A Good Day, all around

Rob's been off this entire week. It's great having company and the kids love having him around too. Today we found this awesome park in Burlington, complete with a carousel, a train and several amusement rides geared towards the under six set. It's run by the city of Burlington so the rides were really reasonable. Ben loved the carousel especially, and tried to pull me to go on it a second time. We let the girls try the other kiddie rides without him, as I don't trust him to stay seated and safe without an adult beside him. A family intake coordinator from the ARC came over today after we got back and we received good news about getting respite care for Ben. We qualify! Yay! We get 25 hours a month of care from them, at a extremely reasonable rate. I'm definitely taking them up on their offer. I would love to have someone just play with him while I do things around the house or with the girls. I always feel guilty because I don't play with him very much, and when he's not actively being played with, he has no focus at all. He will wander around the house looking for things to spin or chew, or to drop on the floor. I need to play with him more. I guess I just get tired of my overatures being rejected, but I can't give up and I need to motivate myself for his sake. Tomorrow, if all goes well, it will be off to the zoo for us.