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Ryan has been really into creative writing with Adriana lately.  He has recently written two of my favorite stories to date!  I honestly love how he incorporates what is going on in his life and weaves it into the stories. Here is one that he started with by spelling:  THINK THAT I HAVE TO TELLContinue reading “More Stories by Ryan (They Keep Getting Better and Better!) and an Update on Our School Goals”

This has been a difficult Fall so far. I was out of town for the past 5 days due to Ryan’s 2.5 year old cousin, Bobby, (my nephew and Godson) being diagnosed with High Grade B Cell Stage 2 Lymphoma last week after a tumor the size of a racquetball was removed from his abdomenContinue reading “A Letter, a Scary Story, a Poem, and a Song”

I know that many of you have been waiting for this post.  I am going to do my best to explain everything and help to answer questions about Canine Companions for Independence.  I thought that it might be best to do it in a question/answer format.  Here we go. How long did Ryan have toContinue reading “Canine Companions for Independence”

To say that this has been a busy month would be a complete understatement.  It started off extremely difficult with the unexpected passing of our Uncle Owen, an absolutely wonderful man whom Ryan was very close with.  They had a bond that did not need spoken words and Uncle Owen was so good to RyanContinue reading “Autumn Happenings”

Last week, Ryan and I went to a homeschooling event at the Perot Museum in Dallas, Texas.  The website states: Home School Family Science Day allows parents and students to explore the Perot Museum’s 11 permanent exhibit halls, engage in a variety of hands-on activities and exercise their brain through interactive kiosks and educational games.Continue reading “The Curry Crusaders and a Story”

In case you missed it, we posted this on Facebook last week!  So much wonderful progress because Ryan worked so hard! ***** Ryan wrote the following poem and story with Adriana Barriga, during sessions in his school week. HAVING DIFFERENCES IS REALLY HEALTHY I AM DIFFERENT AND YOU ARE TOO THAT IS GOOD THAT DIFFERENCEContinue reading “An Update, Some of Ryan’s Poems, a New Story, and Personal Training”

So we have officially been in school for 8 days now and I can honestly say that the past 8 days have been our best homeschooling days yet.  Even though I did not have a student-free week to set up a classroom like most teachers do, I have been trying to make planning a priority.Continue reading “Back to School, Standing for the National Anthem, and a Story”

I Can Shine Bike Camp was put on last week by the Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas at the University of Texas at Dallas, which is about 50 minutes away from home.  I picked the middle time slot (11:40-12:55) with the hope that we would miss traffic heading there and heading home.  I didn’t reallyContinue reading “Bike Camp and a New Best Friend”

Ryan wrote another song this past Tuesday.  Many readers might remember that Ryan has written a few original songs and has a few recorded too.  I  was going to try and collect some sentences and thoughts that he has written recently and have him edit them to come up with a new song, but heContinue reading “Another Song by Ryan and the Harry Potter Release Event”

Friday, Day 4 of our vacation, started with trying to figure out what we were going to do.  Both of the families that we were visiting were not able to join us.  We knew that we didn’t want to do the big trip back to Toronto, but we wanted to explore the area.  When weContinue reading “Best Friends Vacation Days 4,5,&6”