31 for 21 Day 2

We were going to go to the Down Syndrome Group of the Ozarks trip to the Pumpkin Patch tonight, but it is soooo windy! The wind chills are in the 40s so we decided to stay home, Addy does not regulate her temperature very well so in we stay. It's kinda nice though, our Blue Jays are playing an away game tonight so I don't feel like I'm depriving my kids too much. Jarika is pretty bummed I didn't go but she understood!

Here is the little ditty about DS today. I STRONGLY encourage using sign language with kiddos that are non-verbal. Any kid actually, but using sign is so much easier for our little angels! Addy is currently using about 35-40 signs! This is so HUGE for her! She used the sign "dog" forever but really wasn't adding anything to her vocabulary besides "more" and "all done". She has learned sign from us using it with her since the day we met her (August 4th, 2007!) but she also has picked up tons from Signing Time! She LOVES watching it and will sign "baby" when she wants to watch Baby Signing Time dvds. She is getting four new dvds for her birthday. It's been hard not to let her watch her now but I am remaining strong! Well here is the pic of the day, Addy with her favorite person, her Daddy! Yes she is signing Daddy for him too!