Colin had his Special Olympics fall festival in which he participated in the Young Athlete Program with Miss Andrea and Coach Greg. Just to remind you, this was the first event Colin ever participated in last year...
...the one where he wasn't walking yet and was still being stubborn in how much he wanted to stand up...
...and today he was running all over the place, being just as stubborn, but in other ways.
Again, I am reminded about how much changes in one year. I can't believe the feelings that I was going through this time last year when I just wanted Colin to get up and go and this year, I was running after him trying to keep him AND his sister contained in one spot.
When Colin got there, he was one of the only athletes (with Kailey) and was being very stubborn because he seemed a bit overwhelmed (ALL of the volunteers wanted to help him, which was great, but he often needs to ease into things like this first). However, he eventually warmed up a bit and had a great time!
The volunteers were really nice and helpful and some of the ones that succeeded the most with Colin were the ones that slowly joined in in what he was doing, or sat with him on the ground and just started talking to him.
Colin LOVES Coach Greg and usually tries to butter him up to get out of doing something by giving him hugs. Coach Greg isn't a fool...
Kailey is really shy around people she doesn't know to the point it almost comes off as rude, but she warmed up too and got involved in some of the activities...
It was another fun year!
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Looks like he had a lot of fun! Kayla did the Young Athletes yesterday at SC winter games, but it looks like yours had a lot more equipment and activities for the kids to do!
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