Blueberry Fear!

PDD-Nos Memoirs
As I've explained before, The Little One watches movies over and over again and memorizes the scenes. The more he likes a movie, the more he watches it. Being 7 years old and on the autism spectrum, he has a difficult time separating reality from Hollywood.

A few weeks ago, The Little One's dad bought several (individual size) pies. He purchased cherry, pineapple and blueberry pie. During the day, he asked The Little One if he wanted some blueberry pie. The Little One immdediately stopped what he was doing and yelled, "NO!" He was visibly upset. I couldn't understand why. His father realized he was upset and asked him how he felt. He answered that he was fine. His father returned to the pie question...and he got upset again. He told his father that he didn't want "blueberry pie". He then went on to tell his father that he didn't want him to eat it either.

Can you imagine why he was terrified of blueberry pie?
We like to help him overcome his fears. We thought it was strange that he was completely freaked out about the blueberry pie. We opened the box and started eating the pie. He screamed as we ate the pie. He would squint and periodically hold our faces in his hands to closely examine us. Then he said, "You aren't big and blue like Violet?"

What did we realize about his fear of blueberries?
The Little One thinks that blueberry pie turns one blue... just like Violet Bogart from Willie Wonka's Chocolate Facory. He's been watching the original and the remake by Tim Burton...which is kind of creepy. Anyway we tried to explain and show him that blueberries don't make you blow up into a blueberry, but he's not convinced.

Like I always say, in my life ...THERE'S NEVER A DULL MOMENT!

This post was originally written October 10, 2008. Sorry it took so long to proofread and publish.