Good News on the Home Front!

Okay, it's not a big deal for most families, but for those who know us well, you will truly understand just how fabulous this is for us.

We signed the family up for a 5K walk in 2 weeks. Okay, it's really no big deal for me, hubby, and youngest son, but our oldest (aspie) detests anything that involves physical activity. But, we told him that he had no choice. He's not really happy with us right now.

Well, today we went out while the birding contingent was at their competition and took the dogs for their first walk on their leashes. Then we brought them back and walked about 1.5 miles together. Okay it was slow. And halting. And SLOW! But, he did it.

He struggles so hard with balance and coordination. He has that typical Aspie shuffle in his walk which makes it all very inefficient to do much of anything physical. I have read several articles which have said that this will improve as he does more, so I am hopeful. If we can get him to walk with us, it will give us more family time and more options to do somethings with the boys to get them out of the house a bit more often. Right now, youngest son will go out with hubby and do things, but oldest son tethers himself to either our house or Granny and Grandpa's house.

So, it may not be a huge thing for other folks, but I am thrilled that he might be able to do this 5K with us. I just have to force him to walk with me every day between now and then--no small feat in and of itsself.