Brags 2/22

[cam]

My boy is so excited. He got his first* birthday party invitation.

He also is back to riding a bike after a refusal phase.



*ETA: first that isn't a 'my little kid who is too young to care about being invited to parties plays well with my friend's little kid so we get invited to his party' type of situation as he has when younger, so this is his first where he had sought out friendship with the birthday kid

[mamaturtle]

DS asked me to "be his clover" for St. Patrick's Day. That one makes my heart melt. DS got use to asking me to be his Valentine all month long.

DS got me two plastic rings for Valentine's Day and I wear them to work occasionally. One was a happy yellow hand he bought from school. The other one was a heart shaped plaid ring that says "luv you" that he got on his Valentine's Day cupcake at daycare.

He was the leader of the wolf den when they were doing skits at the last Cub Scout meeting. Another outgoing boy in the wolf den picked him to be his partner at the blind fold activity. One had to be blind folded and the other had to give directions.

[KC thepouchh8r]

Haven't updated in forever but kindergarten has been such a big year. Dd has finally moved away from scripts and has started to develop conversational speech. She's much less aloof and more socially interested.

[greysonsmom]

DS is significantly behind in speech, he is 30 months and evaluated at a 13th month level. Yesterday when I picked him up from school he looked up at the exit sign and pointed and said E X I T. His teacher overheard and was so impressed. I know he can recognize and repeat the alphabet but he doesn't say much at school.

[akafred]

Not exactly a brag. Charlotte (7.5) has been going to her teacher's house (well, technically not HER teacher) on Wed after school to "babysit" her toddler while I go to the chiropractor. That way C doesn't have to go with me there and I don't have to pay the late penalty. She is loving it. This week when we left, the baby (~18 months) toddled to the glass door and had a huge meltdown calling for Char. The way a toddler does when mommy leaves them at daycare. It was so touching to see another person, a wee little person, who loves my girl like I do but in a different and individual way. Char is so so so good with the toddlers, especially this one.

[mrsbuttinski]

such a sweet story akafred,

[mirandah]

Feb 24, 2017 9:33:29 GMT -5 akafred said:

Not exactly a brag. Charlotte (7.5) has been going to her teacher's house (well, technically not HER teacher) on Wed after school to "babysit" her toddler while I go to the chiropractor. That way C doesn't have to go with me there and I don't have to pay the late penalty. She is loving it. This week when we left, the baby (~18 months) toddled to the glass door and had a huge meltdown calling for Char. The way a toddler does when mommy leaves them at daycare. It was so touching to see another person, a wee little person, who loves my girl like I do but in a different and individual way. Char is so so so good with the toddlers, especially this one.

That is awesome. There's something about being good with little people that is such a life skill. My sister in law is in her 30's, has literally 3-4 different masters degrees, and still lives at home with my in-laws. She has a history of mental illness and I'm pretty darn sure she is undiagnosed ASD (or perhaps she is diagnosed and just prefers not to talk about it- we maybe speak on the phone once a year). At any rate- she has had zero luck holding a job or her own apartment until she finally settled on being a SLP at a SN preschool. She's a odd duck around other people her age, but she's wonderful with little kids.

ETA: I take that back- she also had her RN at one point and had a successful job working as an LPN in a hospice wing. She was good with the elderly, too.

[mirandah]

DS is going to a week long chess camp (aka nerd convention with lots of other gaming like Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh) with his two best friends. I'm thrilled it worked out with everyone's schedules! It felt like such a normal thing to email the other boy's moms and coordinate a camp together. I see playdates all the time on our Mom's Facebook page and DS is of course never mentioned. I am so relieved and happy that he has his little squad of besties.

[Deleted]

I not sure to go with this and maybe it needs its own post.

Today DS had a playdate with an old preschool friend who he still counts as a best friend but he rarely sees at this point. Said friend has always had similar quirks, but the friend's quirks have increased significantly as the boys age. We have worked extremely hard with DS to lead him to typical range, and this kid's family has not recognized it in their own kid. While the boys are decent friends, we are not close enough friends as adults to say much.

Today the boy came over, walked in the front door, immediately walked to the world map we have nearby, and started listing countries and capitals. He did not stop for 10 minutes. When he finally did, it was only because DS yelled.

DD instantly fell in love, squealed that Xxxxxxx was SO SMART and SO CUTE and began showing off her color chart from school, her recent drawings, and asking him to play Minecraft with her. So, AW there--kid2 initiated social contact and apparently has kindergarten crushes.

DS had a hard time handling him. While he delights in being a tiny network admin and boring the shit out of everyone on his own, he did not deal well with friend being the social studies guru. I wasn't here for this (ran an errand while DH "monitored") but apparently the friend created a song to tease DS about all of the parts of history he doesn't know yet and chased him into a closet singing and teading him. When I got home I managed to get them to a playground, and AW2, DS didn't hold a grudge (big one for him) and played anyway. But then they had a huge argument about who got to make the rules for Tag and everyone left angry.

So, perhaps a draw.

DD still thinks the friend is the cutest smartest boy ever.