Progress!

The past several days have been okay for us.  Last week at school Honeybunches earned "Student of the Week".  I also got his report card on Friday.  They do them in 1-4s or M's. (M = modified; 1 is Beginning to develop standard not yet able to produce grade level work; 2 is Progressing toward the standard producing grade level work with direction and assistance;  3 is meeting the grade level standard producing quality work; 4 is exceeding the grade level standard producing highest quality work consistently. Well he got mostly 1s or Ms.  He got a few 2m's.  His strongest areas are "Tells time to the minute" and "Demonstrates money concepts" lol.  Those were threes of course!  He loves $$$ and has been good at knowing what time he can eat rofl.  His "Work habits and social development" were mostly 3s as well.  The teacher said "(Honeybunches) is such a joy.  His progress has been amazing.  He works hard and demonstrates skills he has learned on a daily basis."  So although he's still delayed in mostly all areas, he is making progress which is all we can ask for.  :) I also got his IEP progress reports.  


His counseling progress report states "He is progressing nicely with identifying his feelings.  He continues to struggle with the comprehension of his feelings, which in turn hinders successful peer interactions.  He voices his needs and points of view and responds to the counselor and his groupmate during the small group sessions.  He continues to struggle with the larger group setting, however, he continues to improve his participation during the social skills lessons."


He is still delayed with reading (Early 2nd grade level), but progressing. He is making steady progress towards meeting his math goals and working hard to meet his writing goals. He has met one of his speech goals and is making progress on his other four.  From what I read on his report, he is still struggling with answering open ended questions (Answers with 42% accuracy). He also met all three of his OT goals! (But the report says OT will continue.) He is still working to meet his PT goals. (From what I read it sounds like he's struggling in those things a bit.)


Honeybunches had a pretty good week. On Saturday he was the UPS man and I earned a reward for doing a good job. He delivered me a bag in a box. Inside the bag was a letter that said "Happy St Patrick's Day to Mom from ---- and here's a pot of gold. Flip to the next page then here is your pot of gold. than whoever earns it will get an extra pot of gold. try earn it and I hope you earn it." On the next page was a picture of a pot of gold... the extra pot of gold. It' was my lucky day! LOL.

Last Friday, Dh and I went to his favorite clothing store called PCX at a major city about an hour away. I bought him some outfits for his b-day. Then we went across the city to Trader Joe's where I found Honeybunches and I some soy yogurt and almond milk. They had their own brand which was pretty cheap. Then as we began our way home DH missed our turn, but we went straight because I remembered that way went home too. Along that street we passed "Belmont Vegetarian". I was like "Ooh look a vegetarian restaurant". DH convinced me to stop there. Believe me it was not too much convincing needed lol. as we walked in the man asked if that was our first time there. I said "Yes". He gave me a sample of everything he had. Everything was so good!!! As I tried it I was amazed. Everything tasted so real. The best part is he sells it by the aluminum pan full in 3 different sizes. I had him put me some of everything in the largest one lol. That was the best food I had in years! I had pepper steak, chicken, lasagna (Which was so good I had to ask him if it was real cheese and he said "No everything is fake and Vegan"), mac & cheese, cabbage, bean/veggie stir fry, scrambled curry tofu and a veggie patty (That resembled an Empanada or Jamaican beef patty). It was vegan soul food yumminess! It was a Vegan Jamaican who ran the place. Everything was so good. I mean everything. I think every few months I may travel the hour to go there just to eat. Well DH can go to his favorite clothing store again lol. Besides the samples he gave me, I ate the patty, the chicken and a few bites of rice. I had enough for dinner that night and lunch the next day off that plate too! DH who loves his meat tried a bite of pepper steak and said it tasted real. He thinks he'll get food from there next time!

He had a few rough points this past week but nothing we could not work through. This time change seems to have thrown him off because he's been a little moody since. He's enjoying staying out later in the evening though.