In February we all went to The Big Sheep  .    Ryan, Rebecca and their cousins loved it.   

Ryan is wearing the red Tshirt going down the big slide with his mum, his aunty Beth (with little cousin Bronwyn)  and his sister Rebecca who is helping cousin Tristan .	Rebecca, little cousin Bronwyn and Ryan on the slide
On the slide again	Aunty Beth helps Ryan on the "Demon Drop" slide, there is a ball pool at the bottom

They fed the Sheep, they looked at all the animals and played in the play area .   They all thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Ryan goes to hydrotherapy when the other children from school go swimming.   He has no fear of the water and the water in the hydro pool is really warm (he still cant seem to control his temperature very well and gets cold quickly in a normal pool)

                           He kept coming up and calling out "Did you see me Granny".   Hydrotherapy helps exercise his limbs without putting too much strain on them.

Easter we had the annual family Easter Egg Hunt.   Ryan's eggs were hidden in the same kind of places as his 3 year old cousin Tristan's were hidden.   They had his name written on in large letters so that he knew they were his.   He has been able to recognize his name for some time and now he can write it as well, not brilliantly, but being able to write it at all is more than we would have hoped for at one time.

   He looks        He finds         

so, do you think he enjoyed that ?   He has a real look of elation of his face.   He is so proud of himself .

  I'm not sure where the photo on the left was taken but I know that this one on the right was taken at the Eden Project.

Playing on the trampoline at his cousin Tristan's birthday in June.   He does well playing with the little ones.

In August there was a farm fun day with pony rides,.  

face painting      and other fun things

In September we had a beach B-B-Q      Ryan wanted to learn to surf like everyone else so mummy helped.   Ryan wears a wet suit in the sea.    He still got cold so he did not stay in the water for long.

They all played games          

Then we had the B-B-Q and ate lots of lovely food and cooked marshmallows on sticks held in the fire.   Under close supervision (dad just out of the picture) Ryan was allowed to put driftwood on the fire.   Everyone tries to help him do the things that "ordinary" children do      

Ryan was in the unit Nativity Play.    He confused us all by telling us that he was Jason.   We all know that the plays are adapted for each group and tried to find out who Jason was.   Ryan told us "Jason what holds a baby".   Pressed for more information he told us "you know, Jason and Mary"  so here are a few pictures of our Ryan as Jason/Joseph 

   When the show was finished Ryan took me into the sensory room

The year ended with a happy Christmas for all of the family -

  Ryan & his mum   Ryan, mum & big brother Sammy

with Becca and his aunty Beth  

with mum & aunty Candy

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