Oh Friends......There really are no words to describe the Easter Seals Walk With Me event that our family participated in last Saturday. It was in-describable.....but I will do my best.
First, a few of us met at our church to organize carpools & have some donuts...tailgating style. :0)
We left the church about 7:40am, and we left in a caravan of 5 vehicles. We arrived in Bloomington about 8:20am, and we pulled up to the place to find several parking spaces with this sign.....
After we parked, Ethan & I headed into the stadium since we were a few minutes late. When we arrived, we were greeted with incredible warmth. You see, Ethan, as an Easter Seals ambassador, was given a special color shirt to wear so everyone would know that he was a special kiddo. Here is Ethan wearing his green shirt! (And green is his favorite color, too!)
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| Here is what everyone's tshirts looked like |
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| As an ambassador, Ethan's shirt was green! Everyone also received name tags saying, "I'm walking with Ethan!" |
After we signed in, we were escorted by super friendly volunteers to a tent set up just for our team!
They had a gift bag just for Ethan! As you can see in the next picture, he was very eager to open it!
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| Trying to open a stuffed Lightening McQueen! He was so excited to see CARS!! | ! |
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| These magnets were in his bag.....and of course he lined them up! |
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| We even saw one of Ethan's Easter Seals therapists!!! How WONDERFUL! Hi Dona!!! |
As we were doing the Meet & Greet, we were given Thank You notes to hand out to our team....made especially with Ethan's picture & information on it!!!
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| Front & back of the Thank You cards |
Here are some more pictures.....
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| Corey & our friend Cindy (camera man Matt's wife) |
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| Corey & I laughing at who knows what! |
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| Ethan playing with his new McQueen toy that our friend, Bill, brought him! Thanks Bill! |
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| Ethan waiting for the walk to begin! |
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| Look who was there!!! Sonic! |
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| At some point, it all got to be a little much for Ethan, so Corey took him to look at the baseball stadium. |
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| My cousins decorated a sign for our team name! How fun!!!! |
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| I love this picture! My guys!!! |
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| Here goes our team! The walk begins!!!! |
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| Beginning our mile walk! |
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| As we left the stadium, everyone was cheering, so Ethan asked to be carried. |
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| And Daddy obliged. |
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| Walking for Easter Seals!!!! |
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| They were rotating the ambassador's pictures up on the big screen! How cool to see Ethan up there!!!! |
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| About 1/2 way through, Ethan was done walking....so we had to make it a bit more fun for him! |
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| Our little family! |
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| Resting after the walk |
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| Daddy & Ethan resting & playing with the new hat! |
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| How anyone got my husband to do this, I'll never know!....But I love it!!! |
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| Ethan & I playing with our sensory items from home. |
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| I love this boy!!!! |
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| Me & my kiddo!!!!! |
The next post will include more pictures, our group photo, and final thoughts! It's too much for just one post!!!
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