Saturday, October 16, 2010

OK- I guess I volunteered.....

Yesterday I had Princess Bear (PB) at the pediatrician's office for a variety of reasons. I asked him what he thought of entering PB in the Miss You Can Do It pageant. I passed the idea by my dad who thought it was a bad idea. I think PB who LOVES dressing up would have a ball. The Miss You Can Do It pageant is especially for special needs girls between the age of 4 and 25. It was started by Miss Iowa 2008 Abbey Curran. I think the pageant is an awesome idea! What a brilliant way for these girls to feel like "normal" girls for a day! Well, PB's pediatrician thought it was an incredible idea too. He said I should contact Dr. Morgan who runs a play project for kids with special needs. He told me to tell Dr. Morgan that he sent me to talk to him and what would it take to start a pageant like that in Peoria. Huh? I was just looking at doing the pageant in Kewanee. Evidently the ball is rolling and I'm going with it. I'm not sure what I think. Event planning is what I went to school for and I'm damn good at it. Isn't it weird the way things snowball?

2 comments:

Little Miss Sunshine State said...

I hopped over here for the Holiday House Tour and started reading this post. I showed it to my daughter who is studying to be a teacher at Univ of Central Florida. She is majoring in teaching Special Needs and has a minor in Communications Disorders.

What a neat idea!

Sarah said...

Thanks! I appreciate the feedback! I've been mulling over the best way of starting this. I'll post more as things take shape!