Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
More Candy Land, Please!
Brandon loves to play Candy Land during his home therapy sessions. It gets pretty confusing with all the colors that are involved. The board is colorfully overstimulating, there are colored gingerbread men pieces, and then you have to choose cards with colors on them. Getting Brandon to remember that he is the "blue guy" that then needs to move 2 green squares is tricky enough -- and then we add Levi into the mix. Yikes! We needed a better system to keep track of who was who.
See what we came up with? Nothing short of genius! Works like a charm, and uses the thumbnail photo sheet Costco sends home with printed pictures.
Ahh, so much better! I attached them with tape for now- but plan on using small Velcro dots to make them more secure and easily interchangeable.
Now I'm off to find other things I can personalize with miniature pictures of my cute kids!
See what we came up with? Nothing short of genius! Works like a charm, and uses the thumbnail photo sheet Costco sends home with printed pictures.
Now I'm off to find other things I can personalize with miniature pictures of my cute kids!
We Survived . . .
The birthday party!!
What a blast! The weather cooperated (hooray!), and we had a backyard full of high-energy kids! The bouncy slide was a hit, and my kids literally spent 8 hours on it. Brandon was happy the whole day! It was amazing how well he tolerated having so many kids running around -- especially when we decided to put our "easy-up" up for more shade.
Side story- Brandon does not handle changes well. Soon after we moved in to this house I bought a new kitchen mat- which I brought home and put on the kitchen floor. Que Brandon's hysterical freak-out. My mom could hear him screaming from her house across the street- and ran over as fast as she could, thinking someone was dying. She was surprised to walk in the house and see what all the hoopla was about. A new kitchen mat. How dare I! His medication has helped a bit, but he still has a hard time. I also decorated for his party a couple days in advance so he could get used to the balloons and streamers. I'm telling you -- it makes everything a little more complicated.
Back to the party. We ate Brandon's current favorite food- pizza! Then, more running around and sliding, and then cupcakes!! Then, more juice and running around . . . and then he threw up. Sheesh. A friend of mine said it isn't a real party until someone throws up :-) After some down time, he was off to the slide again! The party was over far too soon, and we said goodbye to our sweet friends. We spent the rest of the day on the slide. Too much fun!!
Side story- Brandon does not handle changes well. Soon after we moved in to this house I bought a new kitchen mat- which I brought home and put on the kitchen floor. Que Brandon's hysterical freak-out. My mom could hear him screaming from her house across the street- and ran over as fast as she could, thinking someone was dying. She was surprised to walk in the house and see what all the hoopla was about. A new kitchen mat. How dare I! His medication has helped a bit, but he still has a hard time. I also decorated for his party a couple days in advance so he could get used to the balloons and streamers. I'm telling you -- it makes everything a little more complicated.
Back to the party. We ate Brandon's current favorite food- pizza! Then, more running around and sliding, and then cupcakes!! Then, more juice and running around . . . and then he threw up. Sheesh. A friend of mine said it isn't a real party until someone throws up :-) After some down time, he was off to the slide again! The party was over far too soon, and we said goodbye to our sweet friends. We spent the rest of the day on the slide. Too much fun!!
It really was one of our best days. Brandon was in heaven, and so were we! Who's birthday is next? Do you want a bouncy slide party in our backyard???
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