Tag: specialneeds
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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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The Monongahela incline.
Day 18 of my challenge! If you are joining me today, during the month of June I am doing different activities with my special boy and my family and making journal entries of the same. We live in a city of tunnels and bridges. What is the best way to have the view of this…
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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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Yellow Daylily
This flower was hidden under a bush as my son hunted for yellow color in our garden as we did a nature color hunt! For Cee’s Flower of the Day!
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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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Day 11 🤩 Fun
We do miracle league baseball twice a year, 6 weeks in fall and ssix weeks in spring. So it was baseball game today. The atmosphere is so much fun and enouraging. Check out the second inning home run when the entire crowd chanted my son’s name. Baseball and cricket are like brothers and genetically every…
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Biking
Day 10! Wow, one third of my challenge is over as of today. I am a bit tired. So if you are new to my blog I just wanted to let you all know I am doing one activity a day for thirty days with my special one and my family. So today was biking.…
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Water balloon 🎈 fight
It’s Day 9! It was the last day of school for my second kid. One of the activity he suggested when he saw the bucket list was water balloon fight. He really wanted to play with his brother 😀. I purchased 100 balloons yesterday. What a fun day it was. As the bus dropped by…
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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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Reading!
It is Day 6! If you are new to my blog, I just wanted to let you know I am blogging every day for the month of June about different activities I do with my boys (especially my special one). After a hectic ball game yesterday we decided to stop at the library today. We…
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Take me out to the ball ⚾️ game😃
It was free ice-cream , then free donuts and now day 5 of my blogging journaling it is two free baseball tickets. We have never been to a ball game and so when I saw an email from Miracle League offering two free tickets to today’s game without much thought we booked them! Miracle League…
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