Chickens getting big

The chickens are growing fast, They have been mostly locked up in their pen, because of they were small. But we have been finishing off their run and they are now able to walk about the run, but are locked up at night for their safety.

Ten Pin Bowling has finished up for the year, with the awards night next Saturday night.

Friday night Harri attended his first school dance. Attended by some special guests from St. Lawrences and Loreto Collage. Harri enjoyed watching the band from St. Lawrences. But not as much as he enjoyed dancing with the lovely girls from Loreto.

Big appointment approaching

This Thursday Harri will have a big appointment day. The rehab team at the Royal Children's will line up to see Harri. Clinical Nurse followed by Physio, Speach and Occupational therapist, then followed by Dietician, then the Orthotist, wrapped up the rehab paediatrician and orthopaedic doctors.

Then we arrive home to have a trial of new head rests for both the standing frame and all terrain chair.

Harri's bowling finishes for the year soon, with an awards night in early December. As school is also finishing soon for the year, i will be organising friendship circles for Harri during the holidays, so he can hang out with children his age. They will play games, watch DVD's and chat. There will also be a couple of outings, possibly the movies and bowling.

Regards Matt

Harri shines at bowling

Harri had another fantastic week at 10 pin bowling. With an impressive score of 222, which is 79 over his average. Elevating him to overall 3rd on the individual scores for a single game and overall 3rd for a  match/series (3 games) with and without handicap. We can wait for awards night. Harri's team has done well finishing in the top half of the draw. Thanks also to Matt G, Harri's helper, for all his support.

Harri is thrilled with new pets

We have been working on a project over the last 2 weeks, which has come to a conclusion today. We now have a chicken shed, and we picked up the first 2 occupants this afternoon. 2 Frizzel chickens, yet to be named, well they have been given names, but there has yet to be a compromise on who gets the final say. Harriet and Henrietta are Kim's first choice. We have been unable to have chickens in the past as we had a Siberian Husky who would have found they tasty. But after 15 years, we lost her earlier this year. Now the family is a buzz, even oldest brother Jae.

Harri makes local headlines

This week Harri has made the front page of our local paper. The story was about attending Camp Have A Chat, a couple of weeks ago. The cover page has a typo, It gives my name as Harri's. They rectify the mistake on the following page.

New switches for Harri's wheelchair

After a wait for the switches and mounting plates we had on order to arrive, this we we have said good bye to the switches that were on loan from the school. We now have smaller less obstructive switches, with green for yes and red for no. The next item to sort out is the switch mounts. we have 2 on loan from the school and hope to order mounts soon.

We also had another trial of a wheelchair this week, this has been our 3rd. One more to trial and then time to place an order for a new wheelchair. Delivery will most probably be after christmas. Harri is growing so fast that it only seems like last year that he got his current chair. But it has been over 3 years.

Harri enjoyed participating in his school camp in the last week. He was only able to attend the 1 full day, due to commitments with specialists. Among other activities they went to the beach, fishing and bush walking.

Regards Matt

Harri receives reward for effort

This week at 10 pin bowling, we received news that Harri has qualified for the selection squad to represent QLD in a team at the national disability tournament next year in June. This is fantastic news for Harri and a reward for the effort he puts in at bowling every week.

We would like to thank Matthew, Harri's friend who has offered up his time a lot of Saturday mornings to come along and help Harri with his bowling. They are really starting to gel as a team.

As Harrison increases his communication with his devices, I have thought of a way to encourage him to take more of a role in this blog and give Harri some different challenges. If you have become a follower of the blog (I think you need a google mail account), please post a question for Harri in the comments section for a post. I will then work on the question with him and post answers to your question on the blog. If you could keep the questions to simple ones at first would be good. 

Please encourage other you know who would be interested, to become followers and take part.

Harris starts back at school this coming week, and with the warm weather I bet that Harri is keen to see his Thursday come quickly and get back on the water with Sailability.