Antlers, Weather, Therapy Ideas and Cake Balls:)

Hello everyone! It has been too long. I need to be better about posting every chance I get, that way I'm not bombarding you with everything that has been going on!

The picture above is of my sweet Bella. She looks frightened, but she actually wagged her tail as I was putting the antlers on. I can't believe that she is 7 years old already. I got her a few months after I graduated from OSU and I hope she is with me forever:)

The weather in H-town has been very odd. It snowed here last week, was 80 degrees two days later and now is back to being cold and drizzly.

Sooooooooooooo, a lot has been going on since my last post. I have been toying with the idea of moving back home to T-town. I still don't know if it will happen, but it is in the works and I'll keep everyone updated.

As for work, it has been pretty good. I finally got my bearings and started feeling like I was competent enough to do the job. It's been difficult because not only am I learning the job, I'm learning the "cy-fair" way of doing things (cy-fair is the district I work for) and those are two completely different things.

This week, I'm working on a fun project for my preschool speech kids. I'm going to read one of my favorite books, "There's a mouse about the house" by Richard Fowler. Then, we are going to make little mice ornaments for them to take home and put on their tree. Of course, I will take pictures tomorrow and post them at some point.

My regular speech kids will be making cake balls and reading "Amelia Bedelia's Merry Christmas," which happens to be another favorite book of mine. Why the cake balls? Well, in the story, Amelia Bedelia is baking a cake. And, I had to some how get making/eating food incorporated into therapy:) The recipe for cake balls is:

1 package boxed cake mix (follow the directions, bake and then cool)
1 tub frosting
Melted almond bark

Take the cooled cake and break up into smaller pieces. Add tub of frosting and mix. Form balls from the mixture and set aside (really, you are supposed to freeze them so they set). Dip into almond bark and sprinkle favorite candies, sprinkles, nuts, etc... over them. Eat!!!!

I used red velvet cake mix, cream cheese frosting and the white almond bark. For garnishes, I had crushed oreos and christmas tree sprinkles.

I hope everyone has a great holiday. I'll write soon....

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