Updates on Victor

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Updates on Victor
Thu, 03-06-2008 - 7:09am

Victor has done so wonderfully this past year it almost tears my heart in two how much he's grown up. As you guys know, Vic is 11 and in 6th grade. He's been in TKD for a month now and is working extremely hard to get his yellow belt because his father promised him a DS if he passed yellow belt. In the past month, Victor has made a new friend, called that friend on the phone to see if he can come play, joined chess club ( Did I mention how proud I was of him?), gone up to Sensei and told him when there was a problem, and most importantly been able to tell when he's having a meltdown so he can ask to leave the room. Victor met his new friend in TKD. They are both Aspies, both the 3rds, both loves video games, oh I forgot what else they both pointed out they had in common. Victor likes standing behind this friend in class because they have to copy the person in front of him and it makes him feel better to copy his friend. We had one meltdown in TKD because the girl that was standing in front of him that day didn't know what the Sensei was asking them to do. Victor called this friend and it was so cute. He said "Hello. Since I didn't get to play with H this weekend, can I play with him next weekend?" I had to remind him to say "Oh yeah, this is Victor". Still, it was HUGE that he wanted to call his friend and not have Mommy arrange his playdate. Another huge thing is he initiated an e-mail to Renee's Mike. It was a one sentence e-mail, but I was still SO excited for him. He's working on getting friends.