Thursday, January 5, 2017

New Wheels

Large and In Charge Wheels
When I need new wheels- it's no joke! I have two new sets of wheels to roll in and I'm so excited!

My first new set is my wheelchair. It is so much bigger than my last chair. I get to sit up much higher so I can look right at my friends. There are only a couple of problems with the new chair...



The first problem is that I get so hot when I'm in my chair. I can't even wear my coat in it because I get too hot! The other problem is that it's up so high it's hard to eat at the table with my family. The last issue is that it's a little tippy- and I like to go off-roading sometimes. We have to be careful it doesn't fall back! (It's only happened a couple of times).
Big change!

A couple of weeks after I got my new wheelchair we got a new van- and it is so huge! The lift is just like on the bus and the seats in the back go into a bed. There is a TV too. Dad says we are going to get a disco ball to have inside. Mom says she misses her mini-van.




Enough room for lots of friends!
Going Up!

Sunday, December 4, 2016

What's a Zero Party?!?

Over Thanksgiving weekend my family had a Zero Party. You might be wondering,  what exactly is a Zero Party? Well, it is a celebration to honor everyone in our family who had a birthday this year that ends in a 0. So if you are 0, 10, 20, 30, etc. This year we honored 15 people at the party- from 0 to 70! My dad's family is really big! His mom has 7 siblings and my dad has 5 siblings.

I got to be one of the honorees because I was 10 this year (even though I turned 11 last month). Every honoree had someone say nice things about them. And then we got little statues- like the ones from The Oscars (the theme this year was the red carpet). We all dressed up fancy and danced all night. I stayed up way too late! Here are some pictures from the weekend.
Mom giving a speech about Me

Liam and Dad coming down the red carpet
Dancing with Mom
My Dad with his Brothers and Sisters
Mom and Dad
Liam and Cousin Beck
My crazy family
Addy, My Mom and Aunt Nikki as Holly Golightly
Before the Zero Party we had Thanksgiving too. We did our annual Chatham Turkey Trot and then we had dinner at a very big table!!




Tuesday, November 8, 2016

My 11th Birthday (Halloween Style!)

What a great day we had celebrating my birthday! I was so lucky to have my friends come and play at my house. Every few years we have a costume party since my birthday is so close to Halloween (Nov 2nd)- and this was the year! Everyone wore their costumes! We played games, played on the zipline and ate Halloween food. 
Here is my costume- I'm the Red Baron!
My friends Tanner and Violet
My friend Jordan
My friend Andrew
Teddy and Murphy wrapped me as a mummy
Mummies! Julia, Jordan, Maeve and I got wrapped up in TP!
Cheesy Ghosts

Fun Halloween Food!
Fruity Medusa
Apple Smiles
Monster...?
Maeve the Cupcake and the crew pushing me on the zipline
Mom (as a Social Butterfly) and ME
Ready for the Pinata!
Diving for candy!
 What a great day I had! Thanks to everyone who helped me celebrate! Unfortunately, we did not get pictures of everyone who came- mom says she needs an assistant for birthday parties.

I got to wear my costume again on Halloween. At school we had a costume parade and we went trick-or-treating with friends.


What group!
Ready for some candy!




My 11th Birthday (Halloween Style!)

What a great day we had celebrating my birthday! I was so lucky to have my friends come and play at my house. Every few years we have a costume party since my birthday is so close to Halloween (Nov 2nd)- and this was the year! Everyone wore their costumes! We played games, played on the zipline and ate Halloween food. 
Here is my costume- I'm the Red Baron!
My friends Tanner and Violet
My friend Jordan
My friend Andrew
Teddy and Murphy wrapped me as a mummy
Mummies! Julia, Jordan, Maeve and I got wrapped up in TP!
Cheesy Ghosts

Fun Halloween Food!
Fruity Medusa
Apple Smiles
Monster...?
Maeve the Cupcake and the crew pushing me on the zipline
Mom (as a Social Butterfly) and ME
Ready for the Pinata!
Diving for candy!
 What a great day I had! Thanks to everyone who helped me celebrate! Unfortunately, we did not get pictures of everyone who came- mom says she needs an assistant for birthday parties.

I got to wear my costume again on Halloween. At school we had a costume parade and we went trick-or-treating with friends.
Costume Debut
What group!
Ready for some candy!




Tri For Kai- 15 year old Edition

To celebrate me turning 15 we signed up to do a triathlon! Today I raced the triathlon as MYSELF. I have always raced in the past with Mom a...