Nate and his 1st Place Juvenile 4 boy relay team.He raced with the boys who are in green and the one to his right in blue & silver (his old partner from CDA).
Nate & the castle he built
Auburn Meet
Juvenile Boys = No Placement but he tried hard and says he still had fun.
Nate didn't have any relays this meet
Bremerton Meet
Juvenile Boys= Made it out of heats into semi-finals for the first time.
Elementary 2 Mix with Ericka = 3rd Pl in heat and 5th Pl overall in final.
Juvenile 4 Boy Relay= 1st Place
Nate skated very hard and he is getting faster each meet. He is in a fast group of boys but he gets out there and does his best to keep up (4 of the boys in his division have placed at Nationals). His coach told him he is one of the best passers on the team. If we could just get him to get some stronger starts he would have a better chance but his legs give him a challenge in this area. If he sticks with the sport he has one more season and he'll be able to skate novice division. He won't have to skate against the boys who have placed at Nationals anymore and he will be in a group more his speed. He has been doing so good at practice that the coach let him skate in the older kids group the other night, made Nate's day and helped his confidence.
Besides skating he is doing really good. We just had his conference last week and he is getting good grades in everything except spelling and reading. He is "at risk" for reading but they are keeping an eye on him. His behavior is good because his teacher is very structured and seems to know how to handle him. He is at a table with another ASD child and a boy from Russia, they get along well and Nate likes them both.
He has been spending a lot of time playing with his Legos and Transformers. We got the family a Nintendo Wii for Christmas and he is loving that, him and Troy play games together all the time. We took him off the meds again, they were making him sick. He can be a handful but those medications change his personality too much and I don't like that. We have to take him in to talk to his doctor to try and figure out something else. He does do better at school and gets in less trouble while on meds, but they make him so tired and moody. He is old enough now to know that they help him in some ways but not in others so he gets frustrated. I wish we could help him without all the side affects but that just doesn't seem to be possible so far. Anyways, he's doing well and he is always busy.
