WOW!

 

We are very blessed to have lots of "WOW" moments with our boys.  

And these past few days have certainly provided us with some great ones!

At Jonah's football game on Saturday, he got to be one of the team captains.  Then he made is usual halftime touchdown.  However, we were in for a surprise- that's wasn't the end of his participation in the game.

The last 30 seconds, the other team announced they would just take a knee for their last downs because their lead over us was quite substantial.  Unexpectedly, Jonah's coach called for Jonah to go in as a nose tackle on defense.  This was the first time Jonah ever played in the actual game!!!!

Jonah went in and did great tackles (haha) on several players.  Then Jonah, for whatever reasons motivate Jonah's ideas, decided to make a run for the end zone even though he didn't have the ball.  He scored a "ball-less" touchdown if that's even a thing- I'm guessing not.  He got to our end zone and proceeded to do his touchdown dance, which our game announcer has named "The Lavey Wavey"!

How fun but also inspirational to see Jonah embrace life and live out his dream of being on a football team!  How fun to see that you can achieve your goals even if you don't have everything you need- like a football in your hands...

Then at Jonah's Tuesday football practice, his coach mentioned that he thinks it might be possible for Jonah to be on the High School football team next year!  We weren't sure if this would be a possibility, but it sounds like it could be...

Now on to parent-teacher conferences.  I had the privilege of sitting and listening to the boys' homeroom teacher, spec ed teacher, and speech therapist tell me how great the boys are doing in school so far!  I was blown away by how hard they are working and how appropriate they are acting.  This year there have been some big changes for them: new teachers and a new schedule where they push in for science, social studies, and language arts.  But they are crushing it.  

 

In fact, Ben is actually excelling even more than Jonah.  Ben is always a hard worker, Jonah sometimes loses focus or says he's tired.  That is usually the way things roll at school.  But the unexpected was this: at school, Ben is more outgoing and social (what?????) compared to Jonah who is more shy and reserved (what????).  

I am so proud of both the boys, but I'm especially proud of Ben because I know how hard social situations are for him.  Yet he is making an effort (yes, it might be his charming tendency but we'll take what we can for school) to really act appropriately at school- good for him!

The other place Ben has really been rocking it is at Sunday School.  This year we decided to split the boys up.  Jonah is with his peers in the 5-8th grade class.  Ben is with the 3-4th grade class.  We thought it would be nice to give the boys a break from each other and see how they do.  I help in Ben's room and I'm observing amazing social behavior on his part!   

Anways, to explain the above photo, in the beginning of each class, the kids get to play with Legos which Ben really enjoys.  So after a little convincing, Stephen and Andrew parted with a few of their Lego collections and let Ben play with them at home.  He loved it.  It's a good activity for him while we watch the Packers game each Sunday! Jonah, of course, has to watch the game because that's his next goal- to be a Green Bay Packer!