Our new t-shirt creations.
It's a weird experience this year. All kids. No adult campers. No wheelchairs. Kai and one other blind boy with medical issues. The rest of the campers are autistic. So, not a lot of bonding going on amongst the campers. The counselors are very hands off this year. So we were largely left to our own devices. The way Kai likes it. I napped after breakfast, after lunch and we went to bed super early and I napped before bed. Our Saturday was very relaxing, quite boring and lonely for me.
I was hoping to see families from previous years. Nope. None. Except one but the parents don't chat much. English is their second language.
Kai refused to go watch the movie because it was Princess and the Frog. A girl movie.
This is Hank. Hank is a failed service dog so he is now reinventing himself as an autism support doggo. His kid could care less. So far Hank prefers his new Dad. Hank also really liked Kai. All dogs like Kai.
We got to dog sit Hank while his family took a canoe paddle. Hank wasn't interested in getting in the canoe.
He is the most chill dog ever.
Kai couldn't be convinced to swim, or canoe, or kayak or even go down on the dock. He was happy to just hang with Hank for a while.
Tie dye.
Kai's happy spot. In the TV room on his phone. Another kid came in and played the piano for a while much to Kai's disgust. I personally thought the other kid was facinating. His first time on a piano. It started out as pounding but quickly became a pattern of four sounds, then five and he repeated the pattern for the half hour. It was oddly soothing. Loud but not awful to listen to. He scooted through the room later with his Dad chasing him and he quickly did the same pattern on the fly and then took off on a full run when his Dad got closer. Thank God our kids weren't runners. It looks extremely frustrating for the Dad.
We left today after breakfast. I didn't want to stay for the talent show and lunch. I'm not sure I want to go again but then I look at the Kai smiles. He genuinely likes it there and in his way he enjoys the camp.
