Monday, November 2, 2009

Friends and Support

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We are very lucky to have a great local Down syndrome support group in my area. Unfortunately, not everyone has that. I am even more lucky to have a close group of friends within our local support group, with whom I maintain frequent contact.

I love all of my friends to death ... whether or not they have a kid with Down syndrome. That said, there is something about the connection I have with my friends that have kids with Down syndrome. We have to deal with a lot of the same things and we just understand each other in ways that others do not ... or cannot ... understand us.

Since there is no school today, a bunch of us had a play date at a local park ... so much fun! It is actually kind of funny to watch people's expressions as a huge group of kids with Down syndrome invade the park. Not exactly something you see everyday. But, I love to watch their reactions and see how they react to all of our kids ... you can really learn a lot about someone that way.

Some pictures of some of our kiddos ... unfortunately I did not get shots of everyone ...

Ms. Nika ...
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Ms. Ashley ...
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... and her sister, Olivia ...
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Ms. Payton ...
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Mr. Riley ...
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Ms. Nika ...
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Mr. Mason ...
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Ms. Payton ...
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2 comments:

  1. looks like a perfect fall day to play!! great photos bethany!

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  2. 175 kids in Kindy lol that is our Prep (Prep is yoru Kindy yr)through to year 12. haha.
    looks like a great day.
    good to hear Mason is doing so well, teachers make a huge differance. see it's not the kids, i tell ya! ;-)

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