Staying Tech-Connected While Living on the Road

Hop over to Techie Homeschool Mom today to check out my guest post on Staying Tech-Connected While Living on the Road.  And before you go, happy Mother's Day to all of my fellow moms!  I hope you are reading this with a cinnamon roll and coffee in hand like I am. --- Staying Tech-Connected While …

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Updates

To borrow a phrase from the last post, our accidental Sabbath habit turned into a sabbatical from blogging. We have put this time to good use, though. I have exciting updates to share about what’s been happening in the Safari household in the last year and a half. Here are the Cliff’s notes: June had …

The Accidental Sabbath: Plans for 2017

The last third of the year can become unenjoyably busy for our family very easily, with ten family birthdays and our anniversary sprinkled in among the bustle of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.  So in 2016 Greg and I resolved to designate one day from each weekend in October, November and December as an "at home …

Adventures in Communication

I hope to share more formally about our adventures in communication with June, specifically the use of American Sign Language, verbal speech development, and her assistive communication device. However, for a few months I've been savoring some much needed rest and protecting a "margin" against over-busy-ness in my life and that of the kids, which …

Signing Time and Our Journey As a Special Needs Family

One of the things I am grateful for this holiday season is Signing Time, and how it made American Sign Language easily accessible to our family.  We are over at the Signing Time blog today where we have the privilege of sharing about what a big impact Signing Time has had on our family.  Follow the …

Are *You* My Service Coordinator? The STAR Kids Switch

On November 1st, Texas implemented STAR Kids, a managed care system for Medicaid benefits.  (See here for an explanation of how and why medically complex kids like June have secondary Medicaid.)  Like most families, we could not get any specific information about the change before it occurred, like whether eligibility requirements, family responsibilities, affiliated doctors/hospitals/nursing/DME companies, …

An Election Conversation With My Kids

One week ago, the kids and I ventured out to the polls for early voting.  The "big kids" (my 5-year-old, Rowan and my 3-year-old, June) had decided who they would vote for, hypothetically, by watching snippets of the debates.  This was our pre-voting conversation- June contributing in ASL. Me: OK, guys, let's go vote! June: I'm …

Our Homeschool Curriculum, 2016-2017

Our post on this year's curriculum choices is so belated that most homeschool bloggers are writing about how their first 6 or 9 weeks went. So I'll just roll that info in here, too. Last year, our approach was so informal that I put quotes around "homeschool curriculum" in the post title.  Last year went wonderfully- …

Crazy Heart Block Quilt- Complete!

I mentioned recently that I finished the "Crazy Heart Block Quilt" that I started for June last summer while she was recovering from her LTR surgery.  Here's a peek at it and a few things I learned. I didn't know if my kooky idea for this quilt would work at all, because in order to do …

Special Needs Family Outings: What Didn’t Work (for us) Part 2 of 2

Today we conclude the special needs family outings series with the second part of the discussion on what did not work so well for us (see part 1 here).  Here we'll share difficulties we encountered during two of the most challenging travel situations we have faced: flying and handling a medical emergency away from home. …