Praying for Parker

Melissa and Doug Giveaway!

Parker is just entering into the world of pretend play. He loves to wear his hero cape, drive his little wooden cars, and cook in his kitchen. Yup. He cooks in his very own kitchen. We start ‘em out young at our house. So when Melissa and Doug asked...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 8:28 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Fantabulous-ness, Stuff We LOVE!, giveaway, Melissa and Doug

The Drama Mama: Do YOU Know One?

Have you ever played the game where one person whispers something to you, and you then whisper it to someone else, who whispers it to yet another until the message makes it way back to it’s creator, bearing absolutely no resemblance to what had...

Published Wed, Oct 28 2009 10:39 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life

A Star Studded Kinda Day

Parker and I are learning about stars. It was the shape of the week last week. Perfect for Christmas, no? I took some cheap noodles and dyed them yellow with left over Easter egg colorant because one of my many children made off with my food coloring...

Published Sat, Dec 05 2009 12:12 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Special Needs Homeschooling, Cheap and Easy, Special Needs, People I Love, homeschooling

And We Made Merry

Tradition finds our family at my parents house on Christmas Eve. I love wandering my parents home remembering my childhood. Many of my Mom’s Christmas decorations come from Germany, where we lived for six years. My Mom’s china was purchased...

Published Fri, Dec 25 2009 7:33 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Fantabulous-ness, Special Needs, People I Love, Christmas, traditions, Christmas Eve, down symdrome

Great Expectations

I don’t know about you, but I think this might just be the very best New Year’s Resolution…………. ever. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 29 2009 8:08 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, A Day In Our Life, Fantabulous-ness, Stuff We LOVE!

Special Needs Underground

Parker’s doctor suggested that we change out Parker’s trachs at least every two months, with every month being optimal. I explained to him that our insurance gave us great grief when trying to procure even one new trach a month. Parker’s...

Published Wed, Dec 01 2010 9:24 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Advocacy

On the Second Day of Christmas

On the Second Day of Christmas we found outside our door, Not just a bit of magic, but really so much more. A bag of silver filled with treats of gold. And a Costco gift card too! My kids began planning on what to spend that little card of blue, but having...

Published Wed, Dec 15 2010 10:24 PM by Praying For Parker

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

Blame it on the Weather

I allowed myself to get a bit frustrated at something I had no business getting frustrated at today. I’ve always been an advocate of children…..all children……being able to have access to good health care. And today I looked past...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2011 6:50 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life

Saturday Sick

It’s been over two weeks now. Two weeks of telling therapists not to come. Two weeks of Moltrin, rocking, and and all kinds of goop coming out of all kinds of places. We were told it sounded viral. My other kids had the same stuff. But my other...

Published Sat, Mar 12 2011 11:40 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life

Get to know Salonpas Pain Relief and Win a $200 AmEx Giftcard!

It started out as such a simple little thing. Some snow. A sled. And a kid that doesn’t even weigh a full 35 pounds. Oh, the plans were grand. The kid adores the outside. And his cabin fever was through the roof. The Blue Eyed Girl and I had a spectacular...

Published Wed, Feb 23 2011 7:51 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Reviews and Giveaways!, Salonpas Pain Relief

No Words Needed

Having a non-verbal child can be challenging. Imagine trying to figure out what Parker wants when he’s needs are outside his signing vocabulary or the pictures on his Tap to Talk. Parker’s not good at telling me what or where hurts, or identifying...

Published Mon, Feb 07 2011 7:35 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, People I Love

Because It Changes Everything

Have you entered our Mama K’s Aromatic Play Clay Giveaway! Go and do it NOW! Did you know that I don’t just write here? Yup, I write for other blogs. And I didn’t even have to beg them. They invited me. heh. I wanted to share with you...

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 8:31 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Advocacy, down syndrome, Special Needs, People I Love, The Homeschool Post

Non-Verbal Kid Seeks iPad

We were hoping. I had done so much research into the advantages of iPads for kids with special needs. Especially non-verbal kids with special needs. A category in which Parker firmly sits. Besides the health issues, what worries my heart the most is Parker’s...

Published Thu, Nov 18 2010 10:15 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Special Needs, non-verbal, iPad, Technology and the Kid with Special Needs, Proloquo2GO

Montessori Inspired Following Directions Activity

Each week we take Parker to my parents house for his daily lessons. My Mom works with him a lot on OT skills. This Tuesday however she changed it up some and created a Montessori inspired following directions activity. It’s important that Parker...

Published Sun, Mar 16 2014 6:45 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, down syndrome, Montessori inspired activities, special needs parenting, homeschooling and special needs

Special Needs Sensory Activities

For a kid with special needs, (and even those without!) sensory activities are a must. One of my favorite activities is creating sensory tubs for Parker. Sensory activities and sensory tubs tend to rely on a lot of rice for their touchy- feely goodness...

Published Wed, Dec 05 2012 6:29 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Life With Special Needs, Sensory Tubs, sensory activities

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Melissa and Doug Giveaway!

The Drama Mama: Do YOU Know One?

A Star Studded Kinda Day

And We Made Merry

Great Expectations

Special Needs Underground

On the Second Day of Christmas

Blame it on the Weather

Saturday Sick

Get to know Salonpas Pain Relief and Win a $200 AmEx Giftcard!

No Words Needed

Because It Changes Everything

Non-Verbal Kid Seeks iPad

Montessori Inspired Following Directions Activity

Special Needs Sensory Activities