Special Detective

Driving through the darkened countryside and coming over that last hill on the unlit country road is like driving into a Christmas card. Suddenly you find yourself in a dazzling valley set aglow with more than one million holiday lights adorning buildings, barns, and the landscape adorned with a twinkling lake. William M. Koziar, the creator of Christmas Village, began… View Post

This week’s posts are all about dreams.  I researched and posted the things I can’t wait to do one day – bring my kids to LEGOLAND, sign up for iDTech summer programs so my son learns how to code and to one day go on a cruise. Another dream that I am going to accomplish one day is to write… View Post

My husband worked on the Royal Caribbean cruise lines for three years.  There wasn’t a lot of children on the ships in 1990 and only two people that worked on the ship were dedicated to children’s activities.  Wow – have times changed. Autism on the Seas has been in collaboration with Royal Caribbean International since 2007 in developing cruise vacation… View Post

Check out this fact…  The Smithsonian reports that by the end of 2018, 2.4 million STEM jobs will go unfilled.  I know as a mother of a special needs child, I worry about the future of job opportunities for my son.  Doing some detective research, I discovered iD Tech – a family owned company that pioneered the very first tech… View Post

Did you know that the first LEGO® stud-and-tube coupling system was invented and patented in 1958?   Isn’t that amazing?!?   It comes from a Danish word that means “play well”.   In Latin, it means “I put together”.  If you want inspiration about a man determined to support his family, check out this adorable film about The LEGO story. LEGOLAND is a… View Post