Day 1 with the new EA

The new EA started (haven't found out her name yet) and Superman says he likes her. It helps that he knows that she's a friend of Ms. S. He was a little put off that she doesn't like hugs and told him he can't hug at school, only high fives are allowed. So we had a little talk about boundaries and that high fives are perfectly fine. Some people like to hug, some don't, who you can hug, who you can't etc. But other than that, day one went well. A bit of climbing on desks.

More climbing today at home. Two incidents of grabbing ladybug (both ended very quickly) and I can see that the climbing is directly related to stress. It happened 10 mins before we had to get ready to go to school. He was so excited to go back today but there were some nerves and uncertainty involved.

Today he climbed on the kitchen counter. Right now I'm allowing it because let's face it. The kitchen counter (although not ideal) is better and safer than the outside of the bannister which drops a few floors. So he has one corner that he can climb on and he tends just to stick to the one corner. I feel better about it because I know he's safer and it's meeting a need that he has. He only seems to use it when he's desperate.

Ladybug and I decided to make banana muffins today which was a lot of fun. She loves to be involved in the kitchen. Superman was really happy when he came home for lunch because he says Ladybug makes the best muffins ever.

We had a really great night. Superman was tired. Today was stressful even though it was a relatively happy day. He seemed just happy to be home. Ladybug was attached to his hip most of the night. We cleaned out Mr. Puffy's tank which made for a happy Superman and a happy fish. It's a small tank that sits on a table beside Superman's bed and Mr. Puffy is quite animated any time Superman talks to him. There's nothing sweeter than a boy/fish bond.