Welcome to Sibshops! We were so lucky to have had so many great Sibshoppers join us on a beautiful Saturday morning to celebrate their special needs "siblinghood!"
First off, each sibshopper was instructed to discover their lucky leprechaun name using a leprechaun name generator. What a crackup! I, Jessica Nix, become Jolly McWobbles. Other Sibshopper leprechaun names were Corned Beef O'Tatoe, Adorable O'Doodles, Eager McWacky and Apple McApple.
Our leprechauns were then instructed to complete some Lucky Four Leaf Clovers. With their boring regular name in the middles they were to identify four things on each leaf of their clover that made them feel lucky.
Bacon made it to my lucky list as well!
After our welcome and introductions and going over our rules & expectations with the group, we decided to tie ourselves up in "Knots." It's a simple fun game where you gather in a circle and reach out to grab right hands with someone and then reach out to grab left hands with someone else. It cannot be the person standing next to you. Then the goal of the game is to undo the enormous knot you yourself have tied with your neighbors. It takes some teamwork and good listening to accomplish this task.
Our sweet leprechaun pictured below, Lucky McGoGo, doesn't really know what she is getting into as we prep to play "Cheeto Toss".
Now Outgoing McWiggles here is a Sibshop expert and has done this before and yet she wanted more! More cheetos tossed at her face by her teammates trying to get them to land on the shaving cream cap she is wearing!
Bubbly O'Doodles here goes in for the lean to help score a successful landing for the tossed cheeto!
Looks like a successful round of tossing for Lucky McCharmed!
The creation of Lucky Rainbow Necklaces kept our Sibshoppers happy and focused on all that makes them lucky.
Following our pizza lunch, we had a Skittle Rainbow Dessert, except it came with a catch. You could eat as many skittles as you possibly could on your turn, but you 'Don't Eat Pete!" This is a simple game where your team chooses "Pete" without your knowledge and then you simply begin to select skittles to eat. As soon as you reach for Pete however, your teammates yell out 'Don't Eat Pete!" Once you have reached for Pete, you must then tell the group something that makes you feel lucky about having a sibling with special needs before you can pop that skittle in your mouth.
Our final activity of the day is called
"Sightless Sculpture." As an introduction, we talk about different artists and musicians who have special needs AND are extremely successful in their chosen field. We all have weakness and challenges, but they don't have to stop us from accomplishing great things. In this activity, one person is the blind sculptor, one person is their blob of clay and the final person is sculpture of their choosing. It is up to the blind sculptor to mold their clay into the shape and form of the sculpture before them. It's not so easy when you are blindfolded and unable to see the sculpture before you.With determination and a reliance on some of your other senses and skills, the sculpture can be replicated. We can all do hard things!
What a lucky day to be a Sibshopper!
We will see you in April! Please remember we will be meeting the third Saturday in April to accommodate Alpine School District Spring Break.
