Posts by Belinda Orsborn

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Pete the Cat I love my White Shoes Celebrate World Down Syndrome Day Rocking those crazy socks with Pete the Cat Rocking his White Shoes!!  We pray you are all staying healthy and germ free.  We can’t wait to see you all back at the playhouse soon- ENJOY! Pete the Cat Lesson Sign Language for…

Art Explosion Mister Fish Oil Pastel or Crayon Drawing: Lesson Video of Mister Seahorse Art Lesson Video Student Handout

Why I walk? I walk because I love my son exactly as he is. I want the world to see his value and see he is as worthy as anyone else to be on this planet. I walk to support an organization that has been a cornerstone for his development, inclusion, and advocacy. I walk…

Why I walk…. At the time my son, Connor, was born GiGi’s Playhouse Sugar Land was only a beginning thought in another parent’s head. In fact, some of our founding kids, like Grace Ross was 1, Sadie Blahuta and Cruz O’Dell had only been born weeks before Connor. And, Carter Durham was lying in a…

What Matters to Me? By: Christine Hayes, mom to Rory I’ve been thinking this morning about what I really wish people knew about Down syndrome. I’m lucky to be surrounded by other families with kids with Down syndrome, so many diligently sharing facts, anecdotes, things that others may not realize. And I’m going to continue…

Looking at The World with New Eyes On my first day volunteering at GiGi’s Playhouse, I honestly didn’t really know what to expect. At the end of the day I had a warm feeling inside that I’d never quite felt before. Yet, I have this same feeling after every day at GiGi’s Playhouse. All of…

                        Written by one of our awesome and dedicated volunteers, Linsey Mclain-Lopez GiGi Prep is a wonderful 6 week teaching program for adults where our friends learn how to make healthy lifestyle choices with core areas of curriculum being Confident U, Healthy U, and Whole…

Tonight I filled out a form about Holly. I had to say if she could do this or that and as I filled it out I wrote the letter “n” a lot. To be fair it wasn’t an age specific form so there would have been a lot of no’s no matter what, but there…

  Tyler Sims is a new person since giving up his off day to come to the playhouse on Wednesdays.  He comes to participate in Gratitude Committee, Speech Therapy and Literacy Tutoring.  In just 10 short weeks of Speech Therapy, Tyler has made tons of progress and is able to be understood so much more!  He always…