Freya turns 3!

Sometimes I can't believe how big she is and other days I feel like she's been around forever, I can't imagine not having Freya now even though she drives me crazy on a daily basis!

The 3 milestone has seemed like a looming doom since we were told she was autistic for a couple of reasons. One, the doctor refused to officially diagnose her until she was 3 so we've spent the last year wondering if they could be wrong, where she will fall on the spectrum etc and two, because we were told they get worse at 3 and she was a handful enough already.

I've actually got to the point where if the doctor told me she felt she had misdiagnosed her I would argue that she was wrong, especially now I know I have Aspergers, she is way more loopy than I ever was! I had felt she would get the same diagnosis as me but now they're "doing away" with Aspergers she wouldn't anyway and as she does have some language delay I'm guessing she will fall under the high functioning autism label, probably with sensory impairment. Judgement day is next Monday so we will see if all my reading and observing has taught me anything about ASD :/

Given Freya's good progress at nursery I decided I wanted her to have a birthday party, she has seen many birthday parties on TV and seemed keen on the idea even if it came with a list of stipulations, balloons, a pig cake, a pink bike that dolly could ride in the back of etc

After a little research I decided a play centre would be the best idea, she could just run riot and it involves fairly little need for actual socialising.

I was distraught that not many of the children replied and in my usual manner took it personally. That said we ended up with 9 children and Freya came to meet most of them at the door to relieve them of their presents! It was a little sad that she ended up sat on her own at the table and showed me that even though the other kids seemed to like her she really is just a little loner. I don't think she's bothered about that at her age but I remember how it felt as a teenager feeling you were different and didn't quite gel with anyone and I worry for her.

She was very spoilt all in all, I had hired the place exclusively as I was worried she would get upset if there were kids running around she didn't know and she had a special cake made in the theme of her favourite programme, umi zoomi, also incorporating the requested balloons and a little pig in a muddy puddle. She received the pink bike with the doll seat that she'd been asking for for months.

Now she wants to know how many sleeps until she's 5 and can go to school!!