If your child goes to physical therapy, are you familiar with Zoom Ball
In 2014, I have an almost-identical photo of Sarah Kate playing Zoom Ball with her therapist, Cheryl, in Mobile following her osteotomies.
What questions do you have about cord blood? A few of you commented on my post the other day or shot me an email with some great questions, but I’d love to have some more. Fire away and I’ll try to get the answers!
Sarah Kate is getting new braces! Not usually any big deal – been happening once or twice year for a decade now – but this new set will be quite different from anything she’s had in the past. For years, she struggled with toe-walking, but now she walks with her feet flat and she has a crouch instead (yes, the same crouch that led us down this surgery road, though not as severe). This new set are called “ground reaction” braces – the idea is that when she steps they will push her knee straight. I’m crossing my fingers because things aren’t looking too good right now.
While we were in the waiting room at the orthotist’s office, Nathan decided Sarah Kate shouldn’t be wasting time just sitting around doing nothing.
The glee club met for the first time yesterday, and Sarah Kate had a great time. They worked on a song for the Veteran’s Day program at school, which she started singing to me before we got out of the parking lot. Reader Linda asked if I’d video Sarah Kate singing and post it – if she’s okay with it, I’ll video her singing the Veteran’s Day song and post it for the occasion. It’s a sweet song and not one of the old standbys we all know.
So far, so good on the Miracle Marathon! Sarah Kate has been excited to see her little meter go up, up, up as she’s been raising money. We got new pedals for her bike that are much easier for her to use and help keep her feet on the pedals. (TIP: these pedal adapters
Despite my insistence that I’m not a fan of Frozen, I can’t keep myself from talking about it. Probably because either the movie or the soundtrack are on All. The. Time. at my house (or in the car or…) So I’m asking you to indulge me on a quick question: Elsa or Anna? And more importantly, WHY?
I know Sarah Kate and I prefer the same one but my sister feels differently so I’m curious what you guys think.
Have a great weekend!
This post was inspired by and is linked to Conversion Diary‘s 7 Quick Takes.
My sister has girls and they prefer Elsa, because Elsa has magic powers. Personally I think Elsa is lovely and a tragic heroine but Anna’s the one who’s spunky and real. I also think it was a great movie, but anything gets tiresome with too much repetition.
That ball game was not familiar to me, which surprised me considering how much physical therapy we had when Julianna was little!
Anna. She doesn’t run away from her problems. She runs head on into them even when the outcome may not be so clear to her.
My younger and blonde daughter loves Elsa because of her power, but my older red-headed daughter loves Anna (as do I ) because she sees a problem and tackles it head on, even if it costs her everything. No fleeing, no hiding, she just gets on task to save the day, and stays cheerful while she does it all. Elsa is a good role model for the experience of gaining self acceptance though. However, I am thinking of banning Let It Go because I have now heard it eleventy zillion times.
Elsa, most definitely. My kids identify with her because she’s different and people don’t understand her at first and it makes them afraid. And it makes her afraid, too. But she learns that her differences are not bad and she is pretty special in her own way (just as all people are–we’ve been talking a lot lately about how everyone has strengths and weaknesses whether or not they have a diagnosis in their file) and she achieves what they want–acceptance from herself and others. All three of mine have a growing list of diagnoses they are learning to deal with that make them feel differently. My oldest, at 9, is very aware and has struggled a bit so characters like Elsa and Wreck-It Ralph really resonate with him. My littler ones (5 & 3) do not have the same level of self-awareness quite yet but I can see it developing. [my 5yo is in a cross-categorical classroom after two years of sped preschool and he asked the other day why he can’t be in a “real” classroom].