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 11-03-2009, 12:45 PM | #1121 | Webkinz :) Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 153 |  Re: Children with Special Needs and Webkinz
I MISSED YOUR BIRTHDAY CARMEL!!! I AM SO SORRY HON!!!!
I hope you had a beautiful birthday and that you will have many many more in good health and happiness!!! |   |  |
| 11-03-2009, 02:57 PM | #1122 | Autism Awareness!! Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 36,044 | Re: Children with Special Needs and Webkinz
 Originally Posted by 42littleangels just stop in to say HAPPY HALLOWEEN.
HOPE IT WAS AN ENJOYABLE DAY. GLAD THEY DECIDE TO EXTEND TRICK OR TREAT IN WW. MY GIRL LOVED FIND THE GHOST. SHE WAS COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN PARTY SHE SAY ONLY FIVE TO THE PARTY. I WONDER IF SHE GOING TO BE LET DOWN BY PRIZE. I HOPE THEY GET PARK UP AND RUNNING SHE BEEN TRYING TO GET IN THERE. I'M SURE SHE LOVE THE ZUMBUDDIES. GLAD SHE DOES REALLY KNOW ABOUT THEM CAUSE LOOKS LIKE GONG TO BE HARD TO FIND.
Once they got it straightened out it was lot's of fun for my boys to look for the ghosts!!
Originally Posted by GlynnisI I just wanted to share that yesterday (Halloween) was our first Buddy Walk. My little guy walked about 1/3 of the way himself and was carried the rest of it by me, Daddy, Uncle, Cousin, Grandma. Chris Burke of "LIfe Goes On" fame and his band (great guys) led the walk and played for the event. They were really fun. There were games and swings and slides and a bouncy slide and Taylor Swift's Monster Truck (pink!) and a raffle. We won three prizes and one was a Webkinz Lava Dragon! Older boy (Webkinz fanatic) was delighted with that especially.  I was pretty happy with the other prizes (gift card to grocery and for a massage!).
After all that excitement little guy fell asleep in the car on the way home. Between the walk and later Trick or Treat it was a very full day.
It was really something to see all the happy smiles!
Originally Posted by Blackie_Lab2003 Hey everyone! I just wanna say, Happy Halloween! How did trick-or-treating go? How much candy did you have to remove because it was either opened or your kids couldn't have it? Mom's always getting rid of the sticky stuff like Skittles and Laffy Taffy. It sticks to their teeth like glue and their dental work isn't fun...!
Originally Posted by tribbles You know Im am currently wearing my Buddy walk T-Shirt from our Buddy walk Last weekend. It maybe be part of the cause with my ankles so sore but they were sore before the mile walk. My friend's family has adopted me into their family. One of the nephews has down syndrome. I have been very impressed by this toddler. He rode on the walk because he doesn't have the muscles to walk farther than 10 steps. But next year he is going to try and walk the route. I Love this little boy and the 1st time i saw him stand up by himself and walk a few steps I cried. Im a proud Adopted aunt. Congrats on the raffle wins. I wanted to win the scrap bookers dream basket but at last my name wasn't drawn. But the $$ for the tickets went to a good cause.
update on my great nephew. His Monkey Costume was a hit at the bank and the neighbors. One of our tellers at the bank had to get a picture of him looking so adorable. He did go trick or treating across the street with neighbors that know our family and next door...I took him. I will say His mother made the right Choice...she didnt take him door to door because it was too cold for the little guy. Anyone got an idea for a gift for a one year old? I Have no idea what to get this Young man. Webkinz is out of the question..his mom thinks they are stupid. Also webkinz junior is a few years away. I cant believe that Nov 4th is here again and this kid is turning 1. Yikes im getting old...when i remember changing his mommy's diaper. LOL Good thing i look 10 years younger than my age huh?
have a wonderful day,
tribbles 
Tribbles, it is so awe inspiring to watch these children pass all those difficult milestones. What we all take for granted is such hard work for them. They have so much to teach us about guts and determination!
The gift I would recommend for a one year old boy is something from the Fisher Price Little People line. Both my boys loved those toys and they come in a wide price range.
Originally Posted by meowsrus I know I haven't been on much the past week and I am very sorry. We had school parties, costumes to work on, school meetings,then add in the computer issues we had from the wonderful ghost hunt and hubby doing the Ghost Adventures live show and was gone for a few days and it was a busy, busy week. I am looking forward to next week! Hopefully it will be a little more relaxing here (YA RIGHT! LOL)
But we were not able to finish getting our ghosts, although the girls high-jacked my account today since we were able to get the most on it, they were trying to finish it. We are 3 short and it ends at midnight, so no go. Oh well At least they were finally able to get a few of them! I just tried to get one more, but it wasn't enough.
But I wanted to let you all know of a problem with the diamond codes that went out to people. The girls were the ones to catch the diamonds- 5 of them: 1 for each of us, 1 for their cousin, and the last for my older daughter's best friend. When we tried putting in the codes, none of them worked. Little one was upset, so just in case I put the codes in wrong, I tried them out on each of our accounts. NONE of them worked on any of our accounts.
Apparently some people have had them not work on one account, but then they will work on another. We are going to be calling Ganz and find out what in the world is up with this one. It doesn't seem to be just us, it seems pretty wide-spread. So if you have any codes you have not used, try them and see if they will work. I'll let you all know what happens from our phone call!
I did not have a problem with then diamond codes, Mind you I only got three and they all worked fine. That is too bad that they did not work for you. I have seen some people offering them up for trade. Maybe you can get some that way.
Originally Posted by wontonweekly My cousin has autism and he loves Webkinz. He lets me play a lot of the games and he has tons of money and rare items. He is a tough bargainer, though. He is such a kind and sweet cousin.
Originally Posted by Mom2kinzlover Hello everyone!
The costumes look GREAT! I'm glad Halloween went so well for everyone! We had a quiet Halloween. My dd was recovering from Swine Flu so she dressed up but didn't go out.
Hubby is going in for lap band surgery on Wed so my dd is perseverating on it, worrying and not sure of what to think. I found the Zumbuddies and got them for her. Wow, VERY difficult for her. They are hard to keep happy, she gets frustrated easily and everything is very small. It's fast paced and you spend a lot of KC. They're cute to have but for her, NOT a good game. She only enjoys when they reach 100% for a few moments and they have that party song.
She's enjoying her Strawberry Leopard and her Ribbon Unicorn. The new Pug song has been played at least 98 times today. Anyone else's kid going wild for the Pug song?
Well, off to bed. I think. Too nervous to sleep.
It is wonderful news to hear that your daughter has moved on to the recovery phase! I am sorry to hear that she had to miss Halloween. Thanks for giving us a heads up on the Zumbuddies. If I find one I will be sure to try it out before letting my son in on it. If I think it is too hard I will just keep it on the sly.
I do not think my DS ever plays the songs. He focuses on what he is doing at that moment and I do not think he pays much attention to the ads along the sides.
I hope that your husbands surgery goes well tomorrow. I will be thinking of you!!
Originally Posted by carmel_mom We had a good Halloween. My son won the "Most Handsome Costume" (as Hercules) at his Tae Kwon Do school's party. He won a bike. It's a nice bike, but it has the handles on the wheels for doing tricks. I talked him into giving it to a charity for Christmas. He's fine with it, but my husband's not. Hubby's not one for giving anything up. It didn't cost us anything and we don't need it... (I'll probably win in the end, but I hate having the discussions.)
Originally Posted by carmel_mom Today turned out to be a good news/bad news kind of day. I started small - paying bills and cleaning cages. Then I had a meeting with my son's teachers. The meeting was SUPPOSED to be about using visual cues with him. It became a session of "What can we do with a pre-****scent belligerent autistic boy since we legally can't duct tape his mouth shut?" (By the way, that was MY question to them!) I encouraged them to give him extra worksheets, handwriting practice, whatever it takes to keep him from saying he's bored and working ahead. I also encouraged his teachers to take anything he's showing an interest in and make it an incentive. I'm still not sure what to do about his mouth... (For example, "What the heck is your problem anyway?" He said that to me this morning after I put him in timeout for not looking both ways before crossing the street - and almost getting hit by a car.)
Originally Posted by carmel_mom I let the neighborhood kids come over to see the kittens after school. One boy remembered that a neighbor was missing a cat. Sure enough, it was the mom cat. I'm glad the cat has an owner, but my daughter and I were really looking forward to raising the kittens.
My heart was very heavy. So I went to the humane society website where they currently are BEGGING for foster parents. I printed the application, packed up the kids, and headed to the shelter. We are now fostering a pair of young tortoiseshell sister cats with colds (URIs). It's a start. The rep at the shelter said we would be put on the list for kittens, as kitten season was coming up and they never have enough foster parents!
Originally Posted by MamaDeeDee Glad everyone had a good time! We took our kids to the Mall with Grandma and Grandpa and set them up in the food court to watch the kids- grandma passed out candy and they had a blast. It was warm at the mall, and we stopped at the bookstore so the kids could pick a book. Once they had a book, they didn't want any more candy so we came home early so they could read so yaaaaaay!
A gift for a one year old- I would suggest some board books! There are a ton of them to pick from and it is NEVER too early to introduce a baby to books. They are clever and fun to share with babies too.
The nice thing about books is you can personalize them by writing something inside the front cover about why this child is special to you!!
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| 11-03-2009, 11:32 PM | #1123 | oot I am a Webkinz :) Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 79 | Re: Children with Special Needs and Webkinz
Well I have ADD and it doesn't really effect me in any bad ways it actually lets me process stuff
faster. The one thing I can say is that I lose focus easy annnnnd most teenage boys don't have 13 webkinz |  | |
| 11-04-2009, 12:32 PM | #1124 | 100% Evil. Gift Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,744 | Re: Children with Special Needs and Webkinz
I lurk a lot, but I always stop in to this thread to read up. I am so thankful this thread is here, and find the information both inspiring and informative. Thanks EB for creating this special thread, and to everyone who offers so much insight on it. :-) | | | |
| 11-04-2009, 08:05 PM | #1125 | oot I am a Webkinz :) Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 79 | Re: Children with Special Needs and Webkinz
Also if I forget to take my pills I cant focus at all and I have almost 0 motivation. Apparently the pills contain a chemical that all normal brains produce but mine doesn't. | | | |
| 11-04-2009, 10:05 PM | #1126 | Autism Awareness!! Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 36,044 | Re: Children with Special Needs and Webkinz
Originally Posted by JaimeRider Well I have ADD and it doesn't really effect me in any bad ways it actually lets me process stuff
faster. The one thing I can say is that I lose focus easy annnnnd most teenage boys don't have 13 webkinz | | | |
| 11-04-2009, 10:07 PM | #1127 | Autism Awareness!! Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 36,044 | Re: Children with Special Needs and Webkinz
Originally Posted by Mama Girl NH I lurk a lot, but I always stop in to this thread to read up. I am so thankful this thread is here, and find the information both inspiring and informative. Thanks EB for creating this special thread, and to everyone who offers so much insight on it. :-)
I cannot say enough how much I apprecaite all of the posters here as well. This thread has enriched my life and it is wonderful knowing that there are so many friends here I can turn to that truly understand!! | | | |
| 11-05-2009, 01:41 AM | #1128 | A Meditating Gift Guru Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,590 | Re: Children with Special Needs and Webkinz
This isn't a great shot of my older's costume, but here's my 2 girls out for Halloween. I made all for both their costumes, except hubby made Godzilla's mask and we bought little one's mask (and of course the Hello Kitty gloves! LOL).
They had a good time, but Godzilla there had to change outfits a little while later because she was worried about ruining the tail because it rained all day. Thankfully she took the switch OK and we were able to finish out the night- although at a much slower pace because she wasn't 'as' excited. ;-)
Apparently this Friday (don't know for sure) is going to be a re-cap and a proving of the 'evidence' from last Friday's Ghost Adventures show. Hubby got his credit at the end of the show, which was cool since many times the freelancers don't get theirs. We have a few stories about it and he got some funny behind the scenes info.
This week has had meetings, Patron's Day (parents get to go into the school to 'observe' for everything except for lunch time) is tomorrow, so i will be in little one's school in the AM and older one's in the PM. [sarcasm alert] I am soooo looking forward to that. The head of LS in the school doesn't feel it necessary to honour the IEP or reply to messages, questions, or what was she was told to by the head of LS for the district, and has an over-inflated ego. Boy this is going to be fun....
Little one's teacher will be out for the day because of an appointment, but I was just there last week with the Halloween party, so it will be just so little one knows I am always there for her
I was in (yes, another...) car incident on Monday and while the car is OK and the girls were not in the car (older one here with MT and was on the way to get little one), my shoulder got wrenched around and I have not been able to keep it in place. Nothing they can do, so it is only so much time I can get on line before I have to stop and I promised the girls I would get to their dailies first and foremost!
Thinking of you and I hope you are feeling MUCH better Ms. Buzz!!! Just think- time for the countdown to start!!!!
Originally Posted by Electrabuzz1
Here are my boys all dressed up for Halloween!!
I am going to have to make them dress up again and do an indoor, lights-on shot!!
Originally Posted by wontonweekly My cousin has autism and he loves Webkinz. He lets me play a lot of the games and he has tons of money and rare items. He is a tough bargainer, though. He is such a kind and sweet cousin.  My girls and I take turns playing games for eachother when we can. Little one will spend KC faster than it can get earned, so that is a good thing!
Originally Posted by Mom2kinzlover Hello everyone!
The costumes look GREAT! I'm glad Halloween went so well for everyone! We had a quiet Halloween. My dd was recovering from Swine Flu so she dressed up but didn't go out.
Hubby is going in for lap band surgery on Wed so my dd is perseverating on it, worrying and not sure of what to think. I found the Zumbuddies and got them for her. Wow, VERY difficult for her. They are hard to keep happy, she gets frustrated easily and everything is very small. It's fast paced and you spend a lot of KC. They're cute to have but for her, NOT a good game. She only enjoys when they reach 100% for a few moments and they have that party song.
She's enjoying her Strawberry Leopard and her Ribbon Unicorn. The new Pug song has been played at least 98 times today. Anyone else's kid going wild for the Pug song?
Well, off to bed. I think. Too nervous to sleep.
You are not the only one I have heard that about the Zum Buddies from. I was thinking about trying to get one for each of the girls, but not if it is going to be so difficult for them. i know they will still enjoy having them fly on the shoulder of their webbies, but it would be nice if at least one of them would be able to play in the area.
My little one listened to the song, but she is a repeater, so I left the room so it was a bit fainter! LOL
Originally Posted by carmel_mom Evenin', all.
It's rather late, I'm tired, I need to walk the dog, I still have a little cough and I have to work tomorrow with kids that push me to my limits of patience. But I did want to give a few updates.
First and most important, thank you all for your kind birthday wishes. I loved all the pretty graphics and heartfelt sentiments.
We had a good Halloween. My son won the "Most Handsome Costume" (as Hercules) at his Tae Kwon Do school's party. He won a bike. It's a nice bike, but it has the handles on the wheels for doing tricks. I talked him into giving it to a charity for Christmas. He's fine with it, but my husband's not. Hubby's not one for giving anything up. It didn't cost us anything and we don't need it... (I'll probably win in the end, but I hate having the discussions.)
Originally Posted by carmel_mom Today turned out to be a good news/bad news kind of day. I started small - paying bills and cleaning cages. Then I had a meeting with my son's teachers. The meeting was SUPPOSED to be about using visual cues with him. It became a session of "What can we do with a pre-****scent belligerent autistic boy since we legally can't duct tape his mouth shut?" (By the way, that was MY question to them!) I encouraged them to give him extra worksheets, handwriting practice, whatever it takes to keep him from saying he's bored and working ahead. I also encouraged his teachers to take anything he's showing an interest in and make it an incentive. I'm still not sure what to do about his mouth... (For example, "What the heck is your problem anyway?" He said that to me this morning after I put him in timeout for not looking both ways before crossing the street - and almost getting hit by a car.)
Originally Posted by carmel_mom I let the neighborhood kids come over to see the kittens after school. One boy remembered that a neighbor was missing a cat. Sure enough, it was the mom cat. I'm glad the cat has an owner, but my daughter and I were really looking forward to raising the kittens.
I helped take mom cat and the kittens across the street, even letting her owner borrow the toy box that the mom cat was nesting in. I said the only thing I wanted in return was for my daughter to be able to see the kittens, because she was on the verge of tears the whole time. (I would prefer not to have a discussion about responsible pet ownership with anybody.)
My heart was very heavy. So I went to the humane society website where they currently are BEGGING for foster parents. I printed the application, packed up the kids, and headed to the shelter. We are now fostering a pair of young tortoiseshell sister cats with colds (URIs). It's a start. The rep at the shelter said we would be put on the list for kittens, as kitten season was coming up and they never have enough foster parents.
My husband's a little wary about us giving up the guest bedroom to foster cats, but I need to do something. We watch so much Animal Planet in this house, but we know we can't adopt any more animals. (We already have 1 dog, 2 cats, 2 rabbits, 2 rats and 3 fish.) My daughter and I feel such a strong need to do something, especially after finding the mom cat. Besides, hubby's got his hobby of playing the drums with his band.
All in all, I'm trying to keep from hog-tying my son, my hubby and I are having differences about being charitable and I'm still not completely over this stupid cold. Then again, if I got more than 4 hours of sleep a night, I might get better. Hopefully I'll have a chance later this week to sit down and actually read through everyone's posts. Take care!
Right now we have 5 kitties (of our own), 1 foster kitty, 1 fish- older daughter's fishie passed away first day of school and withing days 2 of the 3 of little one's fishies passed away.
HUGS- you need them
Originally Posted by MamaDeeDee Glad everyone had a good time! We took our kids to the Mall with Grandma and Grandpa and set them up in the food court to watch the kids- grandma passed out candy and they had a blast. It was warm at the mall, and we stopped at the bookstore so the kids could pick a book. Once they had a book, they didn't want any more candy so we came home early so they could read so yaaaaaay!
A gift for a one year old- I would suggest some board books! There are a ton of them to pick from and it is NEVER too early to introduce a baby to books. They are clever and fun to share with babies too.
Originally Posted by Electrabuzz1 Meows!! I totally forgot to watch for your husbands show. I was kicking myself on Saturday when I remembered. It seems like all I have been doing is running in circles and getting nowhere (I just ran to the bus, and now I am back).
I did not have a problem with then diamond codes, Mind you I only got three and they all worked fine. That is too bad that they did not work for you. I have seen some people offering them up for trade. Maybe you can get some that way.
The girls now have dresses and they are very happy. But I did call Ganz and the CS rep said that things have not been 'boring' there lately. That there were too many promotions at one time and I said "were they tested before being entered into the system?" and she said "let's just say that we wouldn't have had to close the clubhouse and other problems if they had been tested properly". 
Originally Posted by JaimeRider Well I have ADD and it doesn't really effect me in any bad ways it actually lets me process stuff
faster. The one thing I can say is that I lose focus easy annnnnd most teenage boys don't have 13 webkinz
Originally Posted by Mama Girl NH I lurk a lot, but I always stop in to this thread to read up. I am so thankful this thread is here, and find the information both inspiring and informative. Thanks EB for creating this special thread, and to everyone who offers so much insight on it. :-)  | | | |
| 11-05-2009, 12:02 PM | #1129 | auntiee2 Webkinz :) Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 489 | Re: Children with Special Needs and Webkinz
Hello EB and everyone else who remembers me...I've been gone a loooong time and am trying to get back into the swing of things...haven't read all the posts I've missed but will try catching up, so I know a little more about what's going on...and if I don't read up, then I'll just jump in.... | | | |
| 11-05-2009, 09:05 PM | #1130 | Webkinz :) Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 153 | Re: Children with Special Needs and Webkinz
(((((Everyone))))
Carmel I am so sorry about Fantine. I know it's great that she did have a home and was found by her owner - you are an ANGEL for helping her through birth, but it is so sad to have to let them go. We had a black cat that kept coming into our home, we loved him and named him midnight. It turns out that he had a home that kept letting him outside, and we had to give him back to his owners. It broke our hearts. But I am SOOOO proud of you and happy that you will become a foster momma to other cats! And perhaps you will have a Thenardier!
The Surgery went well, hubby was released this afternoon and is now sleeping a little. He's very uncomfortable and in pain. DD has been afraid to go near him. She thinks he will pop open. She has been healing well from H1N1.
So we log on to Webkinz just a few minutes ago and her healthy Strawberry Cloud Lepopard winds up with a green nose and an ice bag on it's head. DD freaked out. She now thinks she gave her Webkinz the swine flu *sigh*. This must be a new feature because she brought it to Dr.Quack and he gave her medicine for $25 and a badge that says she is a doctor's helper. She has to feed it Jelly and Popsicles.
She was crying that her pet now has to "eat like daddy" and that she got it sick.
Ohhhh the joy of literal Autism...
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