I have 2 eXtremely (X because they were born with an extra #21 chromosome) darling nieces that are down syndrome and this last Saturday my family attended an event called The Buddy Walk to support them and families with down syndrome kids! It was so much fun to go see all the cute kids and cute family that have down syndrome children. The truely are so special and bring such a special spirit to anything! My nieces are so amazing and i am sure they will touch peoples hearts all around and were so lucky they have been placed in our family. The lady who started signing times did a performance before the buddy walk that was so cute. I don't know if you have heard of Signing Times (signingtime.com) it is a series of movies that a lady from Utah started. She has a deaf child and also a child that is severly handicap that she was told would never communitcate in any way. Her sister and her got together to start a show for those who wanted to use ASL to communicate. They became very popular and now there are tons of them. They are darling shows, i for sure want to get them for our kids to watch and learn from. Her daughter that she was told would never communicate does now through ASL and is such a darling little girl. What a blessing these tv shows have brought to let those communcate that dont through speach. All in all it was a blast! We love you Bree and Lyla!
What a sweet idea to go as a family to the Buddy Walk. I love the "X-tra cute" slogan too....very cute. Also, we LOVE signing times, that's so neat that the Signing Times lady...whatever her name is.. was there. Brightyn is mesmerized every time she watches her videos and LOVES it...I'm sure your little girl to be will love them too.
ReplyDeleteCandice did a story on her a few years ago and gave us some of the DVDs/ I love them.
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