Today was the 5th annual Walk About Talk About Autism Walk for the greater Kalamazoo/Battle Creek Chapter of the Autism Society of America. This was the first year that we have participated - and after the great day that we had, I am hoping that this will become a tradition for our family.
Bill had to work (Saturday's in April are unfortunately not a good time for him to participate in a daytime outing) - so my mom came along with us --which was awesome. Mary got her face painted and there was lots of free popcorn-- so that got us off to a great start. We then walked (along with about 300 other people if not more) about 2 miles on a great walking area in a local park. The only bummer was that after 10 days in a row of 70 degree weather it was a little brisk today - especially in the a.m. Katie looked like the sta-puff marshmallow woman with a shirt, sweatshirt, coat and then the autism walk t-shirt over the top.
After about an hour of walking we came back and had lunch. Then they had a ton of door prize drawings which the girls were really into -okay, I guess I should rephrase that - Mary was really into it. Katie was into the popcorn and juice boxes. :) We won two great prizes which included a pair of passes to a local "bouncing" facility that is full of inflatable toys for the kids to play on. They both love it there. :)
It was a great day. It was nice to spend time with my mom - with the girls - and with so many families who share the pain and the joy of loving a child with autism.
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