Today is the last day of October and the last day of Down Syndrome Awareness month. Awareness, blah. Over it. I'd rather have acceptance, inclusion, and respect.

He is so proud of the fact that he is a Cub Scout. This is the one activity that he so wanted to join. It's all he talked about for a while so we signed him up. He had his first camping trip a couple of weeks ago, and he earned his first badges last week.

He's eating apples with the rest of his class at the school Walkathon. He's with his first grade class, not a "special ed" class. He's where he belongs.