"My" little SUPER HEROES!

For those of you who haven't read my post about the preschool... I started an in home preschool back in September so that Will could have more socialization as part of his therapy. It's been amazing to see how much he's come out of his "shell". He's always been very social for being autistic just no where near "normal", and to see him talk so much about his own friends has made it well worth all the effort.
One of the most shocking and exciting things that has come from all of this is that he has essentially started to potty train himself. For those of you who know anything about autism, or for those who don't, you know that even for the highest functioning (which he is- not asphbergers, just very high functioning) autistic child the average age to potty train is around 6 years old. Anyway- it has been sad but cute and very useful to see him so affected by peer pressure when he says things like, "are they going to like me mommy" when talking about going "peeps" on the potty and wondering if the kids will be proud of him for it. All of the kids in the preschool are either potty trained or very close, so he's seeing them and feeling the pressure which has put a crazy fire under him to do it himself. These are the kinds of things that bring a mom serious happiness! There's nothing like seeing the smile of success on your own child's face, especially this little guy who works so hard to keep up with his rambunctious older brother. He definitely deserves to feel like a big boy, super hero!