Cape Cod

This past week we went down to the Cape for one night to visit my grandmother, and Raul got to have another fun day at the beach! He likes when the waves crash into the beach wheelchair, and we got him to touch a piece of seaweed, which he said was yucky!

Drumlin Farm 8/16

On Saturday we went to Drumlin Farm. We hadn't been since the Spring, so all the baby animals have now grown up! Raul's favorite animal was the pigs, though if you ask him he will say it was the tractors! The pigs wanted to smell his feet, which he found very funny! On the way home we stopped quickly at the playground, so he had what he calls "a fun busy day".

At the Beach

We spent some time at the beach this afternoon, and Raul had a great time! They offered us a beach wheelchair to use, and since Raul is little it actually floated in the water, which he enjoyed! He had a great time floating in the water, playing in the sand, on the play structure, and using the trucks!

Transportation Week

This past week was Raul's last week of summer school, and it was "transportation week". Of course, Raul is a big fan of all forms of transportation! He was very excited about all his fun projects, and wanted to take pictures to send to his grandparents. Here he is with his fire boat, semi-truck, and his vehicle apron! 

Sprinkler Park

Raul loves going to the sprinkler/spray park. Last time he didn't want to get wet, but this time after playing with his trucks for a while and just getting a little wet from the water gun he decided to start pouring buckets of water all over himself! And then asking us to pour them on him too! He got completely soaked, and had a great time! The hat he is wearing was made for him by child life at the hospital yesterday while he was getting his iron infusion. He chose the colors, the type of truck, and spelled his name for them to add! Then it was time to come home for dry bandages and a nap!

Three Years!

Raul has been home three years today! Below I am linking the blog posts from him arriving in Bucharest through our first day at home, and also putting the photos from that time. For those who don't know them, the people in the first few photos are Coca and Dorel. Coca was one of Raul's primary caretakers in Romania, who we love! And Dorel is an amazing driver who we spent a lot of time with in Romania, and who drove Raul to Bucharest to meet us!

http://www.romanianbutterfly.com/2011/07/rauls-arrival.html
http://www.romanianbutterfly.com/2011/07/travel-day.html
http://www.romanianbutterfly.com/2011/07/travel-and-home.html

 

 

 

Franklin Park Zoo

Today we took the kids to the Franklin Park Zoo. It was quite hot, but we had brought the cold packs from Raul's cooling vest and put one behind him in the stroller. His favorite animals today were the prairie dogs! He said they were like excavators, because they were digging tunnels. We went to the petting zoo area, and they brought a goat out on a leash for Raul to pet since he could not go in with his stroller. They have an awesome playground, but it was way too hot for him to sit on the play equipment, so we had to tell him that we can do that next time! He also, of course, liked looking at the zoo vehicles around the zoo! 

Petting the goat

Prairie dogs

Carousel

Hatching butterflies

At home playing with his Paw Patrol cars and looking at the map of the zoo