No Longer a Secret
Ben and Bennie will be a guest on Paula Zahn Now tonight between 8 & 9 EST. The show is on CNN so I guess CNN doesn’t suck as much as I said it did last week.
Aside: A clarification needs to be made here. Paula’s producer, Kari Pricher, informed me [...]
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Posted in Advocacy, Big Accomplishments, Posts by Dad on January 12, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Posted in Big Accomplishments, Family Stuff, Posts by Dad on January 3, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Missing the Holidays Already
It was back to school for Jessie and her classmates today. Ben should have been at school but we’ve done a good job of mixing up his days and nights over the past two weeks. We’ll make a better attempt tonight to make sure he’s in bed on time and [...]
Posted in Art by Ben and Bennie, Art for Purchase, Big Accomplishments on December 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Art Just By Ben! Limited Edition Print!
This turned out absolutely incredible! The artwork is totally created by Ben!!! I’ve spent the entire morning playing around with this monotype print Ben made at school a few weeks ago. After some unsuccessful attempts I nailed this beautiful giclee’ print. The image you see above is [...]
Posted in Big Accomplishments, Blogged by Ben on November 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Blogged By BenHello everyone! I’ve had an awesome week. I am really enjoying my new wheelchair so much that my mom and my sister call it my new “bike.” I guess my reaction has been like Jessie’s when she got her new bicycle.
Thanksgiving Day was great. I still don’t know what it’s like to eat [...]
Posted in Big Accomplishments, Blogged by Ben, Family Stuff on November 22, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Priceless!
Posted in Big Accomplishments on October 31, 2006 | 1 Comment »
A Day at My School
Here I am participating in reading a book during Circle Time. We do this every morning. Me and my classmates take turns answering questions using that big blue button. It is called a Big Mac (no, not the hamburger silly). Miss Kristy records her voice on it and when we [...]
Posted in Art by Ben and Bennie, Big Accomplishments on October 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Art Adventure #2
The artists discuss which color to begin with.
Ben chose to work with teal – an excellent choice!
“Let me do it!”
This is big time fun!
Two hands.
Posted in Big Accomplishments, Posts by Dad on October 24, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes
Every so often raising a child with special needs brings about situations that outsiders (those of you with fairly normal existances) can’t quite understand. For those families with a child of severe problems one of the first things we have to get used to is having strangers practically living with us. Ben has had almost [...]
Posted in Art by Ben and Bennie, Big Accomplishments on October 17, 2006 | 3 Comments »
The Birth of an Artist!
Choosing the first color.
Trying the brush out.
Forget the brush. This is more fun!
Two happy artists!
Going solo.
Adding some finishing touches.
Colorful fingers!
Check back here tomorrow and see if we’ve completed our first painting!