[blparent] Was fun stuff for boys, now friends

Wed Dec 16 03:44:54 UTC 2009

Funny story- when her daughter Katie was about 1 year old, christine asked
me to come watch her for the day.  So I did.  I was fairly new to
babysitting and blindness.  Well anyway I started out by giving Katie a cup
of what I thought was yogurt.  I just scooped it out of the container (Chris
told me it was there) and put it into the bowl.  It's a good thing I am a
finger licker.  It was sour cream. (lol) then when it came time to change
her, I unbuttoned the outfit from the neck down, slid the outfit off and
changed her diaper.  I did this a couple times during the day, well about
the third time I began to change her, Edwar, her 3 year old brother asked
me, why don't you just unsnap it from here.  He showed me the snaps between
the legs.  I couldn't decide to laugh or cry. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Leanne Merren
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 8:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Was fun stuff for boys, now friends

I know Christine.  Wonderful person!
Leanne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rhonda Scott" <earthmagic7 at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 10:15 PM
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>I have never met her, but I know of her from a friend of mine who speaks
> highly of her.
>
> Rhonda
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 9:22 PM
> Subject: [blparent] Was fun stuff for boys, now friends
>
>
> I have a really good friend who also lives there, her name is Christine
> Boone, do you know her?
> V
>
>
> Oh I wish! I live in Kalamazoo, MI and I haven't had a scrabble partner in
> years.
>
> Rhonda
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eileen Levin" <eileenlevin at comcast.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 7:23 PM
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>
>
> You wouldn't happen to live near Flemminton NJ.  I'd love to find a 
> scrabble
> partner.
>
> My son and I usually make it to 4 words a piece before we add  up our
> points. He's only in first grade so it's a lot of work for him adult or 
> kids
> version.
> Eileen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Rhonda Scott
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 6:24 AM
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>
> I do have the adult version. But he is very antsy anyway, so I don't think
> we'd get through an entire game of scrabble. I'm the only word freak in 
> our
> family who loves spelling, anagrams, all that stuff. I've even been known 
> to
>
> take the scrabble board and play on my own.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 3:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] fun stuff for boys
>
>
> Do you have the adult version of Scrabble, they have a children's version
> that is much easier.  V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Rhonda Scott
> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 9:40 AM
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>
> I'm thinking of Braille Monopoly too. Deven says he enjoys math, and that
> would help him practice. It's a good game for the whole family. I have a
> scrabble, but he gets frustrated trying to spell and sound out words for a
> long period of time. Maybe Connect 4, and I got us some Braille playing
> cards, so Go Fish and any other games we can play using cards.
>
> Rhonda
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eileen Levin" <eileenlevin at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] fun stuff for boys
>
>
> I did find a Braille monopoly game it was $60 but worth the money.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Leanne Merren
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 12:32 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] fun stuff for boys
>
> If you want to get a ball without bells, I would get a soft basketball or
> some sort of rubber bouncy ball and bounce it back and forth on a hard
> floor.  Mason and I play catch with basketballs, because if he bounces it
> once I can hold out my hands and usually catch it.  But the nerf balls 
> don't
>
> make any noise at all so unless he hits you right in the chest you might
> have a hard time catching those.
> Have you thought about trying Jenga or Dominos?  We love games like that.
> Yatsi is a good one, and so is monopoly.  I used to play monopoly with my
> cousins and I would just keep my money separated into piles by bills. 
> It's
> a lot of decision making and not a lot of moves.  But I also bought Mason
> the chess/checker board and pieces so we can play either of those 
> together.
> My kids are really into the thinking games right now like outburst junior
> and scattergories.  They love trivia games too.  Mason does all the 
> reading
> but we can all participate so it works for our family.
> Those are some of the things we do on our family night.  I'm getting Mason
> an air hockey table for Christmas this year because we love to try to play
> that with him.  He wins a lot but it's fun to try to block his shots and
> that's the challenge he finds in it. *smile*
> Leanne
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Allison (NFBA)" <nfbarizona at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:26 PM
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>
>> Thanks all for suggestions.
>>
>> Are the nurf balls still fun (and safe) for us to play with if they don't
>> have bells in them?  Has anyone tried this?
>>
>> I'll check out the discovery toys link.  Does anyone have specific
>> suggestions in terms of discovery toys?  I feel a little overwhelmed by
>> all the choices.  Also I need something fairly high action to hold the
>> little guy's interest.  He's used to the fast-paced nature of World of
>> Warcraft and Wii games.  He's a smart kid though.  Grade level in reading
>> and a grade ahead in math.
>>
>> We do have Braille cards that we play Go Fish and War with.  He loves Go
>> Fish.  We have Uno too but he gets bored quickly with that because the
>> games can run so long.  We also have the Freeze-up talking category game
>> that he loved for like a week and now never looks at.  *sigh*.  This 
>> feels
>
>> so complicated.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Allison
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:35 PM
>> Subject: [blparent] fun stuff for boys
>>
>>
>>>I was at Walmart today and scooping out the toy section and saw some
>>>really
>>> cool stuff that an 8 year old would love.
>>> Fur Real Friends had a dinosaur.  You put your hand or finger in its
>>> mough
>>> and it bites down on you and makes a sound like it is eating your hand.
>>> They also had dogs and cats, monkeys and other critters.
>>> They have Nerf balls and basketball rims and of course my absolute
>>> favorite
>>> Hot Wheel sets.  These are all the things I love to play with, with Gab.
>>> You can be sighted or blind and have a great time with your imagination.
>>> Alison, you can also buy regular playing cars that are Braille and play
>>> games like Go Fish, Crazy Eights and of course War.
>>> V
>>>
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