On Friday, March 12th, Scott, Will and I drove up to Northern VA to see Matty and Nate(along with Aunt Beth) in a production of Cinderella. It was done by Franklin Park Arts and it was a wonderful performance. Nate and Matty were "royal children" and Matty just absolutely beamed the whole time he was on the stage. Nate was a little more reserved, but he seemed to be enjoying himself as well! What an amazing performance by a group of very amazing performers!

Then on Saturday, we joined Matty at his Special Olympics sports time. He was a bit tired(as you will see in the pictures) and that was because someone kept him up really late, and then someone else woke him up really early!

Warming up with stretches and fun songs! Even Nate and Will got in on the action. I think Will like the singing just about more than anything!

Just like Matty, Will and Nate were able to join in on the soccer, basketball, andTball. When they had worn out all their options, they created their own game of "Hot Potato". When, things were winding down, I looked around to find them in a circle with 4 or 5 other participants, and they were teaching them all to play "Hot Potato".

After snack, I helped Matty with the cool down! Brian thought I was kidding when I told him I needed help to get up!
So Matty was too tired to particiapte in the activities, oh well, Aunt Susan got some really great snuggle time with sweet Matty - something that Uncle Scott usually gets instead of me! It was a short, but fun weekend visit and we truly enjoyed spending time with my niece Michelle's family - even though Michelle wasn't there!