Summer camp = awesome

Sophie has gone and shown us what a big girl she is, she had a week of camp and she had a blast!  The therapy centre she goes to had a gym and swim camp for kids like Sophie last week, it was for 3 hours each morning and it was just perfect.  There are alot of things that you just assume aren't going to happen when you have a girl like Sophie, her going off to camp on her own at 5 years old is one of them.  But as we know Sophie is a wonder girl and she loved it.

This is Sophie with her wonderful camp partner Brooke.  This was the first morning and Sophie was very interested in everyone that was there and she was definitely trying to figure out what was going on.  Brooke and 7 other awesome young volunteers gave one on one support to Sophie and her 7 new friends along with 4-5 recreation therapists.

This was Sophie on the third day giving me the "mom, can I just go to camp now please" look lol. 

Sophie was exhausted each day when I picked her up and she had some pretty good naps most of the afternoons.  She was very vocal all week and obviously had lots she wanted to tell us.

The Ontario wheelchair sport association came a couple days and gave the kids tips and pointers on wheelchair basketball and other ball handling skills. They did gymnastics and t-ball and soccer and so much more. They also had fun swimming for part of each camp day and did crafts as well. 

Sophie wearing her medal on the last day :)

She was pretty much worn out by Friday and had a strong seizure that night and was very tired the rest of the weekend.  She has been dealing with a head cold since Sunday and it has now traveled into her chest so we will keep a close eye.

On thursday we got a wheelchair fitted for her to trial.  It is a Quickie Zippie and I like it quite a bit.  We returned it today and will now make the decision whether to try another one (an Iris) or go for the Zippie.  There are many pros and cons to the Zippie, so I am not sure yet as to whether we will go with it or not, I will have to see if all the issues I have with it can be accomodated.

My smiley girl :) 

Our other big news is that we bought a Wike bike trailer for Sophie to go on bike rides with us!  I found it on kijiji in another city, so my mom and I hit the road and had a day trip.  The trailer was an amazing deal that I just couldn't pass up, I really lucked out that I found it the day after she posted it.  It was just meant to be. The mom that was selling it was super nice and has a teenage daughter that has many complex needs similar to Sophie.

This is the one I bought  http://www.wicycle.com/special_needs_large_bicycle_trailer.php

I can't wait to get it adapted perfectly for Sophie so we can try it out.  She will need a car seat or something similar to sit her in and then we will be good to go!