Ruby is Coloring

I was coloring with my 8 year old daughter Rebecca and Ruby came over and grabbed a crayon and started scribbling coloring,too. I haven't taken Ruby to OT in months but coloring was one of the things they used to try and get her to do.
Ruby had started resisting therapy and I felt like driving for 20 minutes for a crying session was not beneficial. My children and I play work daily with Ruby on skills she should be achieving. Taking a break from therapies has helped Ruby to fit into our family life and just be the baby.

What is that thing? 31 for 21 day 7

 Someone asked me,"What is that thing she's coloring on?"" I like it!"

That  is a Magna Doodle . When I first started working with Ruby on scribbling coloring(coloring is a fine motor skill) she kept trying to eat the crayons and she was faster than me.She would have the crayon in her mouth and the tip bitten off before I could grab it away.I decided the Magna Doodle ,that had been a Christmas present to my kids last year, would be perfect for Ruby to learn to color with and would be less mess and no waxy after taste ;) hehe.Ruby has recently decided she would color with crayon and paper with her siblings,without tasting the crayon.She still enjoys the Magna Doodle  and I keep it on a bottom shelf of our bookcase so she can use it whenever she wants.

I found the Magna Doodle like the one we have on Amazon and they also had some other really cool versions ,like a travel version called Doodle Pro Tag - Along and one by another company called a Glodoodle .

A Thank You Gift

Ruby's Occupational Therapist is from Australia and all of her family is still there,so she has decided to move back to Australia.She has been a terrific OT and I wanted to give her something to show my appreciation.I decided on this Teacher Assort-"mint" bag  ,I thought it was such a cute idea.I bought a mint colored gift bag, a Thank You card with a mint green envelope ,and assorted mint candies. Instead of printing the poem out I bought a Thank You card and hand wrote  :


Thanks for your commit-"mint" to help me learn.



Thanks for your encourage-"mint" to always do my best.


Thanks for your involve-"mint" in my life.


Thanks for your invest-"mint" of time and energy


to make therapy such a great place to be.


Thanks for making each session an enjoy-"mint".


Thanks for helping to create a nice environ-"mint"


for me to learn and grow.




Everything you have done 


has really “mint” a lot to me!!!


Here is another link with some cute ideas