Okay.... Emmett’s home now and breathing better.  :-) Lizze and I were downstairs when Elliott came running downstairs to get us.  Behind him was Emmett, screaming at him not to tell us. Elliott told us anyway and we learned that Emmett had crammed a Lego all the way up his left nostril. Apparently, he was imitating something he saw on an episode of Ben 10 and this was the end result.  We dropped Elliott off at my parents and headed off to Akron Children's Hospital.  Our experience with our local hospitals, hasn't always been positive, when it comes to our kids on the Autism spectrum.  The drive to Akron Children's Hospital was necessary and worth it.  They got him back right away and while this was a first for us,…

If there was only one common  thread between all kids, especially boys, it just might be their love of video games.  All three of my boys on the spectrum love playing video games.  In Gavin's case, video games have not always been a good thing for him.  Much of Gavin's life has been lived with almost no threshold for frustration.  Gavin can go from zero to frustrated in the blink of an eye.  Video games were a huge, huge trigger. Elliott and Emmett do really well with video games.  Elliott doesn't always want to turn them off when it's time, but he's getting better.  Gavin was always drawn to the violence that can be in a game.  He was never aloud to play violent games and that didn't go over…

The Lost and Tired family hasn't had cable television in several years.  We do however, have Netflix and we stream it to our TV. We watch shows with our kids all the time.  The boys pick out a series and we watch every episode, one at a time.  It's really fun and we can watch as much or as little as we want.  Right now we have been working on the Ben 10  Ultimate Alien. The boys are really into Ben 10 right now and it's a pleasant change.  What shows do your kids really like to watch or what shows do you like to watch with your kids? This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos…

I pleased to share  with you all that today's forecast shows Elliott more relaxed and back in school this morning. While it's still raining, the thunderstorms have passed and Elliott's anxiety is a little better today. He went to school without any problems and I expect that he will have a great day. It's amazing to me how something like a thunderstorm can cause so much chaos in one little boys life.  We will have to continue working on dealing with this issue and make sure that this doesn't begin to control his life. I'm really proud of Elliott for getting right back into the swing of things.