Great Weekend!

stylized photo of Mikey sitting on the grass with our dog Max and his favorite football

There came a point at which Mikey wanted to do a journal entry for EVERY SINGLE DAY which, honestly, felt like a lot of pressure. But, in 2016, he was fine to just do one post summing up his fun weekend. Allow me to direct your attention to the bottom right-hand photograph of Will, wearing…

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Friday Bag

a rainbow assortment of gift bags, each labeled with the day of the week

For the past couple of years when we have gone on vacation, I have brought ‘gift bags’ labeled with each day of the week. I put gift bag in quotes because I don’t buy anything new for the bags and hence, they don’t really contain gifts.  I fill each bag with a sticker puzzle, an…

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Deep Pressure

stylized selfie with mom and mikey, both of us smiling wide

Today’s journal entry reminded me that it might be a good idea to go into more depth about the benefits of deep pressure. By way of introduction, here’s a post that covers ways to meet your child’s sensory needs daily. Squeezes Michael loves giant, dramatic, almost bone-crushing squeezes! This is no coincidence! Lots of kids…

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Kindness Week

stylized photo of a kind note written from M’s friend S to him, sticker with the phrase treat people with kindness, heart hands with kindness written inside,

Our middle school invited Ben’s Bells to do a program on kindness. Ben’s Bells started in Arizona after the founder lost her son suddenly before his 3rd birthday.  More information on this fantastic organization can be found in the link below. https://bensbells.org As part of this program, kids wrote notes to each other with kind messages. Mikey…

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