I cannot begin to express how lovely today was!! He may not have cheered, or beamed huge smiles, or even expressed to us how much he loved the day ... but we could tell, we could feel it all in our bones!! IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY for our little cowboy!!
COREY'S DAY AT THE FARM .... for Special Needs Kids .... is an amazing 2 day event. Kids with medical issues are bused from 4 counties .. Kaedyn was invited through his therapy center, his day was today... but luckily, they gave Nathan a bracelet to ride the horses. Course this was coming in and we really had no idea because this was our first time going. Nathan was also invited through his pre-school class and we *thought* his day was today, but found out it's actually tomorrow. At this point, we're thinking about taking him back tomorrow, because today was so amazing.
And we got some AMAZING photos ...
The boys got free t-shirts, free cowboy hats, bandannas .. they got their picture taken and it was put in a neat little "WANTED" frame.... there was free popcorn, snow cones, lunch of hot dogs, chips, cookies, with milk, water or coffee... well the coffee obviously wasn't there for the kids. - ha ha - There was Horseback Riding, Hay Rides, a Petting Zoo, Pony Rides, and an area set up to practice roping up the herd of hey animals ...
We got outside, and got in line for the Horsey Ride...... Nathan who has no fear, it seems.. got right on, no problem... and proceeded with his first Horse ride...
When he got off, we just simply asked him if he had fun, and he nodded .... then he got on the fence and watched as other kids took their turns riding the horses.
We then went around to the petting zoo area, there were cows, goats, ponies, baby ducks, hens, rabbits, and puppies... and a baby black sheep ...
Kaedyn wanted NOTHING to do with the animals you could pet, but he was all about the ones that were in cages! LOL... Nathan loved touching all the animals though, and again, he really seems to have no fear.
Then he we had lunch ...
Then it was back out for more fun!! Nathan's second Horsey Ride....
They all remembered him from the first time...
Daddy took Kaedyn up to pet the horse, to see if he would get on, and they sorta swept him up and took him for a ride, which - we didn't mind... he's not going to do things unless we push him a little - but he screamed the WHOLE time...
Here he's saying "Let me off this thing" He got a Rodeo Princess to ride with him!
Kaedyn ....
Nathan coming around, you can see Kaedyn in the blurry background...
He just LOVES it .. it made my heart sore!
Poor Kaedyn....
Of course when he got off, he acted like he was scarred for life...
Nathan watching Kaedyn get off...
Then we got in line for the hey ride.... now, due to Nathan's sensory issues, I thought maybe he wouldn't enjoy the tractor ones, and we chose to stand in the long slow moving Horse Carriage ride line instead. At one point..... Nathan plopped down on the ground and cried, because he was fascinated by the green John Deere Tractor....
The horse drawn carriage...
The John Deere Tractor (and Kaedyn running around)
Here is where Nathan was crying, upset he wanted to go on the green tractor and frustrated from waiting ...
So I took a picture of the tractor for him...
The horses ...
Our family on the horse drawn carriage...
Nathan had to get up and look - watching the horses go.... again, totally fascinated .... and I told him, if we came back - we'd ride the tractor for sure.
Then we got Snow Cones, one for Daddy and Kaedyn to share (Blue Raspberry) and one for Mommy and Nathan to share (Grape)
Then one last horsey ride for Nathan before heading home, and Kaedyn stood on the fence and watched...
It was an AMAZING day and we thank the Corey's for doing this! We're truly thankful for the day and it made our hearts, as parents, swell with happiness.
