I am a little behind, so I'm doing a little updating!


How cool is this?!?!?!

This was done by Meghan's running buddy, Jennifer and her husband.  I haven't been so moved by a simple gesture in a long time.  There are no words to describe how touched we were when we saw that this amazing family did this for Meghan.  It definitely is the simple things in life that mean the most!  We think it's pretty awesome that their little boys shared their pumpkin for this, too!!!

This year for Halloween, Meghan dressed up as a lady bug.  A couple nights before Halloween, I had her try on her costume.  Meghan has some sensory issues, so some touches/textures/noises put her into sensory overload and she shuts down.  I knew her costume would take time for her to get used to.  I put her costume on her and immediately the tears rolled down her cheeks and she gave me the sign for "all done" about 1,000 times in a 10 second time span.  She wanted it off....now!  The day of Halloween, we had a Halloween party with the daycare kids.  After naptime, all the kids dressed up in their costumes.  I got all of the other kids dressed in their costumes first and then I sat them all down and talked to them about how Meghan didn't like how her costume felt on her.  I asked them to talk very gentle and quiet to Meghan but to praise her when I was getting Meghan's costume on her.  They thought that was pretty cool.  I wasn't sure if it would work, but I know Meghan responds best to quiet, calm and most definitely - lots of praise.  Thankfully, it worked!  The first half hour of her costume on, she'd sign "all done" but we all kept telling her she looks so beautiful, and eventually she was fine with her costume on her.

Here's a picture of Meghan with one of her therapists.  This was on Halloween and she was bowling using ghosts as targets.  She had such a fun time with this!  The reason for this activity is to strengthen her wrists.  Her wrists are very weak and this is a great exercise to strengthen the muscles and also work the rotation so she learns to do a circular rotation with her wrists, which she does not yet do.