Gymnastics

Shaun is practicing his handstands. He does cartwheels pretty well, somersaults, straddle rolls, back rolls into a handstand (almost), and he is working on bridges. He isn't very flexible but he makes up for it with effort. He absolutely loves it!

My Monkey

At the Community College, where Shaun has his baseball clinic, is the best climbing tree a boy could wish for. Shaun never let a moment pass without climbing this tree. All of the boys were amazed how high he could climb and how fast he could do it. Throughout the weeks he managed to get higher and higher.




Just too cool.

Baseball

Shaun was involved in a baseball camp at the Community College. It lasted eight weeks and his abilities have grown and he really loves it. He'll do it again in July and August.


Here's Shaun, not too thrilled to be in the outfield.
He does a great job at bat. One of the best at the camp.
He also tries to be the pitcher.
Running bases.

SLIDE!! SLIDE!!!
Shaun plays 2nd base. Close enough to the action to keep him entertained but he doesn't have to work as hard as first base.

Throwing home.
Way to guard that base.
Throw it in.
His certificate of completion.

Memorial Day

I didn't have anything planned for Memorial Day so Shaun and I went to Boomers.



First there was mini golf-giving Tiger Woods a run for his money.

Of course if there is something to climb, Shaun will be on top.

It was about 100 degrees so neither of us minded getting soaked!

Shaun rode the kids train, was there any doubt?

And the Ferris Wheel. I even managed to not get sick.

The view from the top

Once again, Shaun climbs, everything he can.

Coming down.
Back up the harder side.
And up once more.

Rock Climbing

For Shaun's birthday present Uncle Mark Alan took him rock climbing. Shaun had been once before and he really enjoyed it again. I always knew he was a monkey but these pictures prove it!

Just hanging out way up there
Say cheese.
Don't look down!
Literally hanging upside down off of a cliff.

As long as he's content to do this in a harness on fake rock walls I'm ok with it. I think we will have to go rock climbing a lot more often. I think it may become one of our new sports and hobbies.

David's Birthday Party

Shaun's friend David had his birthday party at Prehistoric Pets. It is a pet store with displays and opportunities for the kids to interact with the animals.

First each of the kids was given meal worms to feed to the turtles and fishes. There were tons of them in this little pond and the island created in the middle. They would come up and bite the worms right off the tweezers.
One of the turtles bit so hard that it grabbed the tweezers right out of Shaun's hand.
Tons of turtles

For the party she brought out different animals that we got to pet and hold. David got to be the first with each animal, sometimes it was scary, other times it was cool!
This green frog jumped out of Shaun's hand and landed on my foot. I kind of freaked a little because it was cold and sticky.
It looks almost plastic, doesn't it?
When the show began, she asked David if he was afraid of any animals. He answered that he is only afraid of big spiders. I guess he better get over that fear pretty quick.

Yes, that is a scorpion. We couldn't handle it because there is no safe way to remove the stinger.
This is a huge tortoise. She had to drag him out because he was too heavy for her to lift.
This is a baby tortoise. He was really cute but they have very rough legs to protect themselves from rough ground. Each of the kids got to sit on him. He is strong enough to lift up Shaun and begin to walk around. Shaun weighs 65lbs. so carrying him is really impressive.

Big Lizard!!!!!!!!!!
She made the boys stand up in front and hold out their arms with their eyes closed. They didn't know what was coming.
Big snake!!!!!!!!!!!