Bell Program in Philly

What a week for Lacey!
July 15
Every  morning for this week at 6:45am Lacey wakes up on a summer day to get ready for Braille Camp.  The first day was rough.  We decided to drive into the city and stay for the whole day just to make sure Lacey was all right at the camp. We left the house at 7:30am and didn't get there until 9:15.  I don't know how people who drive that route every single day handle it. The drive was stop and go the whole time.  Thank goodness I drank my coffee that morning.  I needed to be alert for every car and person on that road.  

Lacey and I were both  nervous about this camp. David was worried about leaving her in the city all day.   When we dropped off Lacey, I thought there would be a little more agenda newsletter or something.  Nope!  It was hello, drop off your kid and leave. Wait! Wait!  What?!  Laura, Daylen, David and I walked Philadelphia from 9am-2pm until  camp was over.  I was counting down the minutes until we picked her up.  She could either love it or hate it.  Well, she loved it!

She loved that she was with other kids who had a CCTV at school too.  I know she is writing a journal in braille and the teacher is telling us what she needs to work on.

Day 2
July 16

Today we took the train.  So much easier!  David took Lacey in the morning and I was on duty for pick up.  Today they were going to the Library and walking with their canes.  Ok, one more thing to make me nervous.  Not only was this the first day we were to leaving her in the city without us there now I have to worry about her walking the city.  I did ok.  When we picked Lacey up with her cane and all, she was happy and loving it.  Therefore, I couldn't be more happier for her.

Vegas Foundation for the Blind

We needed a braille writer for the summer.  While making some calls, my sister called a woman from her social school networking and found the Nevada Blind Foundation.  This place was awesome!  I wish I would have known about it earlier.   They had a full braille library for the kids to rent out books, a rock wall, a computer lab with all sorts of awesome technology, a playroom and so much more.  Lacey loved it there.  We got to rent a braille write for the summer and also borrow books.  I called Lacey's braille teacher right away to tell her.  Part of the journey.

Here is the link below just to look at.
 http://www.nvblindchildren.org