MckLinky Blog Hop

Welcome Blog Hoppers!

The topic of this week's MckLinky blog hop is to share three things about yourself that readers do not know....

1. I LOVE to be crafty. I would not necessarily call myself skilled, but I love all things arts and craftsy. I have been known to dabble in scrapbooking, stamping, making cards, knitting and cookie decorating.

This photo shows a baby blanket that I made for my niece. It is the easy to make fleece tie blanket, but it was the first time I ever made one and I think it came out super cute!

I made these decorated sugar cookies for a baby shower at school.

These decorated onesie cookies were for my sister-in-law's shower.

2. I met the actor, Chris Burke, who played Corky on the television show Life Goes on who has Down syndrome. He was a guest speaker/performer at a local Buddy Walk which is a fundraiser for children with Down syndrome. He is in a band and was performing on stage. The little girl I was with, a former student, wanted to go up on stage and dance so we went together and had a blast!

3. Every year my husband and I volunteer for Special Olympics and are the Co-Directors of the Bocce competitions (2 regional and state) for Oregon. We began our interest in Special Olympics at Villanova because our college hosted an event for Special Olympics in Pennsylvania. I had so much fun working with the athletes (who are elligible for Special Olympics based on some form of mental retardation) and that is what initially started my interest in special education. I now have a master's degree in special education and always request to have students with special needs placed in my classroom so I can work with them.

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