I received a question about option for number pads and calculators for the computer. The need was to isolate the number keys so the letter keys weren’t being hit. As I got to looking at some options, I thought I might as well share my ideas with you. If you know of some cool apps…
Now Where Are My Toe Shoes?
I have to keep reminding myself that Ashley is a teenager, and that life is now a roller coaster of hormones – hers and mine. It should be easy for me to remember since she has been displaying typical teenager behavior for about two and a half years now. She is 14 going on 20……
Graduation Day
(Don’t worry, in another four years I will be writing this post again. Or maybe just reposting this one with changes. We’ll see what happens.) On Thursday, my son will graduate middle school. I will officially be the parent of a high-schooler. I know I’m not alone. I know there are other parents feeling the…
Special Exposure Wednesday.
We are in the hospital this week but we totally wish we were outside, blowing bubbles. We’d love to have a peek into your week. Why don’t you join us at Special Exposure Wednesday. Please remember your comment love at each link you visit. Also blogging at Three Ring Circus
Photographing Children [with Special Needs] ~ Just Keep Clicking, Clicking
How do you expect to get that perfect shot if you don’t click, click and click some more? Any [honest] professional photographer will tell you that in order to get that one perfect shot, she snaps hundreds of photos. Really. And that on occasion she walks away from a shoot without capturing the image she…
Try This Tuesday #46: G-Tube Meal Containers
This week, Lynn from Pedaling Backwards is sharing one of her many great tips on G-tubes. G-TUBE MEAL CONTAINERSby Lynn After years of trying many containers, I have found these work best: Daily Meal Storage Pyrex 11 cup rectangle (www.pyrex.com). VERY hard to break (haven’t broken one yet unlike every other container type I’ve tried),…
Should he stay or should he go?
We had Max’s annual evaluation at his school on Friday. He’s made great progress in all areas, but I have a concern. Max is the most high-functioning kid in his class, besides another little boy who can talk in sentences (Max has a few dozen words right now). The other kids are nonverbal. Max had…
Book Giveaway Winner!
The winner of the International Vascular Birthmark Awareness Day Book Giveaway is: Heidi from God’s Grace In Practice! Congratulations! We hope you enjoy this beautiful book, Buddy Booby’s Birthmark, by Evan Ducker, a little boy who followed his dream to write a children’s story to help others understand what it feels like to be different….
Summer fun around the Blogosphere
My kids are still in school for another few days gathering knowledge, soaking up every last bit of tidbit they can. They are disheartened to be leaving the loving embrace of math tests. And oh how they will pine for spelling tests. I can hear it now, “No, Momma, we don’t want to go swimming,…
Blog Review
Hi de ho there! “Maddy” here, the foreigner. I’ve nipped over from “home” to attempt another review at 5 Minutes for Special Needs Moms. I’ve been battling away try to master a new computer programme which has just about burned out every available brain cell, but nonetheless I am still ready to review the unreviewable….