Richard was in a great mood and excited to have so much love and attention on his birthday. As planned, he received a special smoothie and balloons at the beginning of session to kick off the festivities. He also received a package of birthday cake flavored Oreos. It was a nice way for him to engage and interact with his peers by sharing his cookies. A peer on the playground was frustrated during a game. The other kids stood up for Richard and said "you have to be nice to him, especially on his birthday." The support from his peers was helpful and gave Richard confidence to stand up for himself. We later returned to the room to focus on our speech and language goals with a story telling game and using Pokemon characters. He was able to focus and told a fun, creative story with lots of good vocabulary and appropriate sequencing.