I Hate the Stomach Bug

It's the worse thing invented that I've come across so far....nothing you can do about it except wait it out. Not sure how I got it unless it was by osmosis from the people at my sign language class who had it last week. Just stopping to check in. Hope you're doing better than I am!

Down Syndrome Awareness

It's Down Syndrome Awareness month. There's a challenge to post 31 days for 21...post on your blog all 31 days in October for Trisomy 21. I'm not so great at challenges like this with pre-set parameters. I like to make up my own challenges, but hey, we'll give it a shot.
I love kids with Down's. They are the sweetest, most precious babies! Ok, yeah, they're stubborn, too.
I had one in my preschool class one year. Each morning, we would go straight to the cafeteria to eat breakfast, and we would put our backpacks on an adjacent table while we ate. Everyday after breakfast as we were lining up, I would always call out "Backpacks!," so they wouldn't forget. This particular morning, I'll call her Suzie, comes up and sticks her foot in my face. I said, I don't know what that means, what do you want? So I modeled speaking and signing "Tie my shoe." Nothing. So I signed and said "Tie shoe." Nothing. I put her hand on my throat and said "Tie my shoe" and then placed my hand on her throat....nothing. I persisted for probably 3 minutes, which seemed like 10, gave up and tied her shoe. She walks away and clear as a bell yells "Backpacks!!"
I would love to share with you the most beautiful eyes I've seen recently!

Pizza Bicycler

I wish I had had my camera (not that it would've worked) this evening on the way home. Well, after seeing a small accident...that wasn't good. It was pretty dark and we saw this guy riding his bike. As we approached and passed him, we noticed he was holding a pizza! From a place that is about 5 blocks away! And he was headed on base and he probably lived another 3 miles away! Huh. You see the weirdest things!

Wordless Wednesday...Happy October!

I knew someone would know!!

Thanks to Eve for explaining "under the weather!" See the comment in the last post. Thanks, Eve. I knew someone would know, and I didn't have the energy to look it up right then. Much more fun this way anyway! She has three blogs and I can barely keep up with one!

Under the Weather

I wonder where that phrase came from (Grandpa W?)? Sorry I've been spotty here lately. I haven't been feeling myself since last Thursday, but I think I'm on the rebound, so we should be back to our regularly scheduled program soon.

Wordless Wednesday