Posts Tagged ‘milestones’
Camp No Limits 2012
We’re attending our fourth Camp No Limits Missouri this week and as usual, it’s awesome. I’m going through HUNDREDS of photos taken by so many parents who are here with the 25 kids attending this year. It’s amazing to see. Only four years ago there were four families with maybe nine kids… It was tiny.…
Read More +Tying shoes a little differently
Over the summer Jordan had figured out how to tie her shoes under the guidance of some really wonderful friends at Camp No Limits. The challenge for me was taking those skills and extending it into the real world. Jordan didn’t really own shoes with laces when we got home from camp and I didn’t…
Read More +Problem Solver
Jordan was really brave at a St. Louis play area called the City Museum. It’s hard to explain the spot – it’s full of climbing. There are slides, there are balls, there are tunnels. It’s kind of scary for a mom… And it was kind of scary for a little girl who has recently shown…
Read More +Hanging out while Mommy's away
I have been away for the majority of the last month. It’s hard to spend so much time away… And at the same time, distance helps me look at my kids in a different light. Jordan’s growing up. I mean really growing. She’s really interested in letters. She can identify most upper and lower case…
Read More +She figures everything out
I shared this on Facebook… but I felt like I needed to share this with my blog friends too. Miss Jordan continues to show me that she can do anything… with or without her helper arm. She got a surprise pancake breakfast and had asked me to cut it up… After I had cut the…
Read More +Big vacation… followed by more excitement
Jordan and the rest of the family just returned from a huge vacation. We camped in New Hampshire and enjoyed the coast of Maine. A two week MEGA trip! Some of the highlights include Jordan’s first hike on her own where she climbed up Mt. Willard in Crawford Notch State Park! 2804 feet high! Jordan…
Read More +A new look!
Jordan’s had her hair cut one time… Until today. I wanted to help her hair take shape before we head out for a big mega-vacation. So I looked into places I could take her and the price wasn’t any different between a nice grown-up hair place or the new local girly-girl salon. I went with…
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