Mother Daughter fun...typical style!

As a mom of a daughter with special needs, I sometimes get a little sad thinking about all of the mother-daughter fun we could be missing out on. Kelly posted on Brooklyn's blog about their "girl time" together, and it got me thinking about the stuff that Caitlyn and I do to try and make our time together as normal as possible! We did try the toe painting once, but let's just say it didn't end up very good. Back in April during spring break, my friend who works at a in home preschool brought her son and two little girls she was watching up to a place called Kids 'N' Clay. I took the risk of taking Caitlyn with, something that I never would have been able to do on my own if I had another 4 yr old with me! Can you imagine a Rett girl who can't control her hands and doesn't stop moving in a room full of breakable ceramics? We came prepared, with a brace on her non-dominate arm to keep it under the table. There were times that I wished I had a third arm. We put Caitlyn at the end of the table, so that in the event that she did break away, her painting was the only one she could reach...And thus we created....

We had such a blast painting this bank together! (Of course I did the name) There were so many colors to choose from, that I would bring down just a couple at a time for her to pick from. She picked all the colors, but mommy picked where they went. We also painted a little heart shaped trinket box for Grandma. (Well, I did most of that because she was feeling kind of done after the tiara bank.) I love that we can do things like this together! It required a lot of pre-thinking and was done almost fully with hand-over-hand to prevent her from eating the paints. But what a blast we had together!!!

Personal Plug: Since I'm feeling a little lost with summer and my baby girl being gone for 3 hours a day, I am scrapbooking away...I've challenged myself to a page a week, though this is only day two of her being gone, and I'll probably do a lot more than a page a week! Anyway, here is the link to my scrapbooking blog so you can check it out! Of course, you will find that Caitlyn is the subject of most pages!