Yesterday Luke had 3 big, nasty tantrums. In all of them, he wanted to play on the Wii rather than go to his activities (swimming & gymnastics). His gymnastics coach was wonderful - talked to me about prepping Luke for transitions and really building his confidence. He's been going to an extra class each week that is with older boys at higher levels, and he didn't understand why he was there, and kept saying, "But it's not my team?!" We talked to him about it being a big compliment to be invited to a higher level class. Tonight at practice he was amazing - on the rings he supported himself with his hands in a pull-up position with his legs parallel to the floor for nearly a minute.
Today he had his first piano lesson. He told us that he wouldn't like it. I used Coach Doug's suggestions for gymnastics, and had a long conversation with him that started with, "Guys who are good with numbers are usually really good with music...." He loved the teacher, loves the idea of getting stickers for practice, and said that he wants to take lessons. Yippee! Rich was very enthusiastic about the teacher as well.
Luke has been my easy kid for the last couple of years, but it seems like now as he's getting more independent we also have to communicate more deliberately. He's such a remarkable kid.
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