Are any of my lovely readers going to be joining me at MommyCon Columbus tomorrow? I will be headed down in the morning and would love to meet some of you in real life. I don’t know if we will have name tags, but I should be carrying around that cute little blond Deaf baby… [Read More]
Praise: Enjoy Life Foods Introduces 5 NEW Baking Mixes #tothefullest
Food allergies are on the rise. I rarely meet a mother or child that doesn’t share my daily woe’s of trying to feed two children with food sensitivities. At a birthday this past weekend, Ez wasn’t the only kid that had to bypass the special treats once again. Since Ez is only two, he isn’t… [Read More]
Book Praise : The Biggest Story
I love beautiful books. Especially books that are created for children but illustrated in a manner that is aesthetically pleasing to adults. Books that have interesting visual details. I am also naturally drawn to bold bright colors. The illustrations in the new book, The Biggest Story by Kevin De Young are breathtaking. You can… [Read More]
Deaf Child Advocacy (China) – Silas- Shared List
I am not an official advocate for any agency. My goal is to help as many waiting Deaf/HOH children find their forever families. First I want to thank Tori for advocating for Silas. I can tell by her messages to me that she believes in this beautiful child and knows his forever family is somewhere… [Read More]
Early Literacy in ASL (Retelling a Story)
Recently Ezra has been blooming in his language acquisition. He is on target with hearing peers for typical developing children. He regularly uses two word sentences and has mastered the “question” signs, WHAT, WHERE and WHO. We often see sentences like: Where paci? Who (index)? What (index)? *normally referring to a sound or something he… [Read More]
MommyCon Fall Schedule! Four More 2015 Events!
Disclaimer: I am on the MommyCon street team and receive payment and tickets in exchange for my promotion of these events. Can you believe that summer is almost over? My big kids head back to school in just a few days. I can’t believe that the much anticipated MommyCon Columbus is just around the corner. I… [Read More]
Praise & Giveaway: Toby Mac’s This is Not a Test
Disclaimer: I was provided a free digital copy of this album for review purposes. Thoughts, opinions belong to Sunshine Praises. Copy content and images were provided by the company. I probably looked like a crazy middle aged soccer Mom jamming to the brand new, just released new album by TobyMac on my drive to work… [Read More]
Local Love: Ohio Renaissance Festival – Opens September 5th!
Disclaimer: We will be provided a family pack of tickets to attend this event and write a review. All opinions and thoughts are my own. Every once in awhile, I start to write a post and desperately wish I could dig out some old photos. I have the best picture of my husband with some… [Read More]
Why EVERY Mom Needs a Wet Bag or Ten!
*This post contains affiliate links. Wet bag? What is a wet bag you ask? In the cloth diapering world, wet bags are the way you store and transport your stinky dirty diapers. However, most cloth diapering Mom’s eventually stop cloth diapering yet still find a host of amazing uses for their wet bags. Wet bags… [Read More]
Ughh, I Hate the Word “Thrive” Used to Describe Deaf Children
In my new identity as a parent of a “special needs” child, I am continuously annoyed by parents regular use of the word “thrive” when discussing their children. It happened the other day when I dared to venture out into a cochlear implant discussion. The parent that was 100% against the use of sign language lambasted… [Read More]