A Really Good Day

Yesterday was a really good day for three reason. It started in the morning. Brandon brought me his doodle monster. He had written 4 letters in it's arm and put a heart around them. This in itself was pretty big. The letters were pretty neat and I didn't know he could draw a heart. He then told me that it said "I love you Mom". I almost broke into tears. I also realized that he now understood the concept that the letters together made words you could read.

I later went to Brandon's Parent-Teacher conference. He really seems to be make great progress. The teachers (all 5 that I talked to) had seen definite improvement in his willingness to try to do things that would be hard for him. In the being, he would try to hide under the table or get away, now he is trying and getting better and better. They think his confidence is really improving. He will be starting the individual OT next week but has improved just based on the group OT that the class receives. The speech teacher said they were going to start upping the antie and making things harder because he was doing so well. I left there thinking that this is the first year that I really see progress. Between the meds and this school I feel I can relax for the first time and let things take there course.

After a quick dinner out we had a make up swimming session at the Y. Lauren and Brandon have new teachers for this session. I think it will be good. Lauren's teacher is not falling for the "drama queen" act. By the end of the class she had jumped in the pool 4 times by herself (a first for her). No one had to pull, push or drop her in. The one time I thought we were in trouble because she went under pretty deep. She came up almost laughing because she had touched the bottom with her feet. She then got out and did it again. She had a big ear to ear grin the rest of the night.