Cows
I adore cows! I am in my forties, and I still cannot drive past a cow without yelling, “Cow!” and fully expecting the other people in the car to be excited about this. So, since there is a farm right near our house and said farm sells delicious chocolate milk…we went there often.
Mikey liked to see the cows too…and he was kind of obsessed with their chocolate milk. I can’t blame him, it tastes like a chocolate shake.
Once, he asked Dave for chocolate milk and we were out of the milk from the farm. Dave said, “no problem, we have ovaltine mix and we can make chocolate milk.” He mixed it up and proudly handed the glass of milk over to Mikey.
Mikey tasted it, handed it back and clearly said, “Garbage.” We were laughing so hard! The kid knows what he wants.
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Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 
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