Alex had a pretty tough weekend, not a lot of listening and too much physical behavior. We had plans to go to a fall festival on Saturday with friends and because of his behavior (did not listen to anything I asked him to do or not do, scratched Olivia and pulled her hair, and pushed and hit Bella) I told him he couldn't go with us. I am usually horrible at follow through with my kids - I admit it - I will tell them they can't do something or take something away and just play the stupid card and let them join in with family movie night, or going to a party, etc. because I want to enjoy time with them. I don't do it all the time, but definitely too much. And so I vowed to change my ways, knowing that it will be beneficial for everyone, and started with Alex on Saturday.

Talk about breaking my heart - he cried and cried, promised to be good, etc. I wanted so badly to say ok, one more chance, you can come, but I stayed strong. He did not get to come, he stayed home with Dad and I hope he learned a little something.

Olivia, Bella and Alex decided to put on a Halloween skit for us last night, and it was soooo cute! What made me happiest was seeing them all working together, having fun, and especially seeing Alex enjoying being included and loving it. He was "lighting technician" and the neighbor they came trick-or-treating to. After the play was over they wanted to make lists of the costumes they were thinking of dressing up in. The girls had about 10 on their lists, Alex, had about 30. I was impressed with some of the ideas he came up with, but narrowing it down is going to be tough. His idea was that he could be all of them - he would wear them all on top of each other and at each house he would take one costume off, that way he would have a different costume for every trick-0r-treat he would say. He pretty much has an answer for everything.........