Thanksgiving Placecards

We are hosting Thanksgiving for my family at my parent's house this year.  I am so excited for some yummy food and getting to see all of my family!  This has also brought out some craftiness in me.   More to come....  Here are the placecards I made from scrapbook paper, cardstock, and buttons.  So Easy and CUTE!

 Here are mine and my mom's placecards.

The Thomas Family

All 12 for Thanksgiving Dinner!!!

I am so thankful for my family...HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

2 Happy Crabs

Rebecca and I are ARTISTS!!! 

There is this great new place in Wilmington called Wine & Design.  They have a different painting every night and we chose to paint CRABS!  (Which we were later told was an advanced painting).  They teach you step by step how to paint.  You bring your own wine and a snack.  We chose some classy Pinot Grigio, sushi, and edamame which was totally a great decision.

Here is this the website if you would like to UNCORK YOUR CREATIVITY!

http://paintpartiesstudios.com/wilmington/

Weenie's New Friend

Sophie just made a new friend, my roommate's new kitty, Zimmerman.  Just wanted to share a few pics of their new found friendship.  :)

Nappers :)

Best Friends in the Making!!

Clean Mud Recipe

I am currently completing a Fieldwork in the school system.  I have 6 back to back Sensory Awareness groups one day a week at an elementary school.  We have been working on the sense of TOUCH and I wanted to make clean mud which I learned about from my roommate Rebecca.  Ofcourse, I did not write down the recipe from the first time we used it during our research so I had to GOOGLE the recipe.  There were so many different ways to make this recipe, but this way works WONDERFULLY!

Sorry for the mirror image.  I took this with my webcam.

FULL RECIPE

• 6 Rolls of toilet paper
• 2 bars of Ivory Soap (Grated)
• 1.5 Cups of Borax
• Water (Add one cup at a time) Do not make too watery. 
• REMEMBER- You can always add water, but you can't easily take it away!!!

Optional- Food coloring (make sure you add this to water not just mixture = BIG MESS!) And/OR Glitter  

The mixture I made is 1/3rd of the Full recipe.  I added buttons into the mixture to create a tactile discrimintation activity.  Bonus- This smells oh so good and makes your hands super soft!!!

 
I am glad this is on my blog now so I won't have to spend a lot of time researching recipes for the next time I want to make some CLEAN MUD!!! ENJOY!

It's Fall Already?

Speaking of Fall, I've 'fallen' off of the Blog bandwagon yet again!  (I love puns!)

Summer flew by!  It was filled with good times with friends and family, sunbathing, and ofcourse, clinical fieldwork at New Hanover Regional Hospital in Inpatient Rehab. My little sister started college at Lees-McRae in August which is located in beautiful Banner Elk, NC. She has not been able to come home because she is on the volleyball team.  Finally, at the end of October, Chris and I got to go up to visit her.  Here are some pictures of the beautiful Fall foliage from our trip.  ENJOY!

View From Grandfather Mountain :)

5,280 Feet (= 1 mile) Above Sea Level

Mile-High Swinging Bridge on top of Grandfather Mountain!  Notice how many people were on the bridge... completely ignoring the 40 person limit.  

   

Laura took us to Elk River Falls, after first taking us to a very nice subdivision called Elk Falls. 

I was so happy to see my sister after 3 months a quarter of a year!!! 

It was a perfect Autumn day with beautiful views!

I absolutely love North Carolina mountains in the Fall, but give me a sandy beach any day of the year! (Preferably in warmer months).  BUT most importantly, I was so glad to see my sister and do some exploring!