Seth has been having a hard time in school. According to his teacher, that may be an understatement. Since we don't have a neuro-psych exam scheduled for a few more months, we are trying a variety of other "fixes" to the issues in the classroom. One is the smiley chart. It's a chart that allows him to get a smile, neutral or frowny face for any of 36 different activities during his school day. It's rigorous and probably too much (frankly) but we are trying it.
The first few days of the chart were a mixed bag. Some smiles for sure, a bunch of "a-ok" faces and some frownies too. Seth and I would review the chart at night and discuss how we could potentially improve on the number of smiles.
Imagine my surprise when, on February 13 -- just seven school days after starting the chart -- Seth comes home with this:
In case you can't see it, he got all smilies. ALL SMILEYS. Prior to that day, we had discussed that the first time he got no frownies, we would have a Steiner Pig Out. I figured at some point, he would get a bunch of A-Ok and a bunch of smiles and we would celebrate. I had no idea he would get ALL smiles! So celebrate we did!
First we had a pig-out, which consists of ice cream for dinner. We also had some chips, just for good measure.
Then Seth insisted on a dance party and who are we to disagree?
It's been a long time since I've seen my first-born that affirmed and pleased with himself. Thank you, Jesus!
This picture is my boys.... being the pea-shooters that kill the zombies in Plants vs. Zombies. Oh love....
We are praying that Seth's streak of great behavior can continue after the long weekend. Way to go, buddy!
