and learn.

Ciao'

Kevin