Malia Moore

September 15th 2013

Today is an exciting day for me! I am going to Morgan’s Wonderland, a special needs amusement park! I am so excited! We managed to leave the house by 10:45 am! We are meeting my friend Connor at the entrance. Connor has Lissencephaly like me.. This is his second time at Morgan’s. Connor’s mom Daphni, is a friend of my mom’s. We are excited to see them both. Connor’s sister Tali is coming to the park too! Morgan’s Wonderland was inspired by her dad. He wanted a place that his daughter could fit in and enjoy rides like all the other kids. Everyone can play at Morgan’s! The park is a 25 acres accessible amusement park in San Antonio, Texas, for children and adults with special cognitive and physical needs. It is so beautiful…. Butterflies everywhere!!

The first thing we did was ride the Carousel! My parents and I went into the dragon one! Super cool! Granny was on a horse in the front and Maria Jose on one in the back. Connor can sit so his mommy was with him on his own horse helping him to hold on tight for the ride! After we went around and around and we went for one more ride! This time MJ asked my parents to put me on a horse with her! I rode a horsey with MJ and held on to the pole! It was so much fun!! We are all so happy to be here!! The next ride was called the off road adventure! We went around the park in a cool 4×4 ride…. I sat in the back and my mom and dad were up front! It was fun! After that I went to swing!! Yes swing!! It was soooo much fun!! Buddy, a volunteer at the park, loaded my stroller on to the swing locked me in and my dad pushed me back and forth! It was exhilarating!! I was swinging!! I loved it!!!!!

We then went to the Sensory Room… It Was super neat, but very cold in there!! It was this great big room that was dark and when I was still a butterfly would land on my arm, and there was another wall that rain would come down…. It was so neat!! We then rode a make believe horse in one of the rooms with MJ and my parents.. We were having so much fun fooling around… Granny is loving it too!! It was the neatest place ever!! So many cool things to do!!! After that we went for a ride on a train around the park! The park is so beautiful we rode around the lake. So fun!!! Then we were off to the fishing pond, and for me to hold on to a water gun and shoot water into the lake!! By now, I am getting very sleepy…. It is hot and sunny out and we have been non stop!! I finally crashed and fell asleep. We went to a covered park area and everyone had lunch including me while I was sleeping!! 🙂

What an incredible day we had at the park. Words can’t describe how happy it made me to ride those rides. Now we are headed down to my other grandparent’s house in Hope Texas. I for sure will be sleeping on the ride down!
Love Malia…… xoxo

We made it to Lockhart from Dallas in 3.5 hours. The ride down went great. We had zero traffic and made it to Granny’s house in great time! I am worn out from the trip and slept a lot on Saturday! My family is coming over to see me! We are having a bbq today and I am so looking forward to seeing everyone… I am kind of groggy today and not my normal spunky little self! All this travel wears me out after a while. I am sure I will get my second wind after my afternoon nap! Maria Jose is flying in today from Savannah Georgia. She was visiting her family that she had not seen for many many years!! I can’t wait to see her!!

After I woke up from my nap everyone was there! I went outside with them and we hung around outside and had a nice time catching up! So good to be around family and friends! Uncle Andy showed up too!! He is a sweetie!
Love Malia