Xander's Adventures ...

Xander's adventures with community living support (CLS) works Jack and Scott ...

Special Olympics basketball ...



Making cookies and brownies (working on cooking self-help skills) ...





Playing board games ...



Playing iPad ...



Eating at his all-time favorite, Arby's ...



And his non-fast food favorite, Red Robin ...



Learning to play ping pong / table tennis from a champion ...

Sawyer's Adventures ...

Adventures with his community living support (CLS) worker / Aunt Kelly ...

Cheese sticks at Gatti-town ...



Painting at the Mad Potter ...



Icee and cookies at the Great American Cookie Company ...



Painting at Cut + Paste ...



Trying the obstacle course at SkyZone ...



Pizza and bread sticks at Fazoli's ...



Pizza at Pie Five ...



Hugs from Chuck E. Cheese (which is both rare and wonderful, as he usually doesn't like strangers to touch him) ...



The obstacle course at GetAir trampoline park ...



Roller skating ...



Dancing in the arcade ...



Trying new food at Chili's ...

Enjoying Birthday Presents

Xander with his beloved Prime, Inc. truck ...





And Sawyer with his new swing ...

Shooter

Xander LOVES playing sports. He LOVES to score, more than anything. Here is a video of him scoring during his Special Olympics basketball game ...

... and my favorite part is after he scores, as he runs back up the court, as he beams that huge smile over to us in the stands!

Special Olympics Basketball

Another Thursday, another game for Xander ...

Taking the inbound pass ...



Fast break ...



Fast break the other way ...



He shoots ... he scores ... he's very happy ...

12 Years Old

Time keeps moving by really, really fast around here ...

Cupcakes for Xander, fruit slices (sorted by color) for Sawyer ...





Xander blowing out his candles ...



Sawyer blowing out his candles (love Xander helping from his side) ...



Happy boys ...



First present ... Prime, Inc. replica truck ...



Sawyer's turn ...



Train picture to color ...



Tearing through more gifts ...



Space ship picture to color ...



Eating cup cakes ...



Xander trying to connect the wires on the truck ...



Piñata (Xander's request this year, and Sawyer is not happy we chose his room (swing hook) for the festivities) ...



Sawyer's turn ...



Brianna's turn ...



Anthony's turn ...



Xander's turn again (Brianna is going for the candy) ...



Connor's turn ...



Feeding frenzy ...

Model Train Expo

A few weeks ago, Dad headed to Louisville for the Lego Expo with Connor. Today, Xander and I headed that way for the model train expo. We even saw a rainbow on the drive up ...



Our first stop ... and he could have stayed here all afternoon watching the flashing railroad sign ...



Union Pacific (a favorite) ...



Random Lego mini figure booth (token picture for Connor) ...



Searching for trains to add to his collection ...



He LOVED this UP (Union Pacific) sign and kept walking back by it over and over again ...



The beloved flashing lights again ...



I thought this was a cool replica ...





Two trains crossing from opposite directions ...



Late lunch at Burger King ...



Yep, we bought the beloved UP sign (it was way cheaper than the flashing lights) ...



And adding his new trains to the existing ones (he now has NS (Norfolk Southern) and UP (Union Pacific) ...