Saturday, July 4, 2009

I Just Had To...


I don't know how many of you are aware, but our 11 year old son BJ is Autistic. He is not your "Bang your head against a wall" uncontrollable type of Autistic he is more "Can't take him to shopping malls to often, has to go to a special school, and has the intellect of a 7 year old" type.
Sorry if that offends anyone, but that's the best way I can describe my beautiful son without going into an indepth and lengthy discussion about Autism and all that it involves!... Which by the way, if you get me started I could go on for hours about!

So when he came out of his room this morning dressed as a pirate and ready to do some serious swashbuckling, he came up to me and said "Camera"....Well, I don't need to be asked twice! So out side we went...Let me just say getting a decent photo of any Autistic person is a really hard job and BJ is no exception, so when he asks I don't argue!



So here is what he allowed me to take... And I had to be quick!



And I even manged to get this....


So there you go... What do you think?...Does he have a career as a swashbuckling pirate? Well what ever happens in the future we know (he is to us anyway) he's pretty darn cute!

Xx

11 comments :

susy said...

Adorable and so BJ, and yes, cute in anyones books. I still find it amazing to see how fast he is growing and how much he is progressing. and hey, any time a kid that age that asks you to take their photo, autistic or not, you run, grab your camera and go with it, such a rare and beautiful thing,lol.
You forgot to mention in describing BJ his rare and uncanny ability to play two gameboys at once. It amazes me because I can't even playone at a time,lol.

project 52/365 (Drew) said...

Hi Donna, what great photos. Well done on being ready willing and able to get the photos. He looks seriously ready to steal all your treasure and cut your throat at the same time lol.

Nice shots Donna :-)

Drew

Lainee said...

What can I say? Fantastic photos, Donna. You must have that camera handy any time of the day or night! Look forward to seeing more of your very creative work.

Renee said...

Hi Donna - I just hopped over from The Mummy Chronicles for the first time and had to tell you how beautiful these photos are. I normally follow a blog for ages before I'm moved to comment but that last photo of BJ is just too fabulous to ignore!

COCO said...

Donna, These photos are great. BJ makes a great pirate . He has me convinced. I love the last photo too, boy your lad is growing up and is very cute... well he is a boy so maybe I am not allowed the cute word... maybe as we say in our house "very flash". I will however say BJ's mum is seriously cute.... I am allowed to say that.Great shoot Mummy, xxx coco

Alison said...

These photos are great! We are huge pirate fans in my family! So glad you got the chance to capture this funny moment! He's so handsome!

Sandie said...

Don,
Absolutely gorgeous!!!! It's funny but we had a class at school that had a dress up as pirate day & look for buried treasure, not long ago.
You're a great mum.
Cheers xxxxxxx

Anne Elizabeth said...

Those are great pictures!

Katrina said...

Great pics there Donna - you make a good pirate BJ!!!

Sam said...

Lovely pics Donna! Thanks for sharing these with us :-).

Sam.

Jacqueline said...

What a great mom you are hun!! He is beautiful and makes a PERFECT pirate!!! :) hugs to you all!!