Happy Holidays!

Noa hangs out with Grammy

Noa had a fun and fabulous Winter Break! Break started with a LONG drive to Maryland to stay in an AirBnB vacation house near Grammy, Aunt Pate, Uncle Jamie (who burps) and cousins Aidan, Electra and Petra. Noa adjusted well to the different space and seemed to really enjoy reading braille gift tags, giving gifts to appropriate recipients, and opening gifts addressed to her. She especially enjoyed getting gifts she'd specifically asked for:

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Noa enjoys the long drive.

• a purple gloves/hat/scarf set with stars for outside,
• soft purple gloves with stars for sleeping,
• new wristbands with bells for both sets of gloves,
• Special blue, green, yellow barrettes.

As well as 

1. Three new pairs of soft pants, 

• winter boots,
• A new necklace with bells.

Noa considers most of these gifts "home" things, but she'd probably enjoy talking about them and talking about how she'll see them on Friday at home. Only the new winter boots and necklace with bells went to school (she has other "home" necklaces.)

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Above: Noa shows off her outside purple gloves after Mom made them "better" by attaching blue sleeves that make the gloves go up to her elbows. Below: The full ensemble including wristbands with bells, scarf and hat with stars. She is also wearing a new pair of soft pants.

Above: Noa wearing her blue, green, yellow barrettes. Below: close up of the barrettes.

Noa in her new sleeping gloves and wristbands with bells.

As much as Noa enjoyed staying in a new house, she was very glad to get home where she enjoyed her usual home activities: braille, reading books, stroller, spinning chair, treadmill, shopping and getting a haircut.

She actually also decided that she wanted to do yoga in the morning before breakfast. For yoga she wanted to wear "different" shoes (shoes with stars), and then put on shoes with braces and a soft sweater) after yoga. Noa especially enjoys doing her own "woo-woos" - which is something she's been working on for a long time.