Lex woke up this morning and announced that we need a summer schedule.  Sometimes I wonder what is going on in his brain.  Was he thinking “Life has been crazy busy lately!  We need a schedule!” or maybe more like, “We’ve had a summer schedule for the past few years, we need one this year too.  That’s just what we do.”  I never fully know with him, but clearly he realized I wasn’t making one and so he took the initiative.  We looked for last years on the pile of chaos I call my desk, but only found the envelope with the dates and days.  So instead we looked at the blog to find a picture of last year’s schedule and he went from there.

He worked hard on it.  All day!  He even brought his first draft to the Weight Watchers meeting this morning.  He diligently worked on it through quiet time and was extremely proud of himself when he hung it on the fridge.  He set the date for July 4th, the first day we’ll be able to follow a schedule.  He also made extra pieces for “specials” like fireworks on the 4th.  I had a few chore items from last year and he made a few more.

He worked straight through quiet time. I had him move to the living room for awhile, to get away from the dining room table where he spent much of the day!

I am so proud of him and he is so proud of himself!  It was a pleasure watching him work on it all day.  He modified the schedule a bit from last year, but nothing drastic and nothing unreasonable.  I wonder if we will do a better job following it this year!

He is so proud of himself! That makes me happy.

Summer Schedule – 2012
(I just noticed this was taken before he added the extra piece of bright paper to indicate we have a “see fireworks” special that day.)

Alan suggested we put him in charge of the budget next.  We could use some scheduling in that area as well!  :)

He’s such a handsome little guy!