Trying to get through summer with no school for disabled child

Oh how Andy really needs the structure of school again. He gets bored and has meltdowns every day. My mother-in-law has been helping play with Andy during the day, while I take care of the baby, whom is now 7 months old. I sometimes let Andy play with toys in a sink full of water, but of course, it makes a huge mess. All of his clothes get soaked, but he is so happy.

He also loves to drive around in the car, so I will take all three kids driving around to get his meltdowns to stop. The baby doesn't care for being in the car for long though, so I can't win.
Andy is also becoming more difficult for me to lift in and out of the car, so I don't do this every day.

We will soon be needing to purchase a full size van, and have a wheelchair lift added to it. We don't want to make the purchase for a couple years though, so we are trying to make things work with the junky Chrysler town and country mini van.

What a pile of crap that van is. I started out liking it, but things started falling apart with it at only 30-40,000 miles. We'd only had it for 3-4 years when the backup camera stopped working, and the blindspot sensors were toast. The tailgate button doesn't always open the trunk. The rain sensors for the wipers don't really work anymore on the windows. Then the air conditioner just three weeks ago stopped working just in time for summer. I hate this van. It's been the worst vehicle I've owned. I would not recommend anyone buy a Chrysler town and country. Ever.

So, just trying to squeak through this summer with this horrible van, and survive the meltdowns from Andy. He is getting stronger too, and can hurt us easily by punching us. He usually does this when we are carrying him up the stairs. We plan on building a ranch house soon, so that we won't have to carry him anymore. We could just wheel him around in his chair to his bed at night, and if he needs a cool down period in his bed. More on that to come.