It's magic

Last night Mike came home from work and announced that he had scored some tickets to a magic show up at the college. He decided to take Evan to give me a little time to rest. I think Mike and I both expected them to be back rather quickly, as we never know how Evan will do in places where he has to sit still.

Evan surprised both of us by behaving pretty well. Prior to the show he read words with Mike in the program, and he behaved through the performance as well. He clapped when appropriate, and participated with the rest of the audience when asked, and for the most part stayed in his seat. Mike said he was really impressed--they left with about a half hour remaining in the show because by that time Ev was getting tired and restless. But that meant he had been there for two hours by that time, and I think that's pretty good.

Just another little milestone for Evan, and one we didn't expect. I guess we've conditioned ourselves into thinking that Ev can't do certain things, and we avoid them in order to not make a scene in public. But sometimes we realize that we've made a mistake, and we're pleasantly surprised. I guess Ev deserves a little magic in his life too.