A Perfect Day!!!!

Okay last weekend was terrible. And when Reece has a bad day, I have several bad days! How he is doing really affects how I am doing.

But this weekend was wonderful! First off we are potty training and he is getting it!!!! I am so excited and so proud of him. We started out spending LOTS of time in the bathroom but now he pretty much goes as soon as you stand him in front of the potty. Yesterday was a big first---he stayed dry all day! I was so excited to see him come home from school in the same clothes I sent him to school in. But then he really showed us what he could do when he stayed dry until bedtime. He even went potty before school this morning!

This weekend we went to my dad's for a barbeque which was fun. Reece had a great time and did pretty well. We did have some issues with him trying to get into the house to go watch the ceiling fans in the bedrooms. I will never be able to have ceiling fans! Then on Monday we went to a local park for a walk. Reece was so good and the happiest I ever remember him being. He was holding my hand and my husbands and trying to get us to swing him. He was laughing and holding his feet up trying to be funny. Then he grabbed my husbands hand and pulled him to the side of the path. He wanted to walk in the grass. I think he heard us telling the girls not to walk on the grass so he was being funny again. He walked and hopped in the grass looking at us and laughing. One of the things my husband has always wanted to do was carry Reece on his shoulders. Reece would never go for this and it really bothered my husband. But this time he did and he LOVED it! He thought he was so cool sitting up there--and he was! I thought it couldn't get any better but it did. We came across a huge field of grass. All the kids, including Reece, started running and laughing through it. I was thrilled to just watch him having so much fun with the other kids and just being so happy. It was just a bunch of kids racing each other through a field. It was beautiful! There are so many hard days when your child has autism. It was wonderful to have an absolutely perfect day!