Dyspraxia CT Meet and Greet!

Today was our first Dyspraxia USA Meet and Greet. The CT Meet and Greet was held at the Children's Museum in West Hartford. I was especially excited since Tom loves museums. It was also a place that we always wanted to visit but never got the chance. This has been a busy weekend so far for us. Last night we took Tom to Road to Wrestlemania at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport. He got to see all the wrestlers he watches on TV in action, and he was very excited. He was a little tired this morning but managed to get a bit of sleep in the car.
Tom was very nervous about meeting the other kids and parents as he is still sensitive about his learning and coordination issues. But everyone there could not have been nicer.  Bri Silver, who is pictured on the right next to Tom, took Tom on a guided tour of the museum and talked to him about swimming. Tom loves to swim and has been on the Valley YMCA Sprinters Swim Team for four years now. He told us that he especially likes swimming because it is relaxing and he likes the feel of the water on his skin. These were things that I had never known before. We knew that it was a good idea for Tom to swim in order to improve his coordination, stay in shape, and to have fun. But to him, swimming was more than that!
after the event was over, Tom took me on a tour of the museum and led me through the King Tut Exhibit. He was telling me things that I did not know he knew about Ancient Egyptian Culture. He also enjoyed showing me all the live animals that live at the museum, such as the snapping turtles, the Bobcat and a very small fox. In fact, he liked the little fox so much that we ended up adopting a couple of stuffed ones of our own! I look forward to doing another Meet and Greet!