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  1. J

    Question - Help please

    Thank you. This is all still pretty new to us. Him included. We've known less than 2 years and each time we do something new or different it's an entirely new learning curve. He's still a stubborn 14 year old kid though it all and we just do our best to remind him of his new normal. On the...
  2. J

    Question - Help please

    Oh, I meant from a 14 year old perspective that walkers are for old people. He had to use one for about a week after his back surgery and he was straight up embarrassed by it and it was only used in the hospital. He LOATHED that thing.
  3. J

    Question - Help please

    We've decided to just rent him a wheelchair. His condition won't get better with exercise so that's not something we can work on with him. It's literally just in his genetic code. He's tall and already walks hunched over a bit since his back surgery so I don't want him pushing something he has...
  4. J

    Question - Help please

    Kid can sit all day long, he's lazy. He has no problem with the wheelchair (as far as we know) but we just really want him (his doctors do also) to walk as much as physically possible. Pushing an empty wheelchair around seeks crazy. We couldn't really just park it if he needs it for the lines.
  5. J

    Question - Help please

    I was afraid of that. It just really irritates me that the only answer for stamina issues is a wheelchair. He is highly mobile, he just tires out quickly. Plus, it's an extra expense that seems unfair to push upon people that don't really "need" the chair, they just can't stand for long periods...
  6. J

    FastPass+ FAQ — SERVICE SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

    Thank you. I will set my alarm for 5:30am now so I'm locked and loaded at 6am.
  7. J

    FastPass+ FAQ — SERVICE SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

    Dumb question, I searched for answer and didn't see it. The last time we went (2015) the 60 day window actually opened up about an hour after the last park closed for the night. I think I make our reservations around 2am my time for our last trip. Is it a hard 7am ET time now or does the...
  8. J

    Question - Help please

    We are planning a trip for late May/early June and I'm having trouble wrapping my head around our situation. Our 14 year old son has a condition that makes his stamina very poor, on top of which he's had a full spinal fusion for Scoliosis, which makes standing in one place hard for him. He also...
  9. J

    Calling All Preschool Teachers: Do your students have a 4 day week?

    I work in a public school pre-k program as a para. Our am class (3-4 year olds) has a 4 day week and Friday morning is our "planning period". AKA We prep for the following week and the teacher does as much paperwork as she can get done. The pm class (4-5 year olds) is 5 days a week.
  10. J

    Scooter for child under 18

    Thanks for your help everyone. I guess I never thought about his age as being a big problem since he will be able to drive a car 6 months after the trip (Kansas allows learners permits at 14). Looks like if he needs a wheelchair of any type we'll stick with a push one. Still hoping he won't need...
  11. J

    Scooter for child under 18

    He has zero experience driving one at the moment but we could work on that before next summer for sure. He'll be close to 6 feet tall by then so height is definitely not a factor. We're very hopeful that he will not need the chair at all but I'm an over planner and want to have everything...
  12. J

    Scooter for child under 18

    We are in the beginning stages of planning a trip for next summer and our soon to be 13 year old son has Marfans syndrome and will 6 months removed from his spinal fusion surgery at the time of our trip. He has stamina problems caused by his diagnosis and walking around the parks all day is a...
  13. J

    Price and speed of your internet?

    We have 1gig for $150 per month, including cable tv.
  14. J

    Tornado Alley residents - do you pay attention to the sirens?

    Yeah, no. I send my kids to the basement and then I go outside and look up. Our house backs to the west so I can get a great view of the weather rolling in. Just saw my first tornado a year ago, went to the basement when it got close to the house. I've been driving lots of times when the...
  15. J

    In Tornado alley

    Our school (in a suburb of Kansas City) put the kids in the library. It's the dead center of the school with no windows. There is no basement or cellar for the kids to go into. They go in there and do the old duck and cover just like I did as a kid growing up here. Their school is only 5 years...
  16. J

    Need a cute storybook!

    Pete The Cat is HUGE in the early elementary grades at my boy's school.
  17. J

    Any Mazda/Mazda6 owners out there?

    I've only had my Mazda 5 for two weeks but I'm already in love. The dealership was easy to work with and it's way more fun to drive than my old minivan was. I'm a fan.
  18. J

    Do you have a Minecraft & Lego lover? Check this out!

    Jinx.com has the most Minecraft items I've seen. Lego had these sets in stock the other day. I grabbed one them for my son's 9th birthday. Looks like they're sold out again!
  19. J

    Do you know any former or current Olympic athletes?

    I went to middle school with Maurice Greene, the ex-world's fastest man. We used to work together at the local greyhound track around 1995ish and had to run as part of our job. He told us he was training for the Olympics and no one believed him because he wasn't really a fast runner at work. He...
  20. J

    Summer shoe for 8 year old boy?

    My boys both love their Keens. We won't buy anything else. Nordstrom has them on sale at the moment for $36.99 so not much more expensive than Crocs but way better.
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