Stephanie just has a cold. Of course. Or as I like to say.....her head is infected. She's got a heavy duty decongestant that apparently makes her hyper. If you've never seen Stephanie hyper, you should. It's amazing.

In other news, Ben's teacher has taken to telling me when Ben has "good days" and when he has "bad days". Sometimes he gets so frustrated he steams at the ears. Well, I decided to call on our resident behavioralist to observe him. She's in Ben's room anyway observing another kid. She got back to me and told me the only thing she noticed was that he has an intense need to be right ALL THE TIME. So much so that he tells everyone else what to do, including the teacher. Joe and I have warned against this behavior before but he seems smart enough to know we are not there. The behavioralist gave me some advice about how to talk to him in different ways to calm him down. She says he is also just so smart that he has problems relating to the other kids. The only way he knows how to be is bossy. She is going to start talking to him every now and then. She suggests that what he needs is someone outside the family to talk to. Just talk to. Since he talks like an adult, he needs another adult to relate to him. It makes sense, I suppose. I worry too much, I know, but if I can save my kids some of the ridicule I got from being the smart one, I'll do it.

Ben will be having his first sleep over tonight. His best friend, Cameron will be joining us for the evening. These two kids are like twins. Close to the same size, wear the same kinds of clothes and shoes (which both of their fathers hate [the shoes, not the clothes]), and have the same crazy sense of humor. You'd think they were brothers if it weren't for the fact that their skin tones are quite different.
I'm excited. Ben has been left out of many fun times when Stephanie has Kaleigh over. Now Ben finally gets to experience the late nights and tired Saturdays. Yay!