Logan Beckett

The boy that can't be described with words.  

Logan is:
6 1/2 years old
Just shy of 45lbs
He is not potty trained, yet...
He doesn't wear his glasses (for now? ever again?)
He wakes up early!  
He is loud
He loves to be silly
He is extremely polite :)
He is a first grader??!!!

He is in an Autism classroom at his Elementary school.  There are 8 other kids in his class & just as he did in Texas he joins all the other 1st graders for specials, lunch & recess. Everyday that he has come home from school he says "I had a good first day Momma" Unfortunately when we do end up moving he will most likely need to transfer schools :/

He loves Reagan.  Probably because she can speak to him in a way that even Kevin & I can't. She has this phrase she says to him & if she says it, she can basically get him to do whatever she wants.. "itsokbuddy itsokbuddy itsokbuddy" over and over again in a high pitched voice.  

He is warming up to Lucy or "Wucy" as he says.  He will come with me in the morning to go get her up, he helps me burp her sometimes, he will go get her a toy if I ask him too.  Still haven't been able to sit her on his lap - but all in due time.  Lucy lights up when he comes anywhere near & she loves watching him play cars.

He still doesn't play with other kids (aside from Reagan) unless those said kids put a big effort into including him and thats not really up very many 6 year olds alleys. So when other kids are around he usually goes off and plays by himself or finds the closest adult. He loves adults - I think thats because they can understand him & he can understand them.

He plays with trucks & really anything with wheels, loves to pick up his bean bags and drop them or try to toss them in a bucket, he loves to pretend to cook in the play kitchen - mixing and stirring, he loves his plasma car & being outside.  It's all about movement. If he can make something move & watch something move - thats his favorite.

He imitates & echos sounds with crazy accuracy & he does it all the time. He does it when someone sneezes, coughs or burps, he does it when Lucy cries, he does it if he hears a dog bark or howl - if something make a loud sound you better believe Logan is going to echo it (it just about drives me nutso!)

One of my favorite things he does as of recent: Since we are in a new area I've been using my GPS a lot.  So now if he sees someone arrive somewhere or when we pull into the driveway he will say "you've now reached your destination"  hahaha. I love it.


& I love him.