Dancing with smiles
I love dance recitals. I love how excited Jordan gets. I love how she’s SUCH a girl. She is all about me getting her makeup on and patiently lets me do her hair. It’s the only time I can comb and brush and pull out tangles and she doesn’t complain. I love the shocking difference…
Read More +Snow day fun
It snowed last night and that means two very happy kids in our household. I woke up with a little girl begging to get her boots on and head out into the snow. So that’s just what both kids did. Jordan and her brother jumped in and ran around in the cold snow and didn’t…
Read More +New skin concerns
Jordan is struggling with skin issues on her little arm again… This time it’s because she’s really focused on washing her hand and arm. Apparently they had a talk at school about how washing you hands will help keep germs away. So now Jordan is thoroughly washing her hand and arm each and every time…
Read More +A visit with Santa
I usually line up and visit with Santa the first chance I can get… But I’m off my game this year. We ended up going to chat him up right after Jordan’s class holiday party. I figured it was a late night already… and I had the kids dressed up and looking cute. The twist?…
Read More +Holiday celebration at school
Jordan and our family had a really busy night last night! First, she got to dress up in a holiday dress and perform with her class before we had a family dinner with everyone in her class. They sang two very cute songs while wearing handmade hand print reindeer hats. Here’s the performance for anyone…
Read More +Learning about Hanukkah
Jordan has a really awesome music teacher at school who talked to the kids about Hanukkah. Since then, she was curious about the holiday and wanted to learn more. So I checked in with my friend Amy and we went over to her house to light the menorah, make some doughnuts and play with the…
Read More +The jewel jar is full
She did it! It took Jordan four months, but she finally filled her jewel jar and earned a brand new Fancy Nancy book. I love that we made a book her final reward for good behavior in our household. I wish I could say this jewel jar fixed all of our challenges with being polite…
Read More +Mom world merges with the news world
I usually just write about Jordan and limb difference topics… but I thought this group would be interested in knowing about a new world I’m merging online. I’ve teamed up with Kelby Carr (also known as Type-A Mom) to start Investigative Mommy Blogger. It’s a site to share parenting-focused investigations and encourage moms to work…
Read More +Abilities beyond expectation
Once again, Jordan proved me wrong. I thought she needed her helper arm every time she needed to cut paper. But I arrived at school Tuesday afternoon to find her cutting paper circles just with the help of her little arm and scissors in her hand. She was slow and methodical and she was cutting…
Read More +Holiday spirit in full force
After a great Thanksgiving weekend, the kids got to end it with tree decorating. They both took the job very seriously. We don’t have a theme-tree beyond “memories.” The tree is full of ornaments from our many adventures and the kids’ art work. There are also old and new pictures that made Jordan squeal to…
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