Easter Pictures

Yes, we did celebrate Easter. Here are a few pictures of some of our activities.





in the van...
Andrew: "We are headed North."
Mom: "Actually we are headed East."
Andrew: "Oh, like Easter!"

waking up Uncle Brian...
Emma knocked on his bedroom door and then signed "wake up".

Emma's Easter dress is big...
Mom: "It looks like a mu mu."
Tyler: "That's a problem because we are not anywhere near Hawaii."

Storytime at Up to 3

Up to 3 Early Intervention program assists children with disabilities

Cathy Mace reads to children at Up to 3 in Logan Thursday. The program is designed to help children with disabilities. (Alan Murray/Herald Journal

By Manette Newbold

Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 in the Herald Journal

When Stacy Adams takes her 2-year-old son to storytime, it’s not just about the books. Hazen Adams has a mild hearing loss and by bringing him to the half hour classes, Stacy hopes it will get him talking more.

“He’s a bit more social then he used to be,” Stacy said after the class that focused on animals last Thursday. “Like today, he actually got up. Usually he’ll just sit on my lap and not move.”

The storytime class, taught by Cathy Mace, is one of several classes provided by the Up to 3 Early Intervention program, which is designed to help children with disabilities. Currently, the program serves 320 families in Cache, Rich and Box Elder counties.

At storytime last week, Mace had four children and their moms in the class that switched between books and songs.

Showing the kids various zoo and jungle books, Mace pointed to the pictures and made animal sounds and expressions. She pointed out when people in the books were happy and tired and did several different voices as the children energetically watched. When she pulled out a pop-up book, a couple of the children wanted to touch the pictures, then would run back to their moms.

They were also allowed to play with colorful yarn pom-poms and monkey finger puppets when they recited, “Five Little Monkeys Swinging in the Tree.” Most of the songs, such as “Popcorn Popping” and “Five Little Ducks Came Out to Play” also had hand actions.

“My favorite thing about doing storytime is the kids,” Mace said, then quickly added she loves their parents, too. “Their mothers are just incredible. I think kids with disabilities get sent to special families and their moms have just been so great.”

For Stacy Adams, a successful day is when Hazen comes out of his shell a little.

And for Becca Crookston, who attended storytime with her 2-year-old daughter Emma, accomplishment means that she is able to communicate. Emma has speech delay, Becca said, and has been attending a signing class, storytime, music class and others.

“She knows most of the signs and that was definitely our biggest improvement,” Becca said, adding Up to 3 has given Emma a place to learn skills she couldn’t anywhere else. “Where else would we go? The school district works with older ages of kids and the library does storytime, but it’s for older ages. So at her age, this is pretty much her only option.”

For the whole article read The Herald Journal.

What Were We Thinking?

Because of computer issues we haven't posted pictures for a long time (since November). So we didn't get to show you...that holding a sleeping baby makes people tired...or that some guys care what color shirt you wear...or that if you have a baby blessingthe same day as a birthday, you have a very happy kid...or that boiling water (yes, I said boiling) took out this cranberry juice spill.Sorry you missed out on seeing all of that.
Not posting pictures...What were we thinking...
(Keep scrolling to find out!)

Fore!

Lee doesn't think it is golf season, but he does think, "This club from DI will be great to get the three inches of ice off the front porch." He also thinks, "Will winter ever end? It is cold!"

Fast and Furious

Becca thinks, "You better hold on tight, because snowmobiles should go really fast." She also thinks she has a cute family.

Warm Fuzzie

Tyler thinks, "It takes a long time to make a hat, but it will be worth it. Do I get to pick which homeless person I give it to?"He also thinks it is really cool to take pictures holding the camera at weird angles.

Strike a Pose

Andrew thinks, "When Tyler has the camera, I can make silly faces and the pictures still get taken. This is awesome!"

Spice of Life

Emma thinks, "Hey, that small amount of Spicy Ranch isn't enough, I bet I can get more out." She also thinks that gingerbread houses taste good. "Why is mom calling me Hurricane Emma?"

Bread and Butter

I like bread and butter, I like toast and jam. "Oh great," thinks Laura, "now they tell me the real words to the song. I thought I was suppose to like Toe Jam!"

What's For Dinner??

I heard that question all day yesterday.
"What's for dinner?" "What are we having for dinner?" "What are we really having?" "Is that healthy?"
I guess they kept asking because every time my answer was, "cake and ice cream" and they didn't believe me. Tyler said, "I know you're up to something!"
It was about half way through dinner when Andrew said, "The white stuff isn't ice cream." It was really mashed potatoes and meatloaf. We also had "water" that was really Invisible Kool-aid.
April Fools!