This is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen! Really. It’s almost 17 minutes, but worth it! In the very beginning Lex is hidden behind a little girl in a blue shirt, but then they sit down and you can see him clearly.

This is the event that caused him so much stress in the beginning. Once he learned he would be in the orchestra, which is what he was hoping for, he relaxed and got really excited! He’s been walking around the house all week singing and practicing, using claps instead of jingle taps (the instrument he’s playing in the video).

Watch it. Watch it again. Laugh. Maybe it’s only funny to me because I know all the kids. We’ll see. Anyway, I was cranky before this opera, but left feeling really, really happy! Lex was bouncingly happy as well. He watched the video on the camera in the car, then Eve watched it once we picked her up. Both times Lex sang along the whole time. I love it! I love him!

It followed him to school one day, school one day, school one day. It followed him to school one day, which was… well, completely within the rules. They now have a behavior system that rewards kids with hole punches in cards. When they fill a card they can turn it in for a reward of some sort. Lex says there is a whole list of rewards but he could only remember bring a stuffed animal to school and bring a show-and-tell item. He only told me about this system on Wednesday night when I asked if there was any way he could bring it in for show-and-tell. Apparently he already had two and a half cards filled up and didn’t really have any interest in trading them in for anything. Until now. He asked his teacher on Thursday if he could trade in one card for a show-and-tell. Today he brought in the gator and apparently his class was very excited about it. He doesn’t remember details (he is not one to be counted on for a detailed account of the day!) but he said it was fun.