Eggs, fire truck and helicopters

We had the first Easter Egg hunt of the season today, one for special needs children held at a local golf course. The boys had a lot of fun - Alan had lots of space to run around, and BeBop the clown brought him a fantastic expanding/contracting ball to play with.







Kevin loved exploring the fire truck and TWO helicopters! One from the SA Police Department and the other one from Air Life. We've been going to the Air Life Santa event at the hospital for five years, and it has never made it because it had to do it's job. How funny we got to see it land and explore it when we least expected it!







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Morgan's Wonderland

Today Mommy and Daddy celebrated their 11th anniversary with a trip to the brand new ultra-accessible family fun park, Morgan's Wonderland. We went with Kevin's little friend Austin, his little sister Stefanie and their parents.

We started at their water play center -





then headed back towards the entrance to check out the beautiful sculpture "Taking Flight".



We then moved on to one of their covered playgrounds. We spent a LOT of time there with the kids exploring, climbing, and sliding.





After eating lunch in one of the covered pavilions overlooking the lake, we went to the wharf to shoot the giant water cannons and drive the RC pirate boats.





We then took a train ride around the park, where we got to see the many turtles sunning themselves on the rocks and swimming in the lake.



We finished up with a trip to the sensory village, where we played with the tadpole, butterfly and falling candy walls!



With all this fun, we still hadn't tried everything the park had to offer, like the merry-go-round, music village or the cars. And they haven't even had the Grand Opening yet! We will definitely be coming back soon to play some more!


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Mom's Day Out

After almost a year of isolation, Alan started a Mom's Day Out program today. He will be attending the same school big brother Kevin went to last year for a summer fun program, and it will be the school he will be attending in the fall. We were lucky they had someone moving so soon after Alan was given the All Clear by the oncologist to be in a daycare-type situation. He is starting off slow, just a half day once a week, but this summer both Alan and Kevin will attend the summer fun program twice a week. Then Alan will be going twice a week on his own once Kevin goes back to school.



Alan was so excited when we got to the classroom. We were pleasantly surprised to see Mrs. Huddleston, who was one of Kevin's teachers last summer. He got into the paint right away and was happily making a mess. No tears here... See ya Mommy!



When Mommy came to pick him up, Alan was pooped but content. He had lots of fun on the playground and was draining his milk. Here he is with his teachers Mrs. Curtis and Mrs. Huddleston. He only got cranky when the milk ran out. What a successful first day!

Now I'm off to the washing machine to see if the paint stains came out of his shirt sleeves!