Never Leave Victor Unattended

Today was one crazy day! We had school pictures and library time, along with rainy weather for 90% of the day. You have all figured out by now that craziness often means good blogs, as long as I'm not too tired to write it. Well, this was another interesting and humorous day in the world of Victor.

Because it was picture day, Victor didn't want to go to his usual class, but wanted to stay in class so he could go to pictures on time with us. I obliged and let him stay in class. During this time, my portable-buddy and I co-teach social studies (it's something we are "researching"). We were all in her classroom and while we were helping other students, Victor got loose. I turned around to find Victor twirling in Ms. H's chair and trying to use her computer. He thought it was perfectly fine. (If you remember, I wrote a blog warning teachers to never leave rolling chair unattended.) We talked about personal space, AGAIN, and how that space was not for him. With that settled...

Our pictures were scheduled for the science lab. The kids were all wonderful waiting in line and letting me fix their hair and make sure collars were in place. While waiting for everyone to finish, Victor made friends with the skeleton. At first he was holding hands with the skeleton and then using the skeleton's hands to poke people. I then turn around after some primping to see Victor with the skeleton's arm wrapped around his neck. He was trying to dance with the poor skeleton. If I had had a camera, this would have been a really cute picture. I was unable to stop laughing and admired Victor and what he truly brings to our class...a little bit of ridiculous humor.

Near the end of the day, I was again helping other students and turned around to find Victor behind my desk. This time he was playing with the trinkets I have on my filing cabinet. He removed one item and wanted to walk away with it, while he rearranged all the others. I tried to make a deal with Victor in order to play with it in the future, but he didn't really care for that. (He doesn't tend to like things for the future. He needs to talk about the present.) We'll talk about this again when I feel like he earns some time with the toy.

My goodness...trying to assist 20 kids and always keep an eye on Victor is my biggest challenge.