October 11, 2011

Max and Alex: the X Boys catch some Z's
Max and Alex have separate beds, but sometimes they end up sleeping together. When I came home after midnight, this is what I found.

Max deserved a good night sleep after a long week of practicing words and reading. Something switched recently and Max went from being all into math into all into learning how to read.

The week featured a parent-guide meeting. The best thing we heard about Max was that the guides said they would truly miss him next year. "Max teaches me to be happy," one of them said.

We also heard how Max has helped his brother transition but hasn't been an over-bearing force.

What more could we (and Alex) ask for?

Max talked more about his desire to open a restaurant when he gets older. "You going to call it something like To the Max" mama asked. "I'm not going to be the only one working there," said our humble guy.

We developed the idea of time out nights this week. Usually I'll lay down with one boy at bed time while mama lies with the other. We rotate each note. Mondays mama has been doing dance class and it's just us three boys in one bed. So instead of rotating, we call it a time out night and start the rotation the next day.