Tag: Crafts

Book Giveaway Winner!

Book Giveaway Winner!

I’m late in posting this, but Congratulations to Michele R! Please email me so we can figure out how to get you your copy of the book! Thanks for all those who entered.

Modifying a Baby Romper Into an American Girl Doll Dress

Modifying a Baby Romper Into an American Girl Doll Dress

I’ve been working on tweaking my blog and creating a social media presence lately, so I haven’t had as much time to craft.  I’m feeling the need to put out some crafting energy today, so I’m pulling out an old blog post about giving ruined […]

Happy Holidays and New Year!

Happy Holidays and New Year!

I give up. I give up on perfection. Real life is hard. Real life leaves you with five minutes here and there to tackle things you want to do. Real life leaves little room for perfection. I give up on long blog posts and schedules […]

Bringing It All Into One Place

Bringing It All Into One Place

In the past, I’ve run as many as five blogs, and it’s been a bit exhausting separating different parts of myself.   On this blog I’ll be bringing in pieces from my blogs into one place.  My main autism blog was MomtoMyGroupofMunchkins.blogspot.com. I’ll be chronicling […]

Welcome to 8 Busy Bees!

Welcome to 8 Busy Bees!

About the new WordPress site and a little about me I am a mom to six kids–four of whom have special needs and are on the Autism Spectrum.  The youngest has been diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder and Generalized Anxiety.  This blog is to share […]

Autism Hat Tutorial

Autism Hat Tutorial

  For a while now I’ve been contemplating making something that would possibly make my life a little easier.  I’ve had enough meltdowns on outings with my ASD kids to know I wanted to do something to indicate we are an Autism family.  I also […]

Family Activity: Butterbeer Beverages

Family Activity: Butterbeer Beverages

  My kids are HUGE Harry Potter fans.  When we went to Universal IOA, we also bit the bullet and ate at the Three Broomsticks. The atmosphere there is pretty good, but the food is pricey (it cost us over $100 to eat there) We […]

How to Safely Surprise Kids on the Autism Spectrum with a Trip to Disney (and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter)

How to Safely Surprise Kids on the Autism Spectrum with a Trip to Disney (and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter)

I have always loved those commercials where the parents surprise the kids with a trip to Disney. They choke me up. However, surprises in schedule and ASD kids don’t always mix well. My kids get upset if I don’t remind them they have scouts that […]

End of the School Year Craziness and Summer Plans

End of the School Year Craziness and Summer Plans

What a crazy time for us!  End of the year concerts, recitals, award ceremonies and the like.  Some of the kids have year-end tests/benchmarks as well.  We’ve signed up for a number of activities this summer–I don’t want the kids to lose the structure and […]