Monday...back to school after a wonderful weekend

Today Greyson headed to school after a fun filled weekend. He couldn't wait to tell them about the Autism Walk and his stuffed animal he received there that he named "Panthy" it is a little sir purr animal so that is how it got the name "Panthy". Ms Suzy was kind enough to allow him to share it even though it probably falls under the toy category and those are a no no. She said he had a great day when I picked him up so hopefully all went well. We came home and did homework and then went outside for a sword fight. He got a new wooden sword a the Renaissance Festival so sword fighting is high on our priority list right now. I was a rogue pirate and he killed me several times before he got "board" and we came into the house to watch cartoons. Arrrrrrgh! Arrrrrgh!! haha...He made me play out a whole scene screaming cut cut! Replay! Action....and then I had to follow all of his cues to a tee. Lord....he should be a director already! I was so exhausted from all the retakes! Around 6pm we headed off to his last swim lesson where he did great. It is amazing how he will go from being so against something and not wanting to do it to fully embracing it. He has no in between and he has been like that all of his life. His perfectionism causes him to do all or nothing. He will not even try things until he knows for sure that he can be successful at it. Each time it happens he amazes me how quickly he goes from "I'm not gonna do it!" to "Look at me!" It seems almost surreal at times how fast the change occurs. It's all or nothing with this guy all the time. He is making great strides in swimming though each time he goes. He now is going further and further without the nose holding and doing the actual crawl stroke. The diving is still a little scary for him but it will come. He will try but the nose holding is still a factor. I will sign him up for Guppy class again so he can hon his skills more and more for the summer. By then he should be pretty self sufficient in the water and Michele and I will feel alot better about him going swimming without us there. We are moving along...its baby steps but at least we are moving forward. Love & hugs...