Well, our house is officially on the market. Click HERE for a visual tour. Now that it’s all put together, it’s time to go….
On another note, we are very excited about all the new students coming this weekend. We have 6 coming and possibly another 2 transferring. This is the goal that we have worked [...]

All the anticipation of moving…the packing, the cleaning, the sorting, the fixing, and then the actual transporting of objects…has transformed into just trying to make a new place feel like home. All I can say is the dynamics of a move are SOOOOO emotional and complex. Maybe it’s because our kids entered the universe by [...]

Every scene of home is different now, yet familiar.

The little house is back by popular demand…our tiny time capsule, when entered could be our Chicago home or our River Forest Home. I think it’s helped both kids feel comfortable in our new home.

Miika in her new bunk bed…sleeps under HOT steam pipes…so we open the [...]

“Miika, look…there’s your very own playground, your own sledding hill, your soccer field, and best of all, look at your castle! And Mommy & Daddy are the castle-keepers.”
“Yea, and we can walk to school!” Miika replied.
Castle-keepers, and this is the view from our castle…long leaded windows where I can see the feet of passersby because [...]

Moving is not fun, in fact, it’s horrible…but I’ll write about that later.
Today I received 2 emails with simply beautiful links. The first one is Conny Wenk, a German photographer who weaves the lives of kids with Down syndrome into happy, jumpy photos that reach deep. She has put together a new book about 3 [...]