Who knew the prospect of golf lessons would energize him so much? He's talkative and active and he'll string whole paragraphs together that do not have anything to do with video games. I have spent the better part of my last 9 years trying to find things for him that might catch his attention, but I think I was trying things that I liked. Once I figured out that he does not like the summer in the same way that I do, (canoeing, hiking etc. etc.) it has really changed how things are going around here. He doesn't just want to hide in a computer. But it takes reminding him how much he likes to do other things.
The reading alone thing today is HUGE. And that it wasn't one of his 7 "safe" books (he reads the same things over and over because he knows precisely what is going to happen in them) is also gigantic in our life. And that he picked it out on his own and didn't spend all of his time just trying to get to the card catalog computer? I'm blown away. Add too that that he played with a friend for several HOURS yesterday (OK, granted, it involved the Wii, but he allowed the boy to play two player games with him, which I know doesn't SOUND like a big deal, but it is) is big new territory.
Baby steps, my daughter. Baby steps. However, some of the things he's doing seem like BIG giant steps. I think you've hit on something with this blog. I can just hear the happiness in his voice in his latest post.
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ReplyDeleteOther than the golf part, I am completely down with "Truman's Favorite Summer Things To Do" list below, and 100% in agreement with "What Truman Does Not Like To Do".
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