Visiting

It was our Godson’s birthday yesterday, so we were delivering his present today. This is the son of my friends who have 2 other girls that our son loves to play with.

I said we were going but got a very stubborn “no way!’ I should have just went to the car with him!

I wrapped up the present and put it beside the door, but when he saw it he started getting very anxious saying he didn’t like the birthday. I just said ok, and said no more.

We went to McDonald’s for lunch then got in the car and started to drive the opposite way from our house. As soon as we turned the corner he knew we weren’t going home and kept saying no way and I just said it’s ok.

It’s a 20 minute drive to our friends house. Every couple of minutes he would say no way again and I just said it’s ok. I knew when we got there that I would need to leave him in the car with daddy and I would run in and drop off the present. I could tell from how anxious he was that this was going to happen. Hey ho, that’s just how it’s going to be sometimes and we need to go with it.

Imagine my shock when we got to our friends and he jumped out the car and straight over and into their house!! He is normally a bit slow going in, he stays outside for a few minutes just taking it all in before going in, and today, when I thought he wasn’t going to go in at all, he was the best he has ever been!

No fuss was made and it worked again. We are really becoming masters of this lol!

At one point I was sitting on the sofa with my friend and her daughter watching the trailer of the new Winnie the Pooh movie on the iPad, and he came over, rested his chin on my shoulder and watched it with us. It was such a lovely moment I could have cried!

His speech was great today, which our friends commented on, and he was great playing with the other kids.

So proud of him today!