This week, since it is a short one for both Alex and myself, went by really fast. Alex was able to hang out with his favorite Lauren, Leah and Megan on Tuesday evening at Grandpa's house for his birthday. He had so much fun, especially since they got to dress up in costumes! He was tired when we came home, because running with the babies (Leah and Megan) can tucker any guy out.
For the conferences, we first met with his speech teacher. Now for anyone who has read this blog from the beginning, Alex has not had the best of luck with speech teachers in the past. He was very frustrated by it his first year of Preschool, his second year of Preschool had an entirely different person for Speech, whom he also did not get along with the best, but this year has started out right! He has been doing very well during speech, even using more language outside of the speech classroom. He has started to use his imagination more, and play with dolls and his stuffed animals in different scenarios. He uses a Mr. Potato Head at school and tells about how if his mouth is this way, he is happy, and if it is the other way, he is sad.
Bringing this into the classroom, he is able to communicate with his friends more. This, I think, is not completely because of his work in speech alone, but also has a great deal to do with how AWESOME his classmates are. They understand that everyone is different, and love Alex for his differences. They cheer him on all the time, and when he overcomes an obstacle, they are right there telling him what a great job he has done.
He does still have some challenges. He still needs reminding when following rules, to keep with his routine, and sometimes is rough with the stuff he handles in a day. His motor development is getting there, and we still have to work on using upper first letter, then lower case for the rest of the letters of his name. Thankfully, he has his numbers, shapes, and colors down (except gray) so we can really focus on the other things.
With Kindergarten, there is now homework. With homework and class work, there are tests. Mrs. Harger showed Tony and I his first test, that he did all by himself, and both Tony and I had to giggle. He drew circles, a tree, and then... his mind wandered to World of Warcraft. On the front and the back of the test, in very clear letters, he wrote "BLIZZARD", meaning Blizzard Entertainment, the creators of World of Warcraft. No, he doesn't play the game, but he is a fan of the fan-made videos, especially "Oxhorn Brand Movies". I blame Tony completely.
He does a great job with trying things after he lets the other kids show him how things are done. His friends are very encouraging. And Mrs. Harger said that whatever Tony and I are doing, it is working. But I don't believe it is Tony and I... I think it is everyone.
From the pictures that his teacher took this week, I have to say that this is probably my favorite one:
He is interacting with his peer! Even I am not terribly good at that. I am glad he has such great friends, such great support at school, and such an amazing family. So this is not just a victory for Tony and I, its a victory for everyone in his life!
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Now it is Sunday, and I finally have time to complete what I started.
Friday Alex and I had off from school, and he went to visit with Grandpa and Grandma while Tony and I went to the gym. Normally, this is not really that big of a deal, but what happened after the gym time was. We went out for lunch, and I knew we were going somewhere that was a surprise, but I really had no idea where he was dragging me to. We walked over to Howe's Diamond Jewelers, because apparently on Wednesday Tony went and looked at some possible engagement ring/wedding band sets for me.
The ones the lady showed me first were nice, but they were just that. Just nice. But when she got to the one that Tony said I would love... I did love it. The engagement ring itself was a solitary diamond ring, but the wedding band around it had jewels on the side, almost in the shape of ribbons. She colored them purple to give me a better idea how he wanted it to look, because he wanted to put amethyst in there to look like my cancer survivor ribbon. It... was gorgeous. Absolute perfection. So in 8 weeks, after I graduate, that sucker is mine. Insane how such a small piece of metal and highly pressurized carbon can make me just melt with love for Tony.
I have since finally recovered from the shock, and today Alex and I were able to get a lot done. He helped me grocery shop, we made pumpkin cookies with caramel frosting for Dad, and we did two craft projects he has to do for school.
We have had a lot of fun together today. He has also been helping me print off some pictures to prepare for the holiday season. We have a few pictures that are going to be sent to his grandparents far away, some to his cousins far away, and we were trying to decide which one to put on a holiday card. I just wish we had a really good picture of the three of us to use for holiday cards. Well, in 384 days, there will be epic pictures taken of us, all dressed up, becoming a family via a very unique wedding.
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