A Past Season

My sweet Zackary has officially transitioned into a new season.  I can now say he no longer is a thumb sucker, and boy did we celebrate!  Although, this does make me a little sad, it is refreshing to no longer stress or worry that this might be a huge battle we will have to fight.  We had been discussing last year that when he turned 5 that he should probably stop sucking his thumb, but we didn't want to make too big of a deal about it to create some sort of power battle that he would easily win.  Along with the thumb sucking remember Monkey?  Monkey was a major part of his thumb sucking and self comfort.  Remember all the monkey hunts we did or the impostor? So at the beginning of the year, after all the crazy holiday festivities came to an end we brought it up again.  I can remember the conversation perfectly.
It went something like this...

Mom: Hey Zackary, remember you said when you turned 5 you would stop sucking your thumb.  Well you are 5 now, so you should probably try to stop.

Zackary: I know

Mom: Mommy and Daddy will take you somewhere special or go buy something special for you (thinking a new toy he could pick out or a place he wanted to go).
Aaron:  Maybe we will take you to Disneyland!
Mom:  We're going to Disneyland!  Alright Zackary you can do this! (thinking how much fun this would be, and how out of character this is coming from Aaron) 

Well, this task was easy peasy for this kid!  We said if he didn't suck his thumb for 1 month we would go to Disneyland.  And well, after a month, I was scrambling to book a last minute trip to Disneyland for the family.  Talk about will power and self control.  I couldn't believe it.  He even realized that Monkey really made it hard to stop, so he completely got rid of him.  He no longer slept with him, took him anywhere, or played with him.  He now resides here.

I hope he continues to have this self control and will power growing up.  What amazing traits to have.  Zackary we are so proud of you!