I had another great session at Camp Merrywood. I did archery and crafts. I played Pin The Nose On Olaf with Elsa from Frozen. I played sports and games. Here’s me with a bunch of friends from Maple cabin.
Category Archive: Jon
Aug
09
May
26
Krumping
Here is a video of me Krumping with my teacher. Krumping is a type of dance where you move your arms to rhythmic music.
Dec
14
Aladdin
On Tuesday December 10th we went to the stage show of Aladdin. Just like the movie it started with the song Arabian Nights, but unlike the movie there were three men singing it, throughout the musical, to help the plot. It had a lot of the same songs that are in the movie like One …
Nov
06
Halloween 2013: Year of the Spider
Jon announced in September that he wanted to be a spider, which struck us as a relatively straighforward* project to do. This was a good thing, since this year’s construction was a real race against the clock. Because of work deadlines, costume building wasn’t able to start until the last minute, so it was really …
Aug
08
Merrywood 2013
I had another great session at Camp Merrywood. I went kayaking. I got wet in the water. During the ride I heard a Carly Rae Jepsen song. The song is Call Me Maybe. At arts and crafts I made star jars which are jars lined with foil. When you shine a light in holes in …
Dec
18
Another Milestone
All through his school career Jon’s always been at (public) schools dedicated solely to kids with special needs, both physical and developmental. The two years where the school board decided to put him in a special needs class in a regular school, by contrast, was a low point. But at no point has a traditional …
Dec
15
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
…aka The Royal Winter Fair, aka The Royal. After missing it due to one person or another being sick both weeks last year, Jon anticipated that he wanted to go even before Halloween came! My farming ancestors (including all of my great-uncles on my Mom’s side, and my great-grandparents on the Cook side) would be …