Year: 2024

Anna- what a character!  I am waiting in the waiting room of the physical therapy  department with a room full of people. In the distance, I see her running towards me full speed and with the loudest, clearest voice possible, “Mama, I pooed! Mama, I pooed. ” I hear the snickering of the people in […]

Meet Anna!   This is our precious, happy, spunky four year old child with Down Syndrome.  Everyone says it-her presence immediately lights up a room. She is such a joyful girl and she shows her happiness not just with a facial expression but with her whole body.  Her deep, visceral gut laugh exudes joy. This […]

Anna’s Advancement – “Ls” TalkTools Therapy

Lately, everything has been a struggle.  I’m sure many feel this way, during this difficult time.  School is back in session for all three children, online.  Anna started TK and has been doing well.  However, I realized something from the experience thus far.  That is, when she was younger and her interactions with the world […]

  Struggle, struggle, more struggle.  One of the things we have to remember is there’s much going on the world right now and some of us have other children to care for, not just our child with special needs.  My son has been having his own set of medical issues and as a result, this […]

Anna’s Advancement – “Ls” TalkTools Therapy  

We went to Tahoe this past month and visited the snow!  Being in the great outdoors is such a perfect activity during these COVID times.   After several sled runs, Anna started to become bolder and braver claiming that she wanted to do it all by herself.  So, she did and she did amazing.  However, on […]

Anna-such a sweet, loving, joyful girl!  She is so very unique-I can see as she is growing up how her personality is blossoming and she never fails to surprise me.  It was time for “show and tell” via Zoom in her transitional kindergarten class.  She brought her little baby doll and her teacher asked, “What […]

Celebration for World Down Syndrome Day (March 21st) specifically chosen to represent Trisomy 21 (three 21 Chromosomes) seen in Down Syndrome.  Typically, on that day, we ask people to “rock your socks” which means to wear fun, colorful, mismatched socks on each foot.  This is done to mainly raise awareness about Down Syndrome and for […]

Anna is hilarious!  I’m seeing her unique personality coming out!  Her speech therapist has been working on “hypothetical questions”.  For example, what would you do if you got hurt?  And Anna would answer, “get a band-aid”.  As long the answer is “appropriate” then it gets counted as correct.  Her answers have at times been so […]