Christmas this year was a little different- Oma Edith is in the hospital with some kind of infection, so Christmas Eve wasn’t our traditional family gathering. Poor Oma was is/ was upset she had to cancel, I’m glad she is doing okay now and might even return home after Thursday. Me, Sebastian, my mom, Kirstin and Nicole baked cookies this year. Kirstin makes the most delicious sugar cookies! We had a wonderful breakfast get-together with Chase’s parents and everyone was brave and ate my experimental breakfast casserole. Ed tried making a turkey on Christmas Day and that didn’t work out due to the turkey going bad. It really was stinky- luckily we didn’t try eating it or we all would have had food poisoning. Instead we tried something new inspired by my husband Ed’s favorite Christmas movie- we went and ate Chinese food. We were very surprised to see how packed it was and the many other food establishments that were open on Christmas Day. My mom with Kirstin’s help adopted a new four legged baby- she’s adorable and already has a big personality. My mom and Kirstin named her Peanut.
This will be my first time ever making a fidget blanket- I was so happy to have the opportunity today to gift my Oma a fidget blanket. I love her with all my heart, it just makes me so sad that not much can be done for her while struggling through dementia. She told me it was beautiful and she appeared to like it. I showed her each square and what she can do with it. The first thing she noticed was the wording; „Mit Liebe Gemacht“ which translates to „Made with love“. Oma Hildegard is German and I wanted to make sure she would recognize things and always remember that we love her. What is a Fidget Blanket? Fidget blankets are therapeutic small lap quilts to which different kinds of things are sewn or added on. These items offer sensory stimulation that can have a calming effect on patient who struggle with memory loss. The Fidget blankets help them stay busy avoiding boredom. It provides a means of performing repetitive behaviors that are often reassuring and calming. ...
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