Swimming!

We recently learned of a local church who was hosting a free day at Wild River Country, a local water park, for families with children with special needs. WRC is very expensive and we have only taken our kids once because we got in as guests of a friend who had a membership so this was a big blessing for us! Oksana had seen pictures in ads with people floating on tubes and was VERY excited to float on a tube so despite the overcast skies, slightly chilly weather, and threat of rain we headed out for some fun! It was wonderful. Yes, the water was freezing and the lack of sun didn't help but it was not crowded at all and the kids had a blast!

First we started on the lazy river (every child under 18 had to wear a life vest which I thought was a great idea but my boys didn't think it was so great ;)....within 2 minutes they forgot they were wearing them and had a ton of fun):




Then we moved to the wave pool. I love these pictures of Oksana. This was one of "those moments" for Larry and me. You know the ones where you see this child filled with joy and laughter and it hits you that she could be sitting in an institution. She giggled and laughed through all of the waves and the boys had just as much fun as she did!




After about an hour of fun and some lunch (which was also free), Oksana started to get overstimulated. She began to get upset when kids would cry and was very upset at one point because she didn't know where her brothers were. We decided it was time for her to relax a bit and just hang out. Once she knew where her boys were and could see them playing she got settled on a chair she was fine.

After all of the fun we came home for more packing. Just under 3 weeks to go until moving day!