First Day of Therapy!!!

This has to be quick, because we are leaving for Michigan in a couple hours, and I have tons of packing to do still!
Mason had his first day of Social Skills Therapy today!!! I was SO nervous about it. And also a little skeptical. The analysist called on Monday, to tell me to bring him in his bathing suit and sunblock, because if it was nice they where going to go out in the sprinkler. And all I could think was "I'm paying you $40/hr to teach my kid to run through a sprinkler?!" Anywho...
We got there, and I sat down to fill out paperwork, when the Lara (behavior analyst) came up to get the kids. He didn't want to go w/her at first, but then she said they where going outside, and he was all over it!
Lara said he did really well. He needed to pushed a little to interact w/the other kids, but he did do it. He talked to her, and Kate (assistant) and even told them when he had to go potty (huge relief for me, I wasn't sure if he would be telling the teachers at pre school or not). She said he got a little quiet towards the end, and if they had let him, he would've just done his own thing, and not played w/the kids (but that doesn't surprise me). When it was over, he said good-bye to the kids, and Lara and Kate and told me he had fun. They will continue to work on communication, but they said he listened and followed directions well. They had to hold hands w/a buddy, when they walked from one activity to another, and he did that too! I'm really proud of him, and he says he had fun.

It was nice to sit w/other parents who are going down this road. No one asked me why he covered his ears when they turned the sprinkler on, and like 2 other kids did it. I also realized how lucky we are, because a couple of those kids are having a lot bigger issues then Mason is. It's just good to be around other people who "get it." Everyone (family and friends) has been wonderful and supportive, but it's not the same as talking to people who are living it.

Well, we are off for a weekend of boating, fishing, and swimming! (and wine drinking after the kids go to bed) It should be tons of fun!

Have a great weekend, everyone!