Praying for Parker

I really should have taken pictures.

I forgot. Pictures of Parker’s yard sale would have been a great reminder of a beautiful day. A day filled with amazing neighbors, friends and family. If I would have remembered to take pictures, I could show you my beautiful blue eyed girl as she...

Published Thu, May 24 2012 1:09 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Advocacy, down syndrome, yard sale, Family and Friends, generator

A Paper Plate Pumpkin Craft

Some days you just have to tell yourself that the mess really is worth it. Parker and I picked the first pumpkin of the season today. Then we worked with paint, glue, and paper products trying to pay homage to the freshly snatched orange...

Published Fri, Sep 21 2012 6:58 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, Art Activities, paper plate pumpkin craft

The Week in Pictures: Garden Edition

This summer has flown by. A hot blur of days where I mostly felt I was trying to play catch up while running in place. This year’s garden? Pretty much left on it’s own. It’s hard to try to unravel the new mysteries going...

Published Fri, Sep 14 2012 1:47 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Life With Special Needs

What goes up….doesn’t always want to come down…..

Parker loves to hike up his pirate plank. Up, up, up he goes. However the whole coming down the pirate plank has never been met with the same kind of enthusiasm. Our Hero is a fighter though. He’s working on walking back...

Published Thu, Oct 18 2012 8:47 PM by Praying For Parker

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

Real Life Heroes

Here’s to all the Heroes. The littlest ones among us. Their Mamas and their Papas. The brothers and the sisters. Behind every Super Hero are many who offer love, support, prayers…… and advocacy...

Published Tue, Oct 30 2012 8:18 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: down syndrome, heroes, brave hero, Life With Special Needs

A Hodson Halloween

I actually thought about taking Parker to the Halloween party at school. Then I remembered the last time we took Parker to school and the stomach flu that followed. sigh. Parker loves school. He loves the kids. He loves his teachers...

Published Thu, Nov 01 2012 12:41 PM by Praying For Parker

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

Proof Positive

Parker’s need for a Sleep Safer Bed includes a lot of reasons from his severe aspiration risk to the fact that he easily get entangled in his bolus feeds tubing to the fact that he is a HUGE fall risk climbing out of his crib and a strangulation...

Published Wed, Apr 18 2012 11:48 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: The HIGH Cost of Health Care, sleep safer bed appeal

To “Susan”

Yes, I have received all of your comments. I even replied to your comments. I had everything all laid out and in order. Because the funds Parker receives to stay alive are public funds and I have great respect for that. But then I noticed that your email...

Published Mon, Jan 16 2012 11:56 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Advocacy, Life With Special Needs, trolls

Learning how to spell your name…

I should have named him Bill. Not only less letters, but easier to write too. But we’re working on it. Let me show you how. I printed Parker’s name in watercolor chalks. Then Parker took a watercolor brush and ‘painted’ over his...

Published Thu, Jan 12 2012 6:54 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, home school, Reading Activities, name spelling activities, name writing activities, sensory activities

Make Your Own Snow Paint and an Alphabet Activity

Yesterday Parker painted his alphabet letters with snow paint. Super simple stuff. Half glue, half foam shaving cream. Stir. I have a paint brush shown in this picture. I quickly discovered that Q-tips were much easier to use. I may have been too lazy...

Published Tue, Feb 07 2012 8:41 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, homeschooling, Life With Special Needs, Art Activities, art activites, snow paing

Not This Year!

I just don’t want to. I don’t want to be so busy preparing for the holiday this year that on December 24th it hits me, Christmas has passed me by, and I’ve over looked opportunities to bask in the spirit of the season because I was too...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 4:03 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Christmas, Simplicity

Making My Own Commitment

I was just reading a post over at Elizabeth Potts Weinstein. She shared a story about how after having completed a vacation tour of some park caves she came across a sign that read: SERIOUS DANGER. DO NOT PASS THIS POINT. Do not pass this point without...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2009 5:27 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Advocacy, I'm The Mama: Hear Me Roar!

Apples, Grandmas and Paint! Oh, My!

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. -Robert Louis Stevenson I keep coming across this quote. Think somebody might be trying to tell me something? ***** We’ve been doing a lot with apples...

Published Mon, Nov 02 2009 8:24 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Special Needs Homeschooling

Learning About Leaves!

We’ve been doing lots of Fall activities here at Parker’s Preschool. This activity started with me drawing a tree and then having Parker paint it. I love these paints from Discount School Supply. No messes. And they require Parker to use some...

Published Fri, Nov 06 2009 11:21 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling

The Great Tobramycin Race

Preface: I had just put the finishing touches on this post when I heard the doorbell ring. I go to the door to find a gentleman who hands me an envelope while refusing to give me his name…or the name of who asked him to deliver this same envelope...

Published Sun, May 23 2010 9:37 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: The HIGH Cost of Health Care, A Day In Our Life, Fantabulous-ness

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