Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Creation museum trip.


The Fox's set off on Thursday April 3, 2014 on an adventure to the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky.   As we drove through torrential rain rainfall, we listened to Genesis 1-11.  We prepared our hearts and our minds to see God's word in 3 demention.  

This was our first voyage to the museum and we were not disappointed.  This museum is amazing. I would recommend it to anyone of any age. Maybe go on a day that is not rainy so you can also partake in the outdoor activities.  The botanical garden looked amazing from what I could tell. 
  We waited until this year to go because of the reading involved.  We wanted the girls to be big enough to be able to read most of it. With Kendra being 12 and Alissa 9, we felt now was a good time.  To be quite honest, Aidan, who at 3 with obvious no reading skills, enjoyed the experience just as much.  
We began our day in the amazing entry hall.  The robotically animated dinosaurs were incredible.  They were amazingly realistic. 
Here we are in front of the water feature in the entry hall.  We were set and ready for our adventure through God's amazing word.  
Ready set go.....

I was really bad about taking pictures while we were visiting the museum.  I was too intrigued with all the exhibits and 
totally consumed with amazement to remember my camera. Sorry about that. 

Aidan was absolutely amazed by the dinosaurs.  He could not quit looking at the ones that moved and roared. I was a little concerned that they would scare him, but he proved to be very brave.  
This was his absolute favorite one.  I tried to get a picture of it when it was really close to him but was unsuccessful.  He came alive when he saw this dinosaur. He was kicking and talking all about it.  I found it very endearing that he was so in love with this somewhat hideous beast. 


Again, he stared at this dinosaur in amazement.  I was able to get him out of his chair in this location and let him touch this one.  Again, I thought he might be scared to touch it, and again I was proven wrong.  He reached his hand right out and touched it several times.  At this point of having him out of his chair, we went upstairs here in this exhibit and saw more creatures.  


 

The Creation Museum does a great job showing how God created all things during the 6 days of creation. The exhibit on Noah and The Ark was very well done. I can not wait until the life sized replica is built.  I do think this experience helped the girls to "see" many of the lessons they have been learning. 

Once we finished at The Creation Museum and had looked all through their great bookstore/gift shop, we headed into Cincinnati.  We wanted to make our first visit to Jungle Jim's International Market. This place is amazing. We spend several hours walking the aisles and looking at all the interesting varieties of foods and still only saw about half of the store.  The girls were in love with the massive candy section.  We saw candy there that I have not seen since childhood.  Among many things, we saw candy cigarettes, who remembers those things? 

This is Alissa modeling the fake outhouse located at Jungle Jim's. She thought it was funny and had to sit on it.  

Jungle Jim's is definitely another place that all people should experience at least once in their life.  This store had any kind of ethnic food you may want. Many of the items we saw there we had never seen before and to be frank, we have no idea what most of it was. 
 



Monday, March 31, 2014

Spring break-week one

What a busy busy week Aidan has had.  Spring break started with Aidan's huge benefit sale.  We were more than successful in raising the money needed to purchase the EagleEyes device and all requirements that come along with it.  We will have funds left over to start remodeling our downstairs bathroom into an accessible bathroom for Aidan.  Thank you to everyone who helped make this such a success for Aidan.  
We will continue to bring awareness to Dystonia through several more fundraising events in the future. We will keep everyone updated as events begin to be scheduled.  

After such a busy day on Saturday March 22nd, Aidan was exhausted.  We spend the day at home on Sunday after attending church.  Aidan pretty much slept and played quietly on the floor the whole day. 

Monday Aidan spent the day helping his sisters clean their closets and rearrange clothes for the seasons.  He loved laying on the floor and checking out all the many amazing things that came out of their bottomless closets. 

Tuesday is a blur and I can honestly tell you I do not remember what we did that day!!! 

On Wednesday, Aidan's cousins Kaylee and Eva came to spend some time with us.  Aidan loves having all the girls together at one time.  He gets extremely spoiled and lots of loving.  

On Thursday mom and I took all the kids to the KidsCommons children's museum in Columbus.  Everyone had a great time.  Aidan enjoyed many of the activities there. 
Here he is building a tower with Kaylee and Alissa.  

He loves being able to throw the ball with Nina's help. He was so intrigued by the other kids shooting hoops that we had to let him have a turn. He was pretty proud of himself.  

Here he is with all the girls inside the huge bubble maker.  He was extremely fascinated with all the many bubbles. I would have to say that this was his favorite.  I did not get any other pictures of him in the bubble room because I was having too much fun making huge bubbles for him.  We have already put daddy on the project of creating some big bubble wands for here at home. 

After we finished at the museum we went across the street to the indoor play area at The Commons. As you can tell by this picture, Aidan was exhausted.  He sat and watched all the kids play. He meet a sweet little girl that was fascinated by him.  


Once we finally made it home, after stopping to each Mexican food (yummy), this is how he spent his evening. He loves to snuggle and he definitely found a great snuggle buddy that evening. 

On Friday, Mom and I took all the kids to the skating rink.  Aidan loved all the movement and lights.  The girls all had a blast with very few falls (except for the one that involved Eva and falling in a skate on her bottom  OUCH!!!).  

Aidan loves these girls as much as I do. 


After another busy weekend with errand running and daddy working both days, we woke up this morning and took Alissa to the dentist.  
I think we will spend the rest of today at home probably doing chores and playing outside.  
Sorry it had been so long since I had posted on here.  I will continue to keep everyone up to date on Aidan as we finish out spring break this week.  


 

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Nurse June.

Aidan is still not feeling good this evening. His baby dog dog June is keeping him comfy while he rests. 


Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Guess who is sick again.....

Yes, that would be Aidan, sick again. There has been a nasty virus working its way through our house this past 2 weeks. Aidan, of course, caught it.  He has slept all day in between puking.  I pray that this does not hit him as hard as it hit others here. 

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Shaving Cream

Aidan is teaching his sisters the fine art of playing with shaving cream.  He uses this as a therapy for his fine motor development.   Well I think his sisters are having more fun with the experience than he is. 

And this is the final product!!!!

Friday, February 14, 2014

Aidan's Sweet Voice

Aidan loved watching this video of himself and his puppy June playing on the floor.  You have to watch this video and hear his sweet voice. 


Thursday, February 13, 2014

Occupational Therapy 02/13/2014

Aidan had a great time today during Occupational Therapy.  He worked with shaving cream on a white board.  He loved the sensation of rubbing his hands in it. 


Here is his finally artwork!!


Aidan also worked on holding a marker correctly. He really did a great job holding the marker. He drew a person.  I was not able to get a picture of his man because he covered it up with shaving cream.