2nd Annual Giving Tradition

Last year we started a tradition after we received these really cool banks. The banks have three sections for saving money- Save, Share, and Spend. So last year we took all of our "share" money, added it up and then decided who we were going to give it to. We had lots of fun delivering our donations. 

This year we were a little late in adding up our "share" banks, but we finally did on Christmas Day. This year we saved even more then last year! My brother Liam saved the most with $28.55, then me with $21.31 and finally my sister with $9.06 (she likes to shop!). We decided to give some money to the Roger William's Zoo for their new Giraffe habitat. We also gave some to Dream Day, which is a camp on Cape Cod for kids with special needs. We have gone there a bunch of times in the summer- and we love it!

Since my Mema and Grandpa Al were going on a trip to Haiti to help people at a clinic, we gave them some money for the kids there, and we sent some school supplies like pencils and crayons. 

We have money for the Chatham Shark Center, but it is closed for the winter so we are going to wait until they open again so we can  bring our donation in person. 

Last, but not least, we donated to one of our favorite places in Chatham: The Eldredge Library! We love our librarians Ms. Tammy and Ms. Sarah. They always help us when we visit and will order things we suggest for the library. Here is a picture of us bringing in our donation. 

Just today, they made us a bag of library "stuff" so we could play after they learned that we like to set up a library at home.

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!

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!!

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!