It’s time for the first official Try This Tuesday, and I hope you will participate by sharing a creative solution you have found to make your child’s life or your family’s life a little bit easier. For more information about how this meme will work, you can read the welcome post, but here are the…
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Getting Started in Your GFCF Kitchen
Getting started with gluten-free and casein-free cooking can seem like a daunting task. Take a peek in the average family’s kitchen and you’ll find a plethora of foods that don’t mesh at all with GFCF cooking. That box of pasta? Nope, not gonna cut it. The milk sitting in the fridge? Not so much. Those…
Helping Out The Old Man
Saturdays tend to be ‘yard day’ at our house. This Saturday was no exception with Reed having several sprinkler heads to repair. Parker decided that keeping Dad company while he was digging in the dirt would be an excellent idea. Hey Dad! Bet you can’t do this! Signing “Grass” Signing “Flower” This kid has his…
This Just In: Links Of Love From Around The Web
Don’t tell this Princess she can’t keep up! She’s Got Power! Via: Micro Preemie Twins Can You Believe This? Bluetooth Headset Thieves Grab Hearing Aid By Mistake via: Parentdish Muffin Tin Meals I know how picky pre-schoolers can be when they eat. And lots of kids have food adversions. “I can’t eat THAT….it touched THAT!”…
Don’t Mess With This Texas Mom – An Interview With Candice O’Dell
Candice O’Dell is the type of mother I aspire to be. She has two adopted daughters, both with their own unique needs, and she has dedicated her life to learning all she can to support those needs. Of special interest to me is her loving approach to raising a child with deafblindness. I also have…
The Forrest Gump Homeschool Method
My momma always said, “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” ~~Forrest Gump Give me a party, charity or a fund raising event to pull together and I can carry it to fruition exactly as planned. Give me the task of carrying out homeschool plans with my three…
Destigmatizing Tourette Syndrome
What do you think of when you hear the word “Tourettes”? A person barking, shouting, or swearing? This is what most people think (thanks to the media) when in actuality less than 15% of people with Tourette Syndrome (TS) have coprolalia which is defined as involuntary swearing or the involuntary utterance of obscene words or…
Redeeming Elvis (A Vacation Story)
What a whirlwind the last couple of weeks have been – working on articles and various details for the launch of 5 Minutes for Special Needs between posting on my own blog, going to work, taking care of my husband and son, handling ongoing transportation problems and getting ready for a family vacation that started…
5 Minutes for Special Needs Books
We have a winner! Jai of Wife of 1 Mom of 4 gets the copy of More Than a Mom: Living a Full and Balanced Life When Your Child Has Special Needs, by Heather Faucett and Amy Baskin. Email me at jennifer @ jennifergrafgroneberg.com (don’t forget to take the spaces out when you use this…
5 Minutes For Special Me
Whenever I write a ‘first blog’ as a new contributor, I tend to spend a whole lot of time just explaining who I am. As a guy riddled with chronic insecurity, I always want to somehow explain the baffling set of circumstances that put me in the position of writing for a particular blog. And,…