Back from vacation...

How lucky are we to be able to say that our job working with some very unique people is of course challenging, but also very fun? We got back from our two week break, and the students and clients are happy, staff are cheerful, and everyone is busy, busy! Summertime is particularly fun with opportunities to go to the movies, swimming, water play, and today a terrific field day. This first week back was both enjoyable and a test with most students and clients excited to be back, and the challenges of a few new students, who are slowly catching on to their new routine. And how is it that some of these adolescents can grow so much in just two weeks???

For the field day, there was our wonderful siblings group who had prepared and manned a game with little stuffed animals as a prize; the Animal Assisted Happiness group with the very tame (and real) goats, chickens, bunnies and guinea pigs; and each classroom planned an activity so the students could rotate throughout the field day. There was face painting, the 'shaving' station, ring toss, water balloons - and often it was hard to know who was having more fun, staff or students. Then we had an opportunity to christen our new BBQ grill, made specially in memory of Elizabeth and George. The grill worked great, and Lester, Elizabeth's husband and George's dad, came to assist our own BBQ master, Doug, with the grilling of the hot dogs. Everyone had a very good time - it was just that kind of a day!