Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The winner is...

And the Winner of March Giveaway: $15 Applebee’s Gift Card is Anne Poitevin Sweden. Thank you!

Sunday, March 17, 2013

MARCH GIVEAWAY.

EINFELD FAMILLY IS FULLY FUNDED!!! This is a *GIVEAWAY*: $10 Olive Garden Gift Card, $10 Chili's Gift Card, $15 Applebee's Gift Card - you can enter for FREE each day by sharing this blog on your Blog, Facebook or Twitter and commenting on THIS BLOG POST after you post the link. Or donate any dollar amount to win 3 chances for every $10 donations. Please add Ruth Vinup Einfeld as a friend on FB and tag her when you repost the blog link (@Ruth Vinup Einfeld = tagging after you're FB friends!). Please, please, please remember to comment here or on Ruth blog so your free entry will get counted! You can enter for free EVERY DAY until March 31st! Every month I will have three new giveaways, till Priscilla will come HOME. End of each month I randomly will pick three people. Thank you! Giveaway participants must be 18 years of age or older. Unfortunately (due to messed up regulations), only folks in the USA can win. Anyone who donates from out of the US will each receive a personal thank-you and my undying love and mutual disappointment at the international laws preventing international giveaway awesomeness.

Are we THANKFUL for what we have?


Saturday, March 16, 2013

A Seventh Sister: Awesome Auctions!

A Seventh Sister: Awesome Auctions!: We have had some amazing items donated to our auctions!  Check these out: Hand Made, Fabric Covered Notebook Hand Made Waldorf styl...

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Fun facts about Down syndrome...

DID YOU KNOW?!

* That 1 in 5 children with DS play a musical instrument? For children older than ten, that number doubles. One of five children with DS sing in a choir or vocal group, for children older than ten, it is every one in three...

* Two out of every three children with DS like to draw and/or paint pictures.

* Approx. 9 out of every 10 individuals with DS listened to someone read a book more than three times a week between the ages 2-5.

* Approx. 7 out of 10 children w/ DS use total communication (signs, etc) between the ages of 2-5.

* Approx. 7 out of 10 kids with DS saw a speech therapist two or more times a week between the ages of 2 and 5.

* Approx. 1 of every 3 children with DS older than ten rides a bike without training wheels.

* Seven of every ten individuals with DS older than ten participates on an athletic team through Special Olympics.

* Two out of every five individuals with DS participates on an integrated athletic team.

* According to their families, 3 out of 5 individuals with DS know how to operate a computer.

* One of every three individuals with DS older than ten w/ DS reads the daily newspaper on his or her own.

* Seven of ten individuals with DS older than 10 read books on their own for personal enjoyment.

* One of two children with DS go to school in a mainstreamed class.

* 3 of 5 children with DS participate in school activities that are open to all students.

* According to their families, 1 of 5 children with DS talk on the phone with friends more than three times a week. For children older than ten, that number doubles.

* One of three children with DS write email regularly.

* Two of three children with DS over age ten have a boyfriend or girlfriend!

* Approx. 7 of ten children with DS pray on a regular basis.

* According to their families, approx. 7 of 10 individuals with DS imitate characters from a television program or movie.

* Approx. 2 of 3 individuals with DS older than 10 prepare their own breakfast each morning.

* Three of four individuals with DS older than 10 make their own bed in the morning.

* One of two individuals with DS (older than 18) work in a non sheltered workplace.

* One of five individuals with DS (18 or older) lives on his or her own.