A visit with Santa

I usually line up and visit with Santa the first chance I can get… But I’m off my game this year. We ended up going to chat him up right after Jordan’s class holiday party. I figured it was a late night already… and I had the kids dressed up and looking cute. The twist?…

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Holiday celebration at school

Jordan and our family had a really busy night last night! First, she got to dress up in a holiday dress and perform with her class before we had a family dinner with everyone in her class. They sang two very cute songs while wearing handmade hand print reindeer hats. Here’s the performance for anyone…

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Learning about Hanukkah

Jordan has a really awesome music teacher at school who talked to the kids about Hanukkah. Since then, she was curious about the holiday and wanted to learn more. So I checked in with my friend Amy and we went over to her house to light the menorah, make some doughnuts and play with the…

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The jewel jar is full

She did it! It took Jordan four months, but she finally filled her jewel jar and earned a brand new Fancy Nancy book. I love that we made a book her final reward for good behavior in our household. I wish I could say this jewel jar fixed all of our challenges with being polite…

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Mom world merges with the news world

I usually just write about Jordan and limb difference topics… but I thought this group would be interested in knowing about a new world I’m merging online. I’ve teamed up with Kelby Carr (also known as Type-A Mom) to start Investigative Mommy Blogger. It’s a site to share parenting-focused investigations and encourage moms to work…

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Abilities beyond expectation

Once again, Jordan proved me wrong. I thought she needed her helper arm every time she needed to cut paper. But I arrived at school Tuesday afternoon to find her cutting paper circles just with the help of her little arm and scissors in her hand. She was slow and methodical and she was cutting…

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