It's a Bird.. It's a Plane...It's a Trampoline!

Santa brought us the motherload this year. I think he surveyed our family over the past 12 months and said.... "Hey. Now there's a family who has 3 kids in OT, 2 in PT, and 3 in Speech Therapy. Come on elves, let's get to work!"


Each kid got one toy and one educational board game. But the real presents were the toys that could be doubled as therapy use:


A mini-trampoline with a stabilizer bar (also helpful for mama to work off that crockpot full of cream cheese rotel)


A see-saw




A mini skate board ramp to work on walking up an incline


Two pedal cars




and a rockerboard for balance and trunk stability


Insurance pays for ONE 30-minute therapy session for 30 weeks - so from mid-July till the end of December - we have to pay out of pocket or do without. And... cough cough.. it's $185 an hour PER therapy.

So Santa got smart this year, hit the sales, visited a flea market, used the services of a great friend who is a fabulous carpenter, and used some coupons (yes, even Academy Sports has coupons)... and there ya have it... therapy tools at our fingertips 24/7.


But what's even better is the bond that's developing between Noah and his siblings. He can finally play with them. Eli loves being able to get on the see-saw with Noah. He has never been able to play with Noah before. It's brilliant - and so heart warming. He even begged to sit with Noah at supper last night.


Thanks, Santa!






Wake up, Noah. Wake up! Santa came!



He spots the trampoline.....



He smiles......




Here he goes......

See video post above... for the life of me, I can't figure out how to get it all on one blog post.

Comments

julie said…
That's so awesome!! I wanna come and play sometime :)
11:04 AM
Dreama said…
Amanda said WOW, they got those little scooter things! That is a cool idea!!!!
4:09 PM
Kelly said…
Looks like a GREAT Christmas! I'm so glad Santa does that for your family too. All of Abby's toys tend to be hiding an alterior motive for therapy too. Does Texas not have the Katie Beckett waiver to help with therapies? Email me privately and I'll see if I can hook you up with someone who may know. Kelly in SC (tsarina206 at yahoo)
12:09 AM
Bronwyn said…
I am reading through your blog and thought it was rather interesting that Noah got the same trampoline that my son Christian got for Christmas. I love the big smile that Noah had when he saw his. It was the same at our house.
4:49 PM
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