Mother wants to take the children (ages 6 and 2.5) to Kings Dominion. We leave in about 1.5 hours to head over from our house. Thomas is ADHD and has to deal with Sensory Integration Dysfunction. What that means is that he can get easily overwhelemed when there is too much sensory input...hmm...Theme park, people in character costumes, loud noises, fast rides..yep, perfect place for him to go into sensory overload . Rebekah is still in her fearlees, do what she wants to do phase. PLEASE PLEASE keep us in your thoughts as we attempt to make this trip.
Mother wanted Thomas (and only Thomas) for 2 weeks this summer, but that is just an unsafe option at this point. This is her compromise for one last summer f un thing before the children start back at scchool (Rebekah is in the Mother's Morning Out program - 1 day a week, 3 hours).
Thomas is old enough to at least understand what we are staying when we tell him he needs to stay with Mommy and Essie, holding one of our hands at ALL TIMES, Rebekah will be in the stroller most of the time, even though she will be throwing a fit because she likes to walk everywhere now. We have been drilling Thomas on his name, address, phone number, but he will also have that informaiton in his wallet, as well as a family picutre and the cell phone numbers of me, his dad, and my MOther (Essie).
To say I am stressed is an understatement. I'm terrified that one or both of the children will get separated from us. Of course, th at's probably every parent's nightmare, but it seems to be something more plausible with my children and their "disabilities" and personalities.
Thanks for listening to me ramble and vent (?). We will be staying at a hotel, which means that the children probably won't get too much in the way of sleep, but.....ok, I'm done.....
Larisa