Sunday afternoon we packed the family up and spent the afternoon at Little Amerrika in Marshall, WI. The BCCN was hosting its summer picnic there, having been rescheduled from the previous weekend due to the extremely hot (well, at least hot for WI folks) weather. This past Sunday was a much nicer day in terms of the weather for an afternoon at a small amusement park.
After lunch in the shelter, Anna got her face painted while Kate and Ethan tried out some of the kiddie rides. Firetrucks, mini-ferris wheel, airplanes, and boats were all perfect for those two.
As a family we did an elevated touring car ride around the park. Then Kate and Ethan wanted to go down the big, bouncy slide, even though the line was LONG.
We ended the afternoon with a trip on the Whiskey River Railroad.
When we left home, we figured we would have lunch and stick around for maybe an hour or so. Kate and Ethan were having so much fun, though, that we pushed through for more than three hours. Slowly, we are figuring out ways to help Anna adjust and deal with the sensory overload during activities like this so that we are able to stay when the other kids are having fun.
Monday was awesome. The only scheduled activity was the girls' acting class.
Tuesday was productive. Leah came to watch Kate and Ethan in the morning while Anna had therapy. In the afternoon we made a big batch of potpies as well as burritos to add to our stash of frozen foods that I can pull out on busy days.
Wednesday was a free day ... absolutely no scheduled activities! After a short visit at a friend's house, we picked up Anna's new glasses and then proceeded to the airport for our "airport field trip." The kids have been wanting to go all summer. We had lunch at O'Malley's Jet Room, a restaurant with a great view of small aircraft landing and taking off. Then we visited the main terminal and learned about the different parts within an airport. We acknowledge that it will be a long time until we fly with our kids so it's good for them to learn about airports and have that information tucked into their brains at this point.
We have continued to have perfect pool weather. So far no one is bored with our afternoons out there. We tend to bring different toys each day; variety is good.
I'm looking forward to having a few more weeks like this. We have already begun conversations about how this coming school year will look for Anna and have a bit more work to do in preparation for the start of the year. However, I am hoping to soak up the time with my kids home during the month of August. I'm not ready for them go back just yet :)
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