Chris had an amazing day yesterday!

The morning started out really rough, so I kept him home from church. He calmed down. He did chores willingly, and he worked on math worksheets. He laughed and giggled. The others came home from church and there were a few tense moments. Then in the afternoon Roger took the other kids and went to his parents to hear his dad preach at church. I am sorry I missed it, but Chris has had such a horrible week, we were afraid of what 2 hours in the car both ways would do to him, when they were virtually back to back. He does ok when we can travel by night and he has his sleeping medicine, but during the day is a different matter. Anyway we hung out for a while. We went to the grocery store then he got to pick the fast food place to eat. He has goals that he works on with his therapist. He has earned enough and dinner out was one of the rewards. We went to Long John Silvers. He loved it. After dinner we came home and hung out at the house. He was so relaxed and calm yesterday when it was just us. This morning he got up basically by him self, showered and got ready for school. This is a really big deal because mornings are a huge battle for him and us. He really seemed so destressed, and calmer. I know that I also enjoyed the time alone with him.

Now my question is should I make this a regular occurance like once every 4-6 weeks? I would love some input. It probably means missing church that often but wow the difference it made in him. It gave him some time to just be him and to regroup and settle down.

God Bless