Today MOPS was cancelled, but I didn't know that until I was mostly ready. Since I had planned to get out anyway and I was ready, I decided to take the boys to the mall to play in the Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood. Sometimes this is harder than you would imagine because Caden has a habit of running out of the area and it's just hard to keep an eye on both of them all of the time. Today was different though, both boys were just amazingly well behaved and they were having so much fun! All of a sudden I saw these kids yelling at Corban to go away and saying "We don't want to play with you!" He came back to me and said, "they tell me go away." I wanted to cry for him so bad! He kept trying though, until I saw two of the boys hit him. It wasn't a hard hit or anything, but totally unprovoked. I had had enough. I walked over and told them not to hit and made it very clear to Corban that he needed to stay away from them. I am not that kind of mother, but I just could not help myself.

I did realize something out of all of this though. I definitely saw Corban in a different light. I've always worried about him being too rough with other kids and a bit of a bully. I know he still has that in him, but I saw a sweetness to him today. All he wanted was to play with the other kids and he wasn't acting out when it wasn't working out his way. It gave me hope that he is going to be able to "play well with others"

My children are awake.