Braska Bear

This month was Down Syndrome Awareness Month.  I told you stories about what I like to do and things that happened each day. Mommy and I said at the beginning we would tell you what DS means in our house.  Here’s all of my things I showed you… I have Down syndrome.  I like to play at the park. I like to be with my family. I have Down syndrome. I love football! I like to cheer for the Bears and I LOVE touchdowns! I have Down syndrome. I love to play with my grandmas. I like to see all my family. I have  Down syndrome. I love to talk and be silly. I have Down syndrome. I have to brush my teeth before bed. I like when my Daddy helps me. I have Down syndrome. I like to look at pictures of when I was a baby. I have Down syndrome. Sometimes I surprise my Mommy and Daddy. I have Down syndrome. I go to school and get pictures just like my friends. I have Down syndrome. I like to play outside and climb trees. I have Down syndrome. I...

Today is my Grandma C’s birthday. So me and KiKi sang her a song this morning. She is far away at Miss Karen’s house, so we had to take a movie of our song. Here you go Grandma C! We love you!

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. So we’ll highlight a few little special things about what DS means in our house. [I have Down syndrome. I like to play dress up on Halloween. And I like to have fun with my friends at school.] On Friday, we had a party at school and everyone got to wear their cute costumes. KiKi came to school to be at our party, and she had her ladybug on, too!  I was glad to see her! We took a little walk through the halls so everyone could see all our costumes. Then we went back to the classroom to play some games. But first we decorated cupcakes with fun stuff.  I just ate yogurt pretty much. Then we tried a few of the games. We made some big pumpkin spiders. Then we had spooky story time. Me and KiKi stood by the wall for a picture beforew we took off our costumes. That night, we went to work with Mommy because Daddy was busy.  Most of the time we played in the playroom, but at the end...

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. So we’ll highlight a few little special things about what DS means in our house. [I have Down syndrome. I am learning to go potty like big kids do.] Mommy’s excited she got a hot tip on this today…. It’s going to be out soon… check out www.pottytime.com to sign up for notice of when it’s available.  I hope it’s out in time for my birthday soon!! Woo Hoo!!!  Potty Time!!

When we lived in C-U, we had a little adorable circle of friends for Braska in the local DS group.  One of them was Madison. I received news today that sweet Madison was involved in a horrible accident today in her driveway. In a split second, her precious light moved on to shine in heaven. (Photo courtesy of Madison’s family.) I can’t even formulate words that make sense. It all sounds so cheesy and hollow and insignificant. So I pray, asking God to carry her family during this time when they cannot walk alone.  My goodness… I’m numb, and I’m not related to the situation at all. Seems so silly. Please PLEASE pray for Madison’s mother. There are layers to this that I can only imagine will make a horrific situation even more impossible to deal with. <a href="http://braskabear.blogspot.com/2011/10/mommy-life-madison-angel-too-soon.html"><img src="http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x198/wish4rk/madisonbutton.png" /></a> ...

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. So we’ll highlight a few little special things about what DS means in our house. [I have Down syndrome.  I like to celebrate with my friends and sing them Happy Birthday.] Today its Jack’s birthday.  He’s 5!!!  We went to lunch today for his birthday, and I had lots of fun, but our mommies didn’t enjoy it as much.  You can see about it over here .  I especially like his birthday because it means that MINE is only a few weeks away!!! Since Mommy forgot to take any pictures today, I thought I’d show you a few old ones of me and Jack…. Here’s one from the first day we met … 5/29/2008 Here’s one from when we were signing together … 10/2009 Here’s one from Halloween a couple years ago … 10/31/2009 Here’s one from my first day of 3-school … 11/23/2009 Here’s some of our Christmas p-jammies pictures … 12/11/2009 And one from this year… 08/15/2011 Happy Birthday Jack!!

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. So we’ll highlight a few little special things about what DS means in our house. [I have Down syndrome.  I like to draw pictures.] Today we played at the kitchen table for a little bit while Mommy cleaned the kitchen.  You can see how nice it looks over on her page. I just LOVE white boards.  It’s lots of fun to write on them, and I don’t have to push very hard to get them to draw.  That’s nice because it’s sometimes hard for me to make crayons work on paper. I also just LOVE when big people will write words for me to read or draw pictures for me to see.  So Mommy drew us some pictures…KiKi though they were GREAT, so we had to take pictures. Mommy didn’t think they were AS great… And we did some practice that we learned from Miss J at my school…first Idid my practice. Then KiKi tried some too!  And she made her very first smiley face!! Mommy told her to take a picture with her smiley, so she said she ...