Cade slept until noon today. I'm not sure that he has
ever slept that long...I think he was just completely worn out from the week of tough therapy. It was funny...I told him we were going somewhere special today - his first question? "Is it Chuck E. Cheese?!" When I told him no, that it would be too crowded today his response was, "But everyone is probably still sleeping!" Yep, he has
no concept of time and just how long he slept!
Although he was actually really sleepy all day (except tonight, which I'll talk about later), we decided to head to the Butterfly Pavilion that we had seen last weekend on our way to the Rocky Mtn. National Park. I had looked it up online and it looked to be small and manageable for us right now, and it said we would be up close and personal to tons of butterflies and other creepy crawlies. And the fact that it was only about a half hour away helped!
On the way we stopped for lunch at Subway. Kai engulfed his sub...no surprise there! Cade pretty much lounged the whole time trying not to fall asleep. I have no idea what makes him have these days where it seems he could just sleep
all day...I know the therapy here is hard and I'm assuming between that and the meds he is on that he just has days that make him crash.
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Daddy and Cade found the two most comfortable chairs in the place...
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| and Cade made himself at home! |
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| Kai had no problem at lunch..eating is one of his favorite activities! |
We made it to the Butterfly Pavilion. Although we were a little worried about how Cade would do, especially since he was so super tired, it was really a great day. There was a room that had many different kinds of tarantulas...Cade even got to hold one named "Rosie." Kai called everything in the room a ladybug.,..he had a blast peeking into all of the exhibits and trying to find whatever it was that was supposed to be inside.
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| There really were some cool bugs here... |
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| Kai loved the giant praying mantis! |
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There was a scorpion in this box that Kai could see when he
turned on the light...we had to peel him away from it!
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| Kai looking for "ladybugs" |
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| Cade is holding "Rosie" -- this is a memory-maker! |
Tonight Eric tried to get work done, which left me in the room with both boys. Hence the reason this post is so super late...it is 12:37 am right now and Cade is
still trying to get to sleep. He and I shared a late-night pretzel snack a couple of hours ago...I guess that didn't help the getting to sleep factor so much. Hopefully tomorrow he will be back on more of a schedule...I think it's taking quite a toll on his little body here. Not sure what our plans are for his second day off, but hopefully we can include some outside activity to burn off some energy. That is if we
ever get to sleep tonight...I was just rocking with Cade and he informed me that we should "stay right here all the way until morning..." I think he is a bit on sensory overload tonight - we cannot get past a wall that's "dark," a nose that's "hurting," and jumping at every little noise that we hear. Oh...it's gonna be a l-o-n-g night...
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Kai had a great time on the zipline.
Both boys had to climb on the big bugs!
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We didn't get to touch any butterflies but we sure got very close...
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| Kai with his "leaf bugs" - they are sounds asleep with him tonight... |
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