speech therapy at the petting zoo

What a novel idea! We've been working a lot on farm animals and their sounds lately, so our AWESOME speech therapist suggested we go to a petting zoo to meet the animals in person. We went to Hayloft Candles and Petting Zoo. We had no idea this place even existed! We got to see goats, donkeys, pigs, deer, llamas, ducks, a parrot, a kangaroo!?!, bunnies, birds, peacocks, turkeys, among others.

Lucas didn't exactly name the animals there, but he was very excited! We walked around, making lots of animals sounds. We probably sounded very silly, but it was fun! With all of the pictures that I took, I'm going to make an experience book on Snapfish, so that we can talk about all of the animals that we saw. Maybe we can go back again in a few weeks too. It was free!

Lucas learned to throw food to the ducks

this yak had a really long tongue!

this miniature donkey knew exactly how to ask for food...

Lucas was getting up close and personal with the kangaroo!

sitting like a big boy on a big chair!

Great Start

Lucas in Oct. '08 at the Nittany Lion Shrine!

I just returned from a conference on hearing loss. Great Start is part of the Pennsylvania Low Incidence Institute, which is held yearly at Penn State. The first 2 days of the conference are devoted to hearing loss. Best of all, it was completely free to parents!!

I went by myself, because Lucas is not old enough for the Children's Institute. Maybe next year. I attended 4 sessions, 3 of which were great. The 4th had a misleading title, and had no valuable information for parents, but rather service providers and support coordinators with early intervention.

I thoroughly enjoyed spending a few days at my Alma Mater. I pretended like I was a college student again, walking around campus and visiting all of my favorite places. I met up with two old friends from high school, and even had dinner with a former student who is just beginning her years at Penn State. If there was a time in my life that I could repeat, it would be my years spent in Happy Valley.

The conference also provided networking opportunities for parents. There were about 20 other parents attending, and they organized a time for us to meet one afternoon. I got to talk to Jim from CiCircle again, and that was VERY helpful! He is so full of great information and experience!

I hope I get to go again next year, WITH the whole family this time. I don't need an excuse to spend a few days in State College.

Tomorrow we are visiting Clarke School for the Deaf. I'M SO EXCITED!

Wow-wee!

It's August already!

Summer sure flies by!

(although summer in Vancouver is long from over yet )

*A couple of schedule changes for the Roundhouse...

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* There will be a "drop-in only" Baby & Me Yoga class Thursday September 3rd at 12:30, and then a break until the new session starts.

New session officially starts September 24 & 25 (Thurs & Fri) Baby & Me Yoga will start at 1:30, and the classes will be a full 90 minutes. Yay!

Prenatal Yoga

I have added 3 "drop-in only" classes the first two weeks of September (so we won't be off between sessions too long!)

Tues Sept 1 & 8 and Thurs Sept 3. (The Fall session officially begins Sept 22 & 24th)

Mixed Levels Yoga-Roundhouse

I have added two "drop-in only" classes

Tues Sept 1 & 8 from 7:30-8:45pm (Fall session officially begins Tues Sept 22)

Sooo...Hope to see you very soon!

Any questions, you can always email or facebook me, or whatever!