Friend of the Week

This week was quite exciting for Alexzander! He was not just friend of the week, but he also was doing an amazing job in taking part in their Diwali party. Diwali is the Hindu "Festival of Lights", and the Kindergartners made vases with flowers in them, made rangoli patterns, and even had lunch by candlelight!

They also had a "Great Mustache Mystery", where someone was putting mustaches all around the school, even on the paintings they made of themselves! What was great about this is they all had mustaches on their own faces to help solve the mystery like real detectives. Alex, since everyone else had mustaches on their faces, was ok with one being on his, however he wouldn't let the teacher take a picture! She had this to say about it:

"Hey you will NEVER believe this ... Alex let me put a mustache on his face!! He thought it was so funny when everyone had one and he let me ... but I couldn't get a picture! I tried so hard but he always knew when I had my camera. He has had a great week being Friend of the Week. Plus, I have been able to be the one to "make" him follow directions so that has been helpful in him knowing he has to listen to me as well."

Alex had a great time being friend of the week, even though he was so tired by the end of it! Today we are winding down a bit (well, not really me, I have housework to do and a Biochemistry final to study for), and he is watching movies and loving that it is finally snowing here! He has been waiting and waiting for it to snow and stick to the ground. He doesn't get to go outside today, because he has a bit of a cold he is trying to get over. 

He has been a lot of help wrapping presents this week, getting ready for Christmas, and we have had very few meltdowns. I think with all of the excitement surrounding the upcoming holidays, my graduation, and me explaining to him about Dad and I getting engaged (and explaining what that means), he has no reason to not be happy and knows it. 

I did explain to him that a lot of changes are coming. He does ok for the most part with change as long as there is just not a lot of it at once. Slight changes to his routine or life in general are met with a little bit of hesitation, but as long as we make changes out to be positive things he likes them. 

We cannot be more proud of Alex. He is doing so well all the time in Kindergarten, and loves it a lot. Even right now he is singing a song he learned in Kindergarten. I am looking forward to the next 6 months that I will have free (except for a job that I must find) to spend more time with him.