We spent a day at Butlers Orchard with Lucas to take in the fall season and get pumpkins. This may sound silly, but it ended up being one of those days that will be one of the most memorable and cherished because it was finally something we got to do with Lucas that actually felt "normal." We always strive to do things as a normal family, but the hard truth is that Lucas doesn't engage or understand things like other kids his age. Then add in that he is not mobile, things like this just aren't meaningful to him. We do them for Nick, Abby, and Anna... but when it is just Lucas, we often don't go because he hasn't been able to enjoy it. Honestly, its been painful for me to see pictures of friends' two and three year olds running around at places like this... truly enjoying the activities. This year we couldn't coordinate schedules to take the kids, so we were just going to skip it this year. I kept thinking, why put myself through the disappointment and watching the other kids from the sidelines. But after a lot of discussion, and back and forth, we finally said, "lets do it."
First was the pony rides... Lucas has been doing hippotherapy, right? He can do this! I was so excited to hold him on that pony as he concentrated really hard on balancing. Then we moved to playing in the corn... he loved it! For some reason, dumping and throwing corn is hysterical! In a perfect world, he would have been standing there like all the other kids, but we made it work as I held him up to the table. Bran and I kept smiling at each other as we watched him actually enjoy it. We continued through the activities... little slides, big slides, throwing straw, eating apple cider donuts (that Lucas loved)... fully taking in what it meant to us to see him having fun with these typical things.
So that should explain why there are so many pictures... it was just a good, good day.
Disclaimer: There aren't supposed to be so many pictures of me. Bran had the camera most of the time.
Little John Wayne
Playing in the corn
We even rode the tractor!
Going down the big slide with Daddy... he LOVED it!
Playing in the straw
One of my favorite pictures
Hayride to the pumpkin patch
Little punkin
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