While they were playing, we watched the game and socialized with the parents. Dallas' dad was telling us how much Dallas likes SJ. He told us that SJ will tell jokes at recess and Dallas thinks they are hysterical. His mom told us that Dallas will impersonate some of SJ's funny expressions, such as "Time's up, ladies".
I love hearing stories like this from others. Sometimes I am so focused on SJ's PDD, that I forget that he is also a 5th grade boy. I love that he is having fun with his friends at recess. I always worried that the PDD was going to impair his ability to be social, but when I hear things like that I know my fears weren't warranted.
Our friends stayed for dinner and into the evening. The boys had a great time with Dallas and his sister, Savannah. We will definitely have to have Dallas over again soon.
We were going to go skiing on Sunday, but due to the severe wind conditions we stayed home. The boys tried to play outside, but it was just too windy and cold.
On Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), we were off school. We decided to go skiing that day. We went with our one friend, his son, Willie, and another friend of SJ and Bob. It wasn't as windy as the day before, but it was freezing! The high that day was 15 degrees. We drove to 7 Springs Ski Resort and made our way to the first lift. Bob was resistant to get on the lift, but Willie was able to talk him into it. We were able to ski down an easy "Green" hill. SJ's is a great skier and Bob is not too bad either. Bob's problem is the lifts.
We went up the same lift a few more times, but Willie and Topher (the other boy) really wanted to go to a terrain park. My husband and I thought we had him talked into going down a different green hill that led to the terrain park. When we got off the lift, Bob froze. He was in a panic about going down a different hill. My husband stayed with Bob while SJ, Willie, Willie's dad, Topher and I went down to the terrain park. SJ loved it. We went back up the lift and were expecting to see Bob and my husband. They weren't there. The other boys really wanted to go back to the terrain park, so I told them to go back without SJ and me. We told them we would meet up with them later.
SJ and I skied down to the lodge where we found Bob and my husband. We decided to have some lunch. After lunch, my husband made Bob go back up the lifts. He was okay on the one lift, but wouldn't venture to any others. We did make it down the hill for a few more runs. Bob was getting more comfortable, but the wind and cold were unbearable.
We finally found Willie's dad, Willie and Topher. We talked Bob into doing two more runs with our friends. The boys had a great time skiing together. Too bad it was so cold or we would have stayed longer. We finished the last run and went into the lodge to get out of our ski gear. The boys got some snacks and were having a great time just hanging out.
We walked to our cars and said goodbye to our friends. What a wonderful way to spend a few weekend days!
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