I spent some time during my long weekend to take the 100 mile ride to my parents house in the heart of Cajun country. The center of Louisiana was hit hard by flooding during this recent rash of storms, so I headed home to hug on my mom and dad who are knee deep in repairs.The ride made me nostalgic….
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February 2nd is Groundhog Day, ya’ll! I love using a holiday theme in my therapy sessions.  Kids just don’t know the facts behind the traditions we celebrate and I think it’s fun to teach them those little things. This time I did the learning!! I learned so much when I did the research to make this activity. For instance, I…
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It actually feels like winter here in Louisiana!! We even have little SNOW in the forecast! I think everyone is praying for a snow day.  We may only have flurries but even that is so rare here in south Louisiana that we don’t know how to function in the snow! So this we week we have been using my winter stamp-a-story….
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Yeah, I’m a fan of All things HP.  Or more accurately, I’m OBSESSED with Harry Potter. I’ve read the books multiple times and I even made my own cliff notes (summarized each chapter by hand in a notebook) of the last few books (to avoid having to read them AGAIN). I even have a board on Pinterest in his honor if…
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What a week!!  This week Louisiana has seen nothing but RAIN, and in many places, flooding.  Lots of flooding. My parents had, like many people in my little hometown of Mamou, LA,  water creep into their house 🙁  The picture below will give you an idea of what happened there….. Where I am, in Ascension Parish, we had over 30…
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First of all, I GOT MY COMPUTER BACK!!  Oh how I misssssssed it!!  I’m back in business 🙂 Christmas break is over, and Monday I went back to school.  Whoa, was it hard to wake up {especially since I couldn’t fall asleep thinking of all I had to do!}  I walked in and found a Christmas gift from a student…
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