Gearing up for the holidays was a whirlwind. The week after Evie's birthday party, her class did some holiday activities, one of which was role-playing Santa and his reindeer, and climbing down the chimney (aka tunnel)! I absolutely loved the picture they sent me of Evie, aka Santa, being pulled by 2 reindeer classmates. This is what inclusion is! Evie was fully included in the activity, and she was given support so she could fully participate! I hope she understood how lucky she was to be Santa. At least she kept the hat on. We went to visit my parents in CA over the break, and it was nice to have warmer weather and a change of scenery. Evie was an absolute angel on the plane going to CA and coming back. I am so thankful for the iPad...I mean... for my angel of a daughter. Some fun family activities we found in the Riverside area were the Mission Inn, which was decorated for the holidays , Mt. Rubidoux for a quick hike ...
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