Hello! With six children, four of whom are on the autism spectrum and my toddler receiving services for speech and sensory issues, I need to be an organized mom.  Admittedly, some areas of my life are better organized than others.  Today I want to address […]

Warning–this post contains information of emergency urological kind.  If you are squeamish, stop reading and enjoy this picture of lovely flowers.  If you dare read on… Okay, we’ll continue… Acroboy came to me yesterday and complained of unusual pain in his groin.  He has a […]

Oh My!  Life sure does get crazy!  I’m playing catch up again with the blog.  I’ve been working on some fun projects with the kids as well as serious ones too.  Lots to share.  I look forward to getting it all down in print.

Firstborn passed his Eagle Board of Review tonight!  I am so excited.  This has been such a long road for us.  It was actually his first (and very astute) Cub Scout Den Leader who noticed what a hard time Firstborn had in socializing with the […]

So we have some success, and a failure. Whirlwind did NOT get into the performing arts high school Firstborn attends. I’m actually kind of grateful. It’s like pulling teeth to get him to practice.  He spends most of his time fighting me on it, walking […]

In honor of Autism Awareness Month, I thought I would write a little about our journey to getting Firstborn’s diagnosis. Looking back on things now, the warning signs were all there, but I didn’t see them. To use a metaphor, I didn’t know all the […]

In our school district, we have magnet programs.  Firstborn goes to a great school geared towards the arts.  He is getting top notch instruction in instrumental playing.  Whirlwind hates to practice, yet he has decided to apply to this school because he likes what his […]

Okay.  So the doctor visit was mostly helpful.  Here’s what I was told.  The rash (because of it’s stages), looks like chicken pox–except it’s not anywhere on her trunk.  It could be hand, foot and mouth–except it’s not anywhere in her mouth.  We are left […]

My baby has come down with step throat.  It’s the first time she’s had it.  She had an ear infection once before and had amoxicillin for it.  She’s had three doses of the antibiotic for the strep throat.  We were sitting in church today and […]

I’m going to post my thoughts on the new DAS system at Walt Disney World in a separate post.  I wanted this post to focus on more general tips to pass on. 1)  Even though the 6 ½ year old may be physically capable of […]