I never thought I would say this but I miss being carded. Dammit, I feel old.  I ran out to the grocery store tonight to grab some bathroom essentials and at Lizze's request, a bottle of wine.  Now, Lizze and I never drink and I mean never drink. We always had too much going on and didn't want to start self-medicating. However, our goal after this meeting we had this morning was to reduce our stress levels.  With that said, I picked up a bottle of the very best Giant Eagle had to offer and my $7 budget would allow.  I also picked up a carton of mint chocolate chip ice cream as well.  Although, thinking about this now, I'm not sure that will mix well. Anyway, Lizze and I…

I thought this was pretty funny.  This morning, I walked into the house from our meeting and apparently forgot to feed the tortoise before leaving.  Needless to say, he didn't look very happy with me as he sat there waiting for Mr to feed him.  I thought use your words made a pretty good caption.  Do you have a better one?

Elliott's homework assignment for this week was to create a snowman from things around the house.  This is what Elliott came up with.  He's super proud of this and so are we.  He decided to name his snowman Robby, after yours truly.  :-) Super cool........

I've been on the subject of dietary needs lately.  Many families struggle to get their child on the #autism spectrum to eat, on daily basis. This is something that the Lost and Tired family is currently working through. I got to thinking this morning about something and I wanted to share it with you and get your thoughts. Basically, I was wondering how you balance eating healthy with vs eating anything at all? Does that make sense? Let me give you an example of what I mean. Right now, the only thing that Elliott will eat, is pretty much East of Chicago pizza. I don't know what it is about it that agrees with him but he will almost always eat that if offered. My concern is that he can't…

We got our 2nd team wraparound meeting underway a bit late today. However, despite the delayed start, the meeting went really well.  As far as I'm concerned, this meeting was very productive and we had some great ideas brought to the table.  Our initial goal is to reduce the overall stress in the family. The reality is that Gavin will likely be home for 2 weeks over Christmas break. There really isn't anything we can do about this. As you already know, I prefer to deal with reality and so we are putting together a plan to make this as liveable for everyone as possible.  The boys principal had a great idea about setting a really ridged schedule/routine that is as close to what occurs at school as possible. She…

In the morning we have our 2nd team meeting with wraparound. I don't know what the topic of this meeting will be however, it will likely be a follow up to last week's meeting. I did get the information we needed to get a an actual case manager.  I haven't had a chance to call yet but I will tomorrow. A case manager will take some of the load off of us and kinda become a go to. At this point in the game, I'm happy to offload some of the responsibility. Anything to make life a bit easier.  :-) I'll let you all know how it goes.  Lizze will be there, as will my mom this time.  Hopefully, this will be a productive meeting.  :-)

Dietary issues are pretty common when dealing with kids on the #autism spectrum. Factor in things like food allergies and sensory issues and it really can get complicated. I can't stress this enough. I wish people would throw away the old saying that if their hungry they'll eat. I don't think that it applies here. We aren't talking about just picky eaters. These kids have a physical aversion to certain colors, smells, tastes and textures. They're not being difficult. In many cases the child will go hungry rather than eat something that will upset them. When you add in food allergies or special diets, you're essentially removing options that can make getting them to actually eat, extremely difficult. My Elliott's the same way. We met with a dietitian yesterday to…