August 2026

Welcome to our August Sibshop.

We created some crazy collage portraits with magazine cutouts for our trickle in activity. Our Sibshoppers are so creative and their portraits were awesome. It was a super fun activity!

Our next activity was designed for fun (as always) and to work on practicing impulse control. Sometimes the best way to approach a task is by slowing down and being intentional rather than using speed and brawn. Everyone loves the "Crepe Paper Maze."

After a safe escape from the maze, we enjoyed an activity called "Feelings On A Rope". Our Sibshoppers place themselves on the rope where they feel best represents how they feel about the topic. One end is "Love It!" and the other is "Hate It!" Topics included pineapple on pizza, riding a roller coaster, having friends over when your sib is home, being asked to babysit your sib with special needs, starting school and more. Some topics brought out serious reactions and others not so much. We loved hearing what our Sibshoppers had to say.

"Uno Card Challenge" was a new game to our group. Turned out to be a hit. 

Lunch and a little book reading was up next. 

We enjoyed this book about being a little different wanting to fit in.

We wrapped up today's Sibshop my trying another new quick game. We called it "Noggin Cup". You lay on the ground and balance a red solo cup on your forehead. Then you try and stand up without the cup falling off your head. Sounds simple, but it takes some dedicated practice to get it right. Our Sibshoppers turned to be pretty great at it!

We look forward to seeing you in September!

 

July 2026

 Welcome to our July 2026 Sibshop!

As we gathered for our trickle in activity, we created some fun balloon volleyball paddles. More fun than creating them was getting to play all sorts of games with them afterward.

    

   

"Blind Duplo" was a really engaging activity for our Sibshoppers. They were tasked with recreating a duplo sculpture they couldn't see but only feel. It was a challenging task but one they all enjoyed. We talked about how much we rely on our sight in our daily lives, as well as our other senses, to accomplish tasks. We appreciate how our siblings face their own individual challenges with their senses. 

 

       

Lunch was tasty and we enjoyed hanging out with one another and breaking bread. We enjoyed an active break and then played a silly game of "Catch the Cup." 

Our closing activity for the day was to watch an encouraging video about gratitude while we munched on a delicious popcorn mix. Following the video about gratitude we sat down and made some of our own thank you cards. We love the connection between gratitude and happiness! 

You can watch the video here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHv6vTKD6lg

Have a happy grateful July and we will see you in August!

June 2026

 Welcome to our June Sibshop.

Trickle In: Snapshots!

I'm not sure our Sibshoppers even fully understand the concept of a camera that uses film, but they enjoyed our activity anyways! They shared snapshots of things they have enjoyed so far this summer and a few of their bucket list items. 

We were so grateful to have a deaf blind simulation run by USDB as the main portion of our Sibshop.

We learned a lot about how to support people with deaf blindness and experience a portion of what it may be like for them. Enjoy these photos of the awesome activity.

A special thanks to Savannah Fitzsimmons for leading our Sibshoppers in a wonderful simulation that everyone enjoyed and learned so much from.

We enjoyed a delicious pizza lunch together and then had time for a couple of fun games to wrap up this month's workshop.

We love our Sibshoppers and the time we have to play, laugh, eat, learn and grow together each month.

See you in July!