Hi I'm Katrina, wife to Colin, mom to Kristina, Brant, and Owen. This blog was created to keep family and friends updated on the goings on in our lives ... the joys and challenges of raising three children. You will often see me posting about Down syndrome awareness as our son Brant has Down syndrome.Rachel Coleman is the creator of Signing Time - the wonderful series that taught Brant sign language! I can't say enough about Signing Time and Rachel - the DVD's teach ASL in a fun and easy way and Brant knowing Sign Language eliminated so many communication barriers early on. The one story I remember clearly was 2 summers ago when we went to Harrison Lake on a beautiful day. They had the Sand Sculpture Display on and we were admiring all the amazing (to us) works of art. Well Brant started getting grumpy and we figured it was almost nap time. He started getting louder with his complaining so Colin picked him up and asked him "Brant, what's wrong? What do you want?" WELL - Brant signed "SWIM"! I guess he saw all that beautiful water and figured, "forget these dumb sand castles, let me in!!!" So on went the trunks and we had a lovely time for at least another hour playing and splashing and having a great time. On the way home I was pondering what might have happened had he not been able to sign "swim" to us. My guess is we probably would have brought him to the van, he would have gotten more grumpy and would have complained all the way home. By the time we got home we would have all been miserable and he, protesting, would have been plunked in bed for a nap. Instead we had a glorious afternoon as you can see by the photos below :)
So thank you Signing Time for making our lives so much easier! Rachel, you so deserve to win!
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