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Buddy Walk and Dancing with the Stars 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Saturday morning was the Colorado Springs Buddy Walk! We joined forces this year with the other dancers at Kemper Dance Academy who have Down syndrome and formed KDA Kuties. We had so many overlapping...
First Week of School 25 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
We are officially done with the first week of school in the Garcia household... true to form, it was a busy one! :) The theme of this year is going to be "Independence". For the first time EVER I have...
A Surprise for Keeghan 18 Aug 2013 | 05:45 am
Keeghan needed a new backpack for school this year. His one from last year got completely trashed... I don't know what those kids do in Kindergarten but they play rough! ;) Several weeks ago we starte...
Friendship 15 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
Back in February, American Girl put out a call to girls across the nation to partner with their best friends and send in essays about what makes their friendship unique. Kennedy and her friend Brookly...
Would You Take It Away? (Part 2) 11 Aug 2013 | 10:32 pm
Part TWO? Was there a part ONE? Yes. Back in 2009, I wrote this blog post about whether or not we, as parents of children with Down syndrome, would choose to take Down syndrome away from our childre...
The Sibling Bond 10 Aug 2013 | 01:57 am
All of my kids have a very different relationship with each other. Kassidy and Kameron have always been very close. They share very similar interests. They love books, video games, Mindcrap (errr... M...
Little Black Dots 4 Aug 2013 | 12:03 am
I know, I know, I'm slacking! We have been enjoying our last few days of summer. I've been filling up my calendar with things like "Back to School" and "PTA" and "Test Days" and, and, and... and all o...
National Dance Day and CSDSA Picnic 29 Jul 2013 | 06:00 am
We had a great National Dance Day yesterday!! There were lots of people at the studio to dance and hang out and have fun!! We had a few downpours of rain, but no one seemed to mind too much ;). The ki...
Happy National Dance Day!!! 27 Jul 2013 | 09:31 pm
We have been busy... watching our summer quickly slip away. *sigh* We had a nice few days with my mom before she went back home and then we've been getting back into our schedule for the next week or ...
The North Pole 23 Jul 2013 | 08:49 am
My friend Nicki and her daughter Ashlyn are staying with us for another day. They came from Michigan for the convention and decided to stay a couple extra days to hang out, so we had some time to play...
