AJ Got Red!

“I got red Mom!” AJ excitedly exclaimed as I first saw him on Monday evening.

I was delighted to hear the news. He had been trying all year long to get a red marking for his behavior at school. He is graded daily on how they behaved in class, on a scale based on the colors of the rainbow. Red is the highest mark possible. Every morning I send him off saying, “Go for red baby”.

He’s come home many days saying, “Mom, I try my best and I just can’t do it.” He felt disheartened as he hadn’t ever achieved the high ranking. We went over details about what he could try to make red and we’d discuss it daily.

He was so excited that he finally reached his goal, as was I. I agreed to take him to a special ice cream treat the following day.

Tuesday we went to a special gelato shop in Laguna Beach that has 6 flavors he can choose from. That is a great treat for someone who is allergic to dairy. Usually ice cream shops don’t have anything he can eat. Special ice cream shops may have 1 flavor that he can have. This one is super special – it has six!!! Not to mention that this gelato is extremely delicious.

We not only enjoyed ice cream together, I took him by Whole Foods to get some things he’s been asking for but we haven’t had for quite a while: soy whip cream and non-dairy cream cheese. He was elated to finally taste these foods that he hardly gets to enjoy. What fun to see him so happy.

Great work AJ, my love. Keep doing your best. You amaze me cutie boy.

(Pictured: A different treat I got AJ. He wanted me to take a picture so he could remember it. He was very adamant about it.)