Today is Sports Relief, which means the boy had a non uniform day at school.
Normally this isn't a problem but currently the boy has an obsession with being very smart and wearing certain clothes. Hubby is at a loss because he quite clearly doesn't take after his 'fashion sense' (and I use that expression loosely).
Of course todays theme meant you had to wear sports gear, football strip, trainers, tracky bottoms that kind of thing. This isn't in keeping with the boys current garb. For his birthday he wanted a tuxedo suit complete with waistcoat and bow tie from myself and hubby. Seriously.
This morning I made the rookie mistake of completely underestimating how much you have to prepare an autistic child for any kind of change in their week.
Even though I'd said he didn't have to wear uniform on Friday I hadn't specified the boundaries of what he had to wear. This morning the boy was determined to wear a smart white shirt and black jeans. It took a lot of persuasion, tears and will power to talk him into black joggers, a white T-Shirt and a hoodie.
'I just want to be like the headmaster and wear a suit.' he bemoaned.
'But it's Sport's Relief darling. Everyone will be in sporty stuff, including the headmaster.' I said hopefully with my fingers crossed behind my back.
The major stumbling block was the jeans. I know it was a non uniform day but I thought jeans was pushing the 'sports clothes' brief that bit too far, so I'd picked out joggers but it was a battle I can tell you.
When hubby arrived at school with the boy the headmaster was indeed in casual attire, no suit, just a t-shirt and... wait for it... black jeans.
Luckily the boy didn't seem to pick up on this and a crisis was averted.
It just goes to show even if you think you've done something loads of times before and it'll be ok, you can't assume it will be.
Preparation is the key... that and checking in advance what the headmaster will be wearing.....
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