Marvel's Universe

As a treat for the kids for a great year at school we got them tickets to the Marvel Universe motorcycle show.

Nick's favorite Avengers character is Captain America. I got him a Captain America costume from ebay, but it came the wrong size, so he couldn't wear the whole costume, but he got to wear the mask as a costume

Because we knew that the show was going to be loud, we had earmuffs for Nick to wear. They were great! I don't think Nick would have enjoyed the show otherwise. 

Katheryn had a pair as well, but she just wore them for the beginning of the show. Once she was used to the noise she took them off.

They had face painting, so Katheryn wanted to be the Hulk

I got tickets that were 1 accessible and 1 companion, and then regular tickets right in front. When we arrived we found out that the accessible and the companion tickets were actually across and aisle from each other.
Luckily all the seats hadn't been sold. So I just pulled my chair over and sat beside Nick together.

The show started off loud... and with Loki

 There is a story line, and all of the Avengers (but not Giant Man or Wasp), Miss Marvel, some of the X-Men and Spider man, and some of their specific bad guys

The use all parts of the area and up on the bleachers (but not in the crowd)

 Nick was so excited when Captain America came on

 We got them a couple of souvenirs during the intermission.

Katheryn's favorite character was Black Widow

It wasn't a motorcycle show, but there were lots of times when the motorcycles were out and watching some tricks

Most of the show there  was no Hulk. It was just Bruce Banner. But of couse the Hulk showed up at the end

The kids had a great time at the show!

On the way home we took pictures of each other.

Katheryn took this one of Nick and me

Nick took this one of Kyle.

A great day out on the town!
Avengers Assemble!

Easter Seals Camp - going home

We had so much fun at camp, that we were sad when it was time to go.

But before we went it was time for a party! 

And of course we dress up for the party

Katheryn didn't really want her picture taken as a family, but I was able to get a little smile out of her when it was just the 2 of us

And we got another picture of just the 2 kids
Aren 't they so cute together

And one more try for a family picture

It seems we picked the right theme for our clothes, because it was a Hawiian themed party!

 

Nick made sure he went around to all of his favorite councilors and wanted his picture taken with them

 

Like Benji (who was a favorite of the kids), and from South Africa

Geneviève was from Ireland

Nick and I got to dance together

And I got to be part of the congo line

 

 

The next morning it was time to say good-bye to camp

 

The kids kept asking when we could come back.
But we have to wait to see if we are accepted to camp next year. And Nick will be old enough to go to his own camp soon (I'm not sure if I'm ready for it to be next year)

Everyone sang us out as we packed up and got ready to go

The kids were fast asleep before we got to the hi-way

We are so thankful to Easter Seals for the opportunity to attend camp as a family this year!

Easter Seals Camp - Parent and Family Time

Part of Easter Seals camp is that it involves the whole family. Including the parents.

So there are parent-only activities to do.

My favorite was the rock climbing.

 

 

 

I did this last time the last time we came.

I made it to the top and got to ring the bell (even if it was on the easy side)

 

 

And Kyle didn't want to try. But thats ok

 

After the adults all tried climbing, we all headed towards the sports wheelchairs and tried a game of wheelchair basketball

 We also did some parent-only archery and crossbow. (But I can't seem to find any of my pictures).
Really cool to shoot a cross-bow.

Another thing that was a favorite of mine, that I did by myself was pottery.
With a pottery wheel. Just like in Ghost.
The other moms who were there said that to the instructor, and she didn't understand the reference. (That made me feel old).
But this is my pottery cup. I think it was good for my first try

Kyle enjoyed the lookout and having some quiet time

Another favorite session was dress-up.
We got to try on different costumes, and if you are going to dress up, you need to take some family pictures!

 This was my favorite picture

And even though Iron Man doesn't look happy,



Easter Seals Camp - Camp Fun

Every day at camp is time for everyone at camp to get together and have fun.
Each day they had different themed activities and kids would go to different stations and try different things.

One of the days was a circus theme.

Nick's favorite was the cotton candy

Katheryn liked the facepainting

Nick is a Captain America minion, and Katheryn is batgirl

They had some medieval knights and sword fighting

One day was full of water fun.
Including a water slide!
This was definitely Katheryn's favorite

Nick wasn't too sure about it

He preferred resting and relaxing in the pool

 

That way everyone would come to him

 

Katheryn just liked getting wet

Another day was a whole camp challenge.
We were the green team

Everyone had to compete in challenges. And everyone had to do one challenge to win
I don't remember who won (I know it wasn't us), but we did have lots of fun

Every night was a campfire.
Katheryn liked just sitting and playing in the dirt

 

But Nick got really into it

During campfire there was lots of entertainment and songs.

The list night is a talent show.
We weren't prepared for the talent show the first time we came, but we had talked about it this year.

Nick wanted to sing O Canada.

When it was time to go out. Nick was very nervous
Look at all those people

For such a shy boy he did a FANTASTIC job!

I was so proud of him!

The Camp events are a really fun way to get everyone involved and realize how much of a community you are a part of. And of course they are fun