A proud day

Marley and the rest of his year group has their showcase today and tonight.

Marley's class all dressed as pukekos and did a dance.

They did so well and all the other classes including my nephews who did a maori dance were really great.The classes each did their own thing.

They did a performance during school time then another at 630, i went to the day one and andre went to the night performance.

I was so proud of him , its a huge confidence thing for him and he did so well. 

Another proud moment today was he asked a child to play with him.

I know this seems like a simple tiny thing to be proud of but when your little one struggles with being social and it doesnt come naturally to them, it is a huge thing.

He had said last night to us about a boy who had told him to leave him alone and to stop following him, mar had said he wanted to play with him and that tomorrow he was going to ask if the boy was his friend.

This worried me, mar wants friends and wants to play with others so much.

 We talked with him that the boy may say no and thats ok . I pre warned his teacher about all of this and then before the performance today began she came to me and said that she had reminded the class about being nice and talking nicely. 

She said that on his own (while she was in ear shot) he went up to a boy and said 'do you want to play with me' with a  big voice and using their name and looking them in the eye- all the things aspergers kids struggle with but we've been working on him doing. 

He waited for a reply - the boy said no but said to Marley that he could join in,  Marley said no thank you- he didn't want to do what the boy was doing so walked over to another boy and said do you want to play with me. The boy said yes and they played together. This was a huge booster for me and i think great for him to realise what he has to do and the response he might get.

His teacher said she was proud of that , the huge effort he made and trying so hard to do all the correct things socially- the eye contact, the getting their attention first, the waiting for an answer. She said he did really well and it was great to see him trying on his own to be social, its promising for him.

 So it was a  proud day for us with this little guy!