Tag: kids

Autism and Disney World

Autism and Disney World

  Here is something you don’t know.  I am a Disneyphile of the highest degree.   I grew up going to Disneyland.  I’ve been to Disney a number of times over the years and though I know the bottom line is corporate is out to get […]

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 […]

Getting Answers We Don’t Want

Getting Answers We Don’t Want

In January I posted about letting go, it has been a real struggle to do that.  I didn’t want to give up if it was in the Lord’s plan for my husband and I to have more children, but I was trying to let go […]

Acroboy is evaluated

Acroboy is evaluated

We met with a neurologist and someone who works in speech who administered an ADOS evaluation for Acroboy.  They determined that yes, Acroboy meets the criteria for being on the spectrum.  He is overly formal in his communications at times, blurts out random phrases like, […]

Catching Up After a Very Difficult Year—Part I

Catching Up After a Very Difficult Year—Part I

Wow. Been a while since I posted. I had a pretty hard year. When I last posted a few months after my ectopic pregnancy, I had gotten pregnant again and was pretty excited. I was pretty sick, which I took to be good sign–baby must […]

How do you help an 11-year-old with Asperger’s?

How do you help an 11-year-old with Asperger’s?

How do you help an 11-year-old boy with Asperger’s? How do you help him make the social connections that can be crucial to survival in junior high, when despite your best efforts, he is continually on the periphery of activities? I’ve encouraged him to invite […]

Why I’m Starting a Blog

Why I’m Starting a Blog

Here goes, I’m starting a blog… There are a million blogs out there about moms. Make that a million and one now. So what am I doing?  I am a married stay-at-home mom to my five kids.  We are a loving family, thought not without […]