Success!

It worked!  I heard Christian going to the bathroom at 6:45 am.  At 7:15 I heard him pouring himself cereal.  When I got up he was dressed, with the exception of socks and shoes, he had eaten breakfast and got his backpack ready.  Amazing!  He was sitting quietly in the chair reading a book while the other two boys were waking up.  Christian made it to school just after 8 o' clock this morning.  It was perfect!  Completely stress free, I love that.

I praised his efforts and hugged him and told him that this is what I expect from him.

Christian is completely capable of doing these things but because he knew I was going to make sure he did, he didn't HAVE to be responsible for himself.  That was my mistake.  I have learned a huge lesson from this.

In other news, Dominic took his math final last week.  He got an 86 in the class which isn't as good as he hoped but he's okay with that.  He's happy that its over and he feels like he made something of the deployment.  The month of May is going quickly for me.  Once this week is over we will have next week which is the last week of school.  Friday the 29th is the last day.  Then it will be maybe two or three more weeks before Dominic comes home.  Its right around the corner and I am so excited!