This is the performance that I came home to last night. Please make note of all of the theatrical elements…including the light cues at the beginning…
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Sick of Frozen yet…
…oh well…
This is the performance that I came home to last night. Please make note of all of the theatrical elements…including the light cues at the beginning…
This is the performance that I came home to last night. Please make note of all of the theatrical elements…including the light cues at the beginning…
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
#Giving Tuesday
Christmas is the season of giving, so what better way to celebrate than giving a gift that keeps on giving!
Today is the second annual Giving Tuesday, do you know what it is? It's the day to give, whether through monetary donations to non profits or giving of your time or material goods. Do you want to give today and cross of a gift from your Christmas list?? How about make a donation in honor of someone to a cause that is close to their heart, or to yours? It's the perfect gift for that hard buy for person, and besides can't we all do with a little less stuff??
Need some ideas??
Down Syndrome Guild of Kansas City
Our family LOVES this organization!! They do so much for families and for people with Down Syndrome...check them out to see how your donation can help!
Fisher House Foundation
Bryan and I were residents of the Fisher House at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio for 6 weeks after Brendan was born. It was a roof over our heads for no cost. Fisher Houses are located all across the country at military instillations to help military families in time of need while a family member is undergoing medical treatments.
Wounded Warrior Project
WWP serves to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women; help severely injured service members aid and assist each other; and provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs.
Donors Choose
Teachers are amazing, I should know since I'm related to one! Donors Choose is web site where teachers ask for funding for their projects in their classrooms. You can search for a classroom project in your area by typing in your zip code!
I'm sure you also have ideas of your own, so why not?
Today is the second annual Giving Tuesday, do you know what it is? It's the day to give, whether through monetary donations to non profits or giving of your time or material goods. Do you want to give today and cross of a gift from your Christmas list?? How about make a donation in honor of someone to a cause that is close to their heart, or to yours? It's the perfect gift for that hard buy for person, and besides can't we all do with a little less stuff??
Need some ideas??
Down Syndrome Guild of Kansas City
Our family LOVES this organization!! They do so much for families and for people with Down Syndrome...check them out to see how your donation can help!
Fisher House Foundation
Bryan and I were residents of the Fisher House at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio for 6 weeks after Brendan was born. It was a roof over our heads for no cost. Fisher Houses are located all across the country at military instillations to help military families in time of need while a family member is undergoing medical treatments.
Wounded Warrior Project
WWP serves to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women; help severely injured service members aid and assist each other; and provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs.
Donors Choose
Teachers are amazing, I should know since I'm related to one! Donors Choose is web site where teachers ask for funding for their projects in their classrooms. You can search for a classroom project in your area by typing in your zip code!
I'm sure you also have ideas of your own, so why not?
Saturday, October 19, 2013
For your viewing pleasure
It's more than half way through October, which means it is past the halfway point of Down syndrome awareness month. I had a plan to be more faithful in my blogging this month, what can I say but life got in the way.
To make up for it, here is a video of Brendan and some of the things he has been doing in the last year...
To make up for it, here is a video of Brendan and some of the things he has been doing in the last year...
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Saturday...
We took a trip to the Sensory Friendly movies to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2...
You can't really see it well but Brendan has his own drink of Fruit Punch that keeps him happy through the whole movie..and don't you dare try to touch it!
Good thing we got the movie in this morning because shortly after we came home Brendan was off doing his laps around the house with his baby doll carriage, and then I heard screaming. I'm not sure what happened but the baby carriage wheel got all caught up in a plastic bag and Brendan was mad as hell! So I fixed that and then I saw these...
Yeah, I guess he had a good ol fit of rage! He'll be bumping into walls for a few days while I work to get the new ones in! Oh Joy!!!
You can't really see it well but Brendan has his own drink of Fruit Punch that keeps him happy through the whole movie..and don't you dare try to touch it!
Good thing we got the movie in this morning because shortly after we came home Brendan was off doing his laps around the house with his baby doll carriage, and then I heard screaming. I'm not sure what happened but the baby carriage wheel got all caught up in a plastic bag and Brendan was mad as hell! So I fixed that and then I saw these...
Yeah, I guess he had a good ol fit of rage! He'll be bumping into walls for a few days while I work to get the new ones in! Oh Joy!!!
Thursday, October 3, 2013
A brother first...
a brother always...
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| Ready.... |
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| Set... |
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| GO!!!! |
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| Big brother carrying little brothers lunch box home from school. |
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Oh the joys of moving with an IEP
There are so many steps that you have to take as a parent of a special needs child. Then there are the extra steps and leaps that you have to make when you are a parent of special needs child in the military.
Our family moves every 2 years. We were lucky 2 duty stations ago because we were able to stay there for 3 years! Every time we move we have to travel down the path of the special education in each different states, and it has been pretty straightforward so far, until now.
To say that I am frustrated and upset would be silly....I have much harsher words for what I am feeling about this process of getting Brendan on the right path in school with the correct services. On the positive side, he has an amazing teacher, an amazing aide and fabulous Speech therapist. On the other hand, I have not nice things to say about the Special Education Administration within the school.
We finally have the first IEP scheduled in Florida next week....wish them luck, trust me they'll need it!
Our family moves every 2 years. We were lucky 2 duty stations ago because we were able to stay there for 3 years! Every time we move we have to travel down the path of the special education in each different states, and it has been pretty straightforward so far, until now.
To say that I am frustrated and upset would be silly....I have much harsher words for what I am feeling about this process of getting Brendan on the right path in school with the correct services. On the positive side, he has an amazing teacher, an amazing aide and fabulous Speech therapist. On the other hand, I have not nice things to say about the Special Education Administration within the school.
We finally have the first IEP scheduled in Florida next week....wish them luck, trust me they'll need it!
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