Fun family times!

Today was good. Tre cracks me up! I picked him up from school today and he was so excited. For a while there he had kinda dreaded going, but lately, he's been all excited. The teacher said she has seen some major changes in him since he's been back in Summer school. She said that over the school year he kinda went with the flow and blended in. He hated art and only wanted to play. Since he's been back, though, she said he is LOVING art and now the leader of the class. She said he's really come out of his shell! :)

I love Tuesday and Thursdays myself! Those are the days Tre goes to school and I get some time with William. It makes me see why I had my kids so close together. When William plays at home by himself he is so quiet you hardly know he is there!! It makes me realize that the first time I really worked with William one on one with puzzles and shape sorters and all that jazz was about 3 weeks ago when summer school started. That makes me feel sad for him, but I guess it's just so much harder to do that when you have two.

For dinner tonight I made baked chicken and roasted vegetables. I knew Tre would NOT like that, but o'well. He doesn't like anything. Our deal is to get him to say grace and at least sit at the table and talk to us for a bit. We did that and he said he was done and didn't have a bite. Jack, WIlliam and I finished up and I cleaned up dinner. Tre came into the kitchen and broke down in tears when he realized dinner was gone. Usually it wouldn't bother me that much since he normally comes in begging for something else, but this time he was begging for the chicken and vegetables, so I felt so bad for him! Poor guy was hungry. We took the left overs out and and he had a bite of chicken and then asked for ice cream. We told him he could have one scoop if he ate all the chicken (he doesn't normally like baked chicken, so it would have been a big deal). He ate it ALL! We couldn't believe it! Then he asked to go to the ice cream store, but we said the only way we would do that is if he ate the zucchini. HE DID! We couldn't believe it! Then I held out the squash, totally not expecting him to eat it, especially cause he knew that eating the zuchinni already got him a ticket to the ice cream store, but HE ATE THE SQUASH!!! He gagged, but still finished it! We were soooooo proud!

We took him to get ice cream before swimming lessons and he was soo happy. The first thing he told his teacher at swimming lessons was, "I ate dinner and I got ice cream!" If only she knew what a big deal it was that he actually ate!!!!

He is doing so well at swimming lessons. He is holding his breath and listening to his teachers so well. It is a blast to watch him! He's so funny. After he does his little lap, he'll come to us and say, "I DID A GOOD JOB MOMMY! I DID A GOOD JOB DADDY!" It's good to know he's humble too!