Reason to Celebrate

We had a lot to celebrate today, so as soon as Josh got home from school we headed for the train station and uptown Charlotte.

Josh has been doing exceptionally well the past few weeks according to his teachers and therapists. He earned the rare "purple crown" on Wednesday because he did an entire assignment during class by himself and somehow produced very good handwriting on unlined paper. He appears to be going through some kind of maturity spurt right now, and it's amazing to watch him change so quickly.

We're celebrating with Molly because she's done so well on potty training at home that we've decided diaper days are over and we'll brave taking her out in public wearing panties. I've taken her to at least six different public restrooms today, some more than once (at her request), and she's doing great.

Today also is Chris' last day of unemployment, and we visited the Bank of America buildings, where he'll start work Monday, on our uptown walking tour this evening.

Our first stop uptown was at the children's library, which has computers and bathrooms.

Everyone was starving by the time we got to Fuel Pizza. Josh kept looking in my bag for food because we always take picnics when we go out because of Josh's dietary restrictions, but we treated him to a meal out tonight of deli rolls and French fries. He didn't complain! The kids weren't too happy, though, about having to wait for their food.

We ended the day at the Green uptown and let the kids play on some concrete fish that usually are part of a fountain.