Really Big Deal

The boys just scooted by my desk to aftercare and we had no warnings...for either boy...all day!  This is a unheard of in our house -- for Charlie it's amazing, but for C it's a miracle.  It essentially means they didn't speak out of turn or disrupt the class or misbehave in the hall all day long!

So, to be honest, I didn't believe them, but when Mrs Babb came by a few minutes later, she confirmed.  In her words, "it's like we've turned a page and he's doing what he's told."

Amazing!

Last night was a tough night -- during the day yesterday C found a push pin and poked two other students with it in Spanish class.  Then at home he refused to tell Jason the truth about what had happened (despite the fact that I saw the whole thing), so it was a long evening of discussing truth and trust and responsibility with lots of whining and denying and long silences.

Finally, C fessed up though, and Jason thought he'd really gotten through to him.  Maybe he did?  Maybe all of our structure and rules and expectations and love are making an inroad?

Now, lest I get ahead of myself, the boys were throwing elbows on their way down the hall to be the first ones to aftercare...so they are still the same boys we know and love with the same struggles and pride.  But they're learning and growing in the right direction...just like Jason and me.

"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.  Amen."

(II Peter 3:18)