Praying for Parker

Busy

We’re still here. Just busy. Getting ready for another year of homeschool. I’ve been turning lots of stuff like this and this: into this: lots and lots of bottles of dehydrated fruits and veggies! Today I’ll be picking tomatoes to make...

Published Wed, Aug 25 2010 7:46 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Fantabulous-ness, Garden Goddess, homeschool, dehydrating foods, organic gardening

Who took my groove and how do I get it back?

I’m feeling a little overwhelmed these days. Parker’s sleeping heart rate has increased. When all is good in the world, Parker’s sleeping heart rate on his vent is in the 50-60’s. Lately it’s been moving up. Yesterday’s...

Published Thu, Apr 15 2010 7:07 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, down syndrome, Special Needs

Cause I Wanna Be HER When I Grow Up

It’s no secret that I love everything coupon. They are an excellent way to make sale prices even sweeter. And even though I’ve scored a few grand deals of my own, I’ve never come anywhere near what this Mom has, with feeding her family...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 7:19 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Fantabulous-ness, Cheap and Easy

Cleaning Your Home: Easy On The Lungs

One thing I have to take into account when cleaning my home is Parker’s chronic lung disease, and his trach. Kids with trachs don’t have the filtering and humidifying benefit that comes with our natural noses. That trach acts as a direct path...

Published Fri, Oct 30 2009 9:19 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Cheap and Easy, From Scratch

Artisan Bread Made Easy and a recipe too!

I love to make bread. It is a relaxing, yet useful hobby. I was thrilled when I discovered Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. The recipes are simple and straight forward. You can mix up your flours to include what you happen to have on hand. For those...

Published Tue, Nov 03 2009 8:44 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Fantabulous-ness, Cheap and Easy, Totally Worth The Calories, From Scratch

Making Yogurt at Home

I’ve told you about Parker’s blenderized diet. And how expensive it is proving to be. So, I’ve been working on ways to bring the cost down. I can purchase a quart of organic whole milk for about $4.00. But I prefer to offer up yogurt...

Published Mon, Jan 11 2010 2:56 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Totally Worth The Calories, From Scratch, how to make yogurt at home, homemade yogurt

What it’s Really Like: Life with Special Needs

I often have friends tell me that they could never do what I do with Parker. They tell me that they can’t even imagine what life with a kid like Parker would be like. So I thought I’d try to describe it: It’s the joy of watching your...

Published Sun, Mar 11 2012 6:46 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Life With Special Needs, I love a kid with Down syndrome

A tree. A rod. A great and spacious building.

There is a story I’ve been told since I was little that I read to my kids when they were little. It’s a story about a man’s dream in which he saw a great and spacious building, a path following a river, a mist of darkness, a rod that...

Published Thu, Feb 16 2012 8:46 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, faith

Expectation and the Child with Special Needs

I’ve noticed lately that sometimes adults expect less out of kids with special needs than they do from typical kids. “Oh, that’s okay.” Don’t worry about it. I understand.” Um. No, it’s not. Not only will he pick...

Published Thu, Jan 19 2012 5:52 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: down syndrome, Special Needs, Life With Special Needs

Making Medicaid More Transparent: A Question From A Utah Legislator

Notice: if you choose to use my blog as your venue for trolling, your comment will be deleted and your ISP blocked. There is a difference between asking an honest question and making poorly researched accusations. I have spent much time working in behalf...

Published Sun, Jan 22 2012 12:26 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs, medicaid, travis c. waiver, Life With Special Needs, Politics of Special Needs, transparency

Choosing what’s most valuable.

I started my day with a Diet Coke and a handful of stale popcorn. Breakfast of Champions? Nope. Breakfast of a Mama who has been dealing with what has been coming out of a certain Brave Hero’s nether regions since early this morning….yup....

Published Thu, May 03 2012 6:17 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: chronic lung disease, frugal living, Frequent Flyin' ar the PCMC, Victory Garden

A Brave Hero’s First Day of School

Wednesday was Parker’s first official day of school. Well, kinda. He arrived at 10:30 and left at 11:30. Yup. One entire hour. Considering Parker’s health, I think that’s pretty remarkable…..for me that is. (ahem) We did all the...

Published Fri, May 11 2012 8:39 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, From Scratch, down syndrome, Special Needs, frugal living, yard sales, thrifting, Life With Special Needs, Coupons, education

The Day Before.

A day before a surgery finds me trying to exhaust myself with cleaning, laundry, and anything else I can think of. It works for me to do stuff that needs to get done while ensuring I’ll sleep well that night. Over the years...

Published Tue, Oct 16 2012 5:23 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: aspiration pneumonia, Life With Special Needs, Frequent Flyin' ar the PCMC

Montessori on the Cheap

There has always been something about the Montessori method of teaching that has appealed to me. Especially when working with children with special needs. One thing that held me back was the cost of many Montessori activities. Finally it dawned on me...

Published Mon, Apr 18 2011 7:22 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Special Needs Homeschooling, montessori, homeschooling a child with specail needs, homeschooling with montessori

Outfitting a homeschool room by shopping yard sales.

We took the plunge and created an actual homeschooling room for Parker. There are still things I’d love to be able to stock this fabulous space with. One of them was a light table. My friend over at Teach Preschool came up with a way to make her...

Published Sun, Jun 19 2011 7:53 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Fantabulous-ness, special needs homeschooling, yard sales, homeschool, light boxes

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