Family Reunion

I am so excited to have recently had a family reunion with my dad's side of the family. It was a blast, in great part due to all of the hard work that my mother did! She cooked for a month ahead of time and everything was so tasty! It was a perfect weekend. We got together to celebrate my grandmother's 80th birthday. I think she had an amazing time, I know I did. It was wonderful to see cousins that I haven't seen in 7 to 10 years and other family members that I haven't seen in 2 or 3. I hope that we don't wait that long to see everyone again!

My grandmother and me

Cute Progress

I figured if you read my two recent blogs you might be curious as to how the other areas of the clinic look, especially the rooms I was writing about. So, here are pictures I took of the areas after getting my new purchases of toys and things brought in. Enjoy!

Sign for Learning Disabilities' Classroom (it says: Ambulatory School Service)

Classroom for children with learning issues (6 - 16 years old)

Another view

Psychologist's office

Art area of Early Intervention classroom (0-6 years old)

Blocks, puzzles, dolls, etc. - Learning toys

Art supplies and posters to be put up

View of the classroom

This Is How We Roll

Most people think having "less space" is a bad thing, but when it means having "less empty space," it is something to celebrate.

With the introduction of our new Early Intervention Program, we've begun using 3 rooms in the clinic that were previously left empty. One is the new psychologist's office and another is a classroom for children with learning disabilities. The third space is the Early Intervention / Early Stimulation classroom (0-6 years old), which we are preparing now for the incoming teacher to begin giving classes soon.

Here's a sneak peak at the room, I look forward to posting pictures of the finished product next week!

Spanish sign for "Pre-school classroom"

tunnel, mirror, mattresses for nap time

teacher's desk, art easel

some toys and organizers

Tomorrow I get to go out and buy more fun, educational, therapy toys -- things like puzzles, books, musical instruments and paints!

We also need to get some shelves put up, the mirror put on a stand to use for speech therapy and to receive furniture made for us for children with special needs. Then, the only thing left is to fill it with children!