{"id":145460,"date":"2022-03-01T09:22:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/?p=145460"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:56:36","slug":"its-the-friends-we-meet-along-the-way-that-help-us-appreciate-the-journey-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/its-the-friends-we-meet-along-the-way-that-help-us-appreciate-the-journey-11\/","title":{"rendered":"“It’s the Friends we meet along the way that help us appreciate the journey . . . . .”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Blog submitted by Brett Schatzman<\/p>\n

GiGi’s Playhouse Phoenix Self Advocate<\/p>\n

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Brett would like you to meet<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

some of his Playhouse friends….. They are so AWESOME!!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jonathan\u2019s (JC\u2019s) favorite GiGi\u2019s program is LMNOP! JC\u2019s favorite toy\/hobby is Baby shark swimming singing and coco melon and of course seeing all his friends at GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Phoenix\u2764\ufe0f. His favorite foods are spaghettios and sweet potatoes\ud83d\ude00(yummy JC, those sound like some good foods!). Jonathan\u2019s nickname is JC. JC loves GiGi\u2019s because he can name new friends and that his mom and family can connect with new friends, as well it\u2019s such a positive place to be and they are blessed every time they can attend a program or event!<\/p>\n

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Bradley\u2019s favorite program at GiGi\u2019s is GiGiFIT! His favorite toy\/hobby is playing restaurant with toy foods\ud83d\ude00. Bradley\u2019s favorite food is pizza (I love pizza too with lots of cheese and veggies!). Bradley\u2019s nickname is Brad. His favorite thing about GiGi\u2019s is dancing to music\ud83d\ude00.<\/p>\n

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Jalynn\u2019s favorite GiGi\u2019s programs are LMNOP and GiGiFIT! She has been attending LMNOP since she was 6 months old and she is now 15 months old. Jalynn is new to GiGiFIT Toddler and is learning all about how to use her strength to stand. She and her family love the new GiGiFIT Studio! Her favorite activity is to stand at the barre and look in the mirror\u2764\ufe0f. Jalynn\u2019s favorite toys are her brother\u2019s toy cars and bouncy balls. She enjoys pushing the toys and crawling after them! (Sounds like a lot of fun\ud83d\ude00). Jalynn\u2019s favorite food is whatever Mama is eating! She always expects to have some of what is on Mama\u2019s plate! (Sure sounds like Jalynn loves her Mama\ud83d\udc95). Jalynn\u2019s nickname is \u201cPrincess\u201d. She has 4 older brothers and she is the first girl and the youngest in the family. Jalynn and her family love the environment of GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Phoenix. All the volunteers know each of their family members by name and love us all by encouraging and supporting us. Also, the friendships with the other families is super special to Jalynn and her family\u2764\ufe0f.<\/p>\n

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Bentley\u2019s favorite GiGi\u2019s program currently is LMNOP! He loves to watch his friends dance, sign, sing, and have fun! Sometimes his mom helps Bentley sign too! His favorite toy so far is his train made out of blocks! Bentley likes to sit in his chair and drop the blocks over the edge and watch his mommy pick them up! Bentley mainly drinks milk for his meals, but one of his new favorite foods are these awesome sweet potato and banana crackers. They are super yummy and he can eat them all by himself (that is so great Bentley that you can eat them all by yourself, way to go!).<\/p>\n

Bentley has a few nicknames\u2026his mommy calls him Bento Box, Love Bug, and Sunshine. Some of his friends call him Dumpling \ud83d\ude00. Bentley likes GiGi\u2019s because he gets to play with other kids and watch all the cool signs Miss Laura does. He also likes hearing everyone sing all the songs.<\/p>\n

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Guest Blog submitted by Brett Schatzman<\/p>\n

GiGi’s Playhouse Phoenix Self Advocate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guest Blog submitted by Brett Schatzman GiGi’s Playhouse Phoenix Self Advocate   Brett would like you to meet some of his Playhouse friends….. They are so AWESOME!!     Jonathan\u2019s (JC\u2019s) favorite GiGi\u2019s program is LMNOP! JC\u2019s favorite toy\/hobby is Baby shark swimming singing and coco melon and of course seeing all his friends at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}