Ugly Sweater Day
Around the holidays, there are so many spirit days at school (days when the kids dress up as something, wear something special, or have a crazy hair style). Sometimes it is tough to keep up with all of it, especially when you might not have the stuff on hand.
Ugly Christmas sweaters have become enough of a thing to make it worth having one. I should say, you could probably take an old sweater you have in the house and sew things onto it to make it an ugly Christmas sweater, but as you know, crafting is not my strong suit.
Planning, however, is right up my alley…so, about eight years ago, there was an XXL Grinch Christmas sweater on sale at Target and I grabbed it.
Although some things about Mikey are tricky for me, sometimes he makes things super easy. He is perfectly happy to wear the same ugly sweater to school every year on Ugly Sweater Day. In fact, he prefers the sameness over novelty in almost every situation.
So, as we flash forward on this Friday, I share Mikey wearing the one and only Ugly Christmas sweater he has ever owned.
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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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