Tag: positivity
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Day 23, Dollar store trip!
I decided my next activity should be cheap. After browsing through my bucket list I headed of to the dollar store. It is not a dollar anymore. Everything is one dollar and twenty five cents now. I was lucky I found what I wanted from my bucket list. We got a suncatcher. As I walked…
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Bowling
Day 22 of my challenge! I ran out of ideas today since it was a hot morning with thunderstorms in the afternoon. But my younger one said, let’s do bowling . So that is what we did today. We never did bowling until my son started his adult day program. Special needs community has lot…
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A South Indian snack.
Day 21 of my challenge and it is summer solstice, the longest day of the year for us. A snack staple in every household while I was growing up. A snack made by the ladies of the household in the month of February in India when the sun was perfect and the weather was comfortable…
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Pool Games!
Day 20! After involving my whole family yesterday today was me alone with my boy at the pool. We did indoor pool already so we decided to go outdoors and I had some pool toys with me. More than ten years ago while I was talking to another Mom, she told me how her therapist…
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Father’s Day!
Day 19! Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful Fathers out there. The silent heroes. Today I decided my family to run the show. In the morning I got a new basketball, baseball set (since my son started liking and playing) and some table tennis balls. Remember those T shirts we tie dyed, that was…
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Paint in the park?
Today we drove to a lake and spent the afternoon/ evening there. It was just supposed to be a paint in the park day but we ended up doing a lot of stuff. It was a nice warm day and we decided to make some cold cucumber sandwiches with mint chutney in the park. My…
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Day 16! Where did we go?
I have a bucket list of activities and my white board at home has a list handwritten by me that I use as a guide. Our daily activity list is not written in stone so we started to one place but ended up in a farmers’ market today. We were supposed to have severe thunderstorms…
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Harry Potter
Entering 3rd week of my challenge and half the month is done. Thank you all for following me liking me and encouraging me. During pandemic my son’s program had a number of virtual classes and one of the classes we logged in was Harry Potter story time. My son surprised us by staying in class…
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Sidewalk chalk!
Using a sidewalk chalk may look silly or easy but this is one activity my special one hasn’t done at all. Scribbling on the wall is a much easier option than scribbling on a concrete floor. Today morning a facilitator posted a nature walk task on their program fb page. The task being to collect…
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Tie dying
It is day 13 of my challenge. Today my son was antsy in his program (more than antsy) and wanted to leave and go to the mall. Of course I took him shopping but not to the mall but to Michaels, a craft store. With summer I could see a lot of activities on sale.…
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Mr. Roger’s Statue
Day 12 of my Challenge My bucket list showed, visit a National Monument. So when I searched, I found we had Mr. Roger’s statue right here in Pittsburgh. It may not be a National Monument but it is for someone respected by all. Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003), also known as Mister…
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Summer Picnic
Today I already had a planned activity. My son attended his beginning of summer party organized by his program. Food, music, fun and games are all part of a party. It is an overwhelming atmosphere for any autistic person with sensory issues. But we have moved forward a lot and these parties are becoming much…
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Angry 😡 Birds 🦅
Day 7! Today was a trip to the movie theater. It was raining hard in the morning so decision was easy. Free angry bird movie 2 at Phoenix cinemas. All summer long Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays 10 am is there is going to be a G or a PG movie. So first time in two…
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Nursery
Today was getting our hands dirty. My critters and the birds around the garden love my plants. It has been a struggle to grow plants from seeds, especially sunflowers and beans. To help the plants survive from birds and critters we found out nurseries helped. Once the plants develop a few leaves in our sun…
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National Donut 🍩 Day and a story stroll 🚶♀️
Today was so much fun. I had decided to go to Dunkin Donuts for free donuts (being National Donut Day) and a trail walk nearby but ended up at Duck Donuts for free cinnamon donuts and Story Stroll at a completely different trail. Some pictures were taken by my kids, so I thought I would…
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To the Pool
Today we were supposed to go for movies, but my son’s sleep was disturbed last night and I was a bit of a zombie today morning, so we decided to go to the pool. So day two itself I was thrown a curve ball. If my son threw the curve ball, I did throw him…
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Brahmopadesham
It has been exactly seven years since I went to India. The last time I went was to perform Brahmopadesham (supreme teaching), and Sacred thread ceremony for my younger son. The sacred thread signifies the following: the one who wears it should be pure in thought, word, and action. remember the debt that is owed…
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Writing!
I am new to writing. Though I have an account for the past two years, I didn’t use it much. The reason maybe many, but I think I was really hesitant to put my thoughts into writing. But a week of continuous writing has really helped me open up myself more. When I started my…
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Blogging all January!
It is exactly two years since I started my blogging journey. I am happy for all the support from those who have read and commented on it. It takes time and patience to do that and thank you so much for spending your time. Multiple reasons made me start this journey but one thing I…
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Throwing Yourself a Pity Party.
Throwing Yourself a Pity Party. Everyone likes to do this at one time or another. We term this as being depressed and we continue to gloat in it. I think this is one of the worst things human beings can do to themselves. Being a special needs Mom I try to do this sometimes. But…
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