Posted in family, kids, life, photos, tagged lorakeets, niabi zoo, ted on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Feeding
Originally uploaded by Kibbles
Ted and I had a blast at the Niabi Zoo, despite the WRETCHED weather. More pictures if you click on this one.
Posted in Parenting, commentary, family, kids, life, money, shopping, weird, tagged crazy people on May 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Amazon.com: Like a Bike: Sports & Outdoors
I have decided that the world has finally gone over the deep end.
Like a Bikes are wooden bikes, no pedals, for ages 2-5. The concept seems really cool — a great way to learn balance, get around, and so on. In fact, I wanted to show my son’s [...]
Posted in shopping, tagged charity, shopping on May 20, 2008 | No Comments »
TOMS Shoes. For every pair you buy, they donate a pair to a child that needs them.
Posted in disabilities, education, family, kids, technology, tagged assistive technology, autism, chatbox, PDD-NOS on May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Talk To Me Technologies
My son’s Chatbox 40 XT was ordered! Not only is Talk to Me Technologies getting us the Chatbox, we are also getting our own copy of Boardmaker, we are getting a laminating machine, too! We will be able to use everything right away!
The trial period was great, and this is the perfect [...]
Posted in Current Affairs, commentary, politics, tagged China, immigration, politics, pro-choice, pro-life, Supreme Court on May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Court turns down Chinese man’s asylum claim
I guess this nation being rabidly pro-life only counts within our borders!
Posted in Parenting, disabilities, family, kids, life, links, tagged autism, PDD-NOS, disability, Parenting on May 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Parents are autism’s hidden victims
Children have autism, but parents are often invisible casualties. Their child’s disorder ricochets through their lives, breaking up marriages, draining bank accounts and robbing them of sleep. University of Washington researchers found these parents, among all with disabled children, suffer the highest levels of depression and anxiety symptoms, and parenting stress.
I [...]
Posted in gardening, green, life, shopping, tagged ecology, gardening, green, shopping on May 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Moss Acres - Gardening with moss and growing moss
I wonder if I could do this in certain patches of my yard; I already have some moss growing, and if instead of just having it, I could pick the kind I like and design with it, it would look lovely.
I already planted a LOT of wildflowers, [...]
Posted in Current Affairs, Iowa, Local Stuff, commentary, disabilities, family, kids, life, tagged disabilities, disability rights, dubuque on May 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Taco John’s
Originally uploaded by Kibbles
Doesn’t like disabled people. Even tried to contact management. Got nowhere. Ignored it. Don’t go there, anymore. Would have been nice if they made an attempt to be conciliatory, but they wouldn’t. So, we had to redo Ted’s routine, and find other places for him to have his [...]
I got this from a friend, a talented artist and talented art teacher. I broke it up like that because she’s shared, now and again, the work of students, and what she has shared has been inspired and fantastic and wonderful. You don’t do that by handing out paper and crayons to kids, thats for [...]
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