The town of Seymour claims to be the birth place of the hamburger. This past weekend they held their annual Burger Fest. We heard about this event and decided there is no more fitting festival to take our Jonah to than Burger Fest. Anyone who knows Jonah knows he LOVES hamburgers! So we attended the Burger Fest parade on Saturday.
The boys loved it! Jonah loved the parade because their were many floats with hamburger themes and there were 3 marching bands (with tubas!) Ben loved the parade because he collected a ton of candy!
After the parade, we decided to celebrate the actual eating of a hamburger in air-conditioning at Dairy Queen instead of fighting the crowds at the festival grounds. A little bit of a cop-out on our part, but the boys were completely happy with it and thought Burger Fest was just happening at DQ :)
After the parade, we headed up to Minneapolis for a weekend with our oldest daughter. The boys were so excited to see "Bubba"!
While Andrew helped Abigail move into her new apartment, the boys and I found a cool playground/pool to spend the afternoon.
What I noticed as the boys were playing in the water is how big they look. I think they really had a growth spurt this summer, Jonah especially. Both boys need new pants for the school year- from size 6 to size 7. Jonah also went up a shoe size so now both boys are in size 13 1/2 which also takes into account fitting for their orthotics.
FYI:
Ben: 4% for weight for typical developing child,
11% for height for typical developing child
Ben: 25% weight for Down syndrome,
75% for height for Down syndrome
Jonah: 6% for weight for typical developing child, 16% for height for Down syndrome
Jonah: 25% for weight for Down syndrome,
75% for height for Down syndrome.
So the boys are still little compared to their typical developing peers but are a bit tall compared to other kids their age with Down syndrome.
Interesting because both boys have height in their birth families. Will be interesting to see how this plays out as they get older.
Then today we visited the Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center. What a fun place! Lots of cool interactive exhibits, a bus tour through a working farm, great restaurant and nice playground.
Made me proud to live in this great state!
This was a tractor driving simulator. Jonah "harvested" 20 bushels of corn (he drove into the fence quite a bit!), and Ben "harvested" 65 bushels.
In the Birthing Barn, we actually got to see calf being born! The boys loved watching the little calf try so hard to stand so soon after its birth.
Then the boys won the calf-naming contest! They entered the name "Polly", and it was chosen as the winner. Congrats Ben and Jonah!
Lots of fun summer days- eating burgers, getting bigger, and seeing the dairy barns!
It's getting closer...September 3rd!
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