Today was major victory for my little Elliott Richard.  However,  before I get into that,  I need to share how Daddy screwed up. I mentioned before about summer vacation starting.  Well,  it is starting,  just not yet. For whatever reason,  I thought today was Elliott's last day of school.  However,  as it turns out,  the last day is Thursday. Today was the field trip to the recreation center. There was to be swimming,  games and lots of other types of fun. The school wanted to reward the kids for having such an awesome school year. You may recall however,  that Elliott didn't want to go because he hates the water. I had told him that he can choose to go or stay home and start his vacation early. However,  when…

Gavin is already struggling today.  He's not been listening and has already had a meltdown this morning. However,  Lizze put her foot down and called him out.  She said she was tired of the drama and that he had three seconds to stop before he had oatmeal until Thursday morning.  He kept freaking out and so she counted.  Wouldn't you know it,  he stopped before she reached 3. Tell me that's not control. Honestly,  it's upsets me even more that he can stop this whenever he wants. It means that he's doing this on purpose. Regardless of the impact on his family,  he chooses to do this,  not only to himself but us as well. That bothers me. I realize that he's likely more prone to meltdowns but still this…

Every once in awhile,  I'm totally floored by my kids. Today was one of those days. This is something that shows me,  just how incredibly intelligent Emmett is,  despite his delays. This post will really be appreciated by our friend Julia. She's our go to person for all things OT and PT and she has become a really good friend to the Lost and Tired family. Emmett and I were shooting baskets when he decided to turn the trampoline on end and lean it against the wall.  Next he began bouncing a ball off the trampoline and catching it.  This was something he did at PT and OT,  the only difference being, the use of weighted balls,  which we don't have access to. Either way,  to me,  this is a…

I woke up this morning to find a little present next to my bed.  This was actually kinda weird and a little bit creepy.  The reason I say that is because Lizze and I have been watching these paranormal movies lately and they kinda freak me out. Waking up to a tower of shoes kind caught me off guard a little bit.  I actually thought I was dreaming. Turns out,  Emmett was the responsible party. He built this and left it as a present for me.  So sweet of him.

OMG, schools out for the summer.  That thought went racing through my head today. I'd be lying to you if I said that racing thought wasn't accompanied by a bit panic. I mean,  I'm heading into a three month period of time,  where my kids will all be home at the same time,  24 hours a day,  7 days a week. Don't get me wrong,  I love my kids and I love spending time with them as well.  However,  with 3 boys on the #Autism spectrum,  it's not that simple. Individually,  my boys are a handful,  especially Gavin and Emmett.  When you mix them all together,  it can,  will and very often does,  become a explosive combination. It's also exhausting.  Summer break means that we will have to watch Gavin…

Emmett has been a busy little bee today. His imagination was clearly in overdrive this morning. This is something I really love about him.  He's so creative and I'm always amazed at the things he comes up with.  This morning,  he turned Elliott's carseat onto the cockpit of a rocket ship,  complete with sound effects. He was talking to ground control and everything. This next picture was taken turning tubby time.  Emmett was playing with his foaming soap and turned himself into an ice cream sunday. I thought this was really cute...

I've been talking a lot about our reinstated,  zero tolerance policy for touching. This policy applies to Gavin only because he is touching people in inappropriate ways. We have tried to work him through this and explain the issues,  however,  Gavin simply does it over and over again,  anyway.  Regardless of his intentions,  we had to institute the zero tolerance policy,  in order to not only protect the rest of the world from Gavin but also protect Gavin from his own behaviors. As Gavin gets older and these behaviors continue,  he will find himself in very serious trouble. We have worked very closely with his therapist to create this zero tolerance policy and the consequences for violating it as well. As one might expect,  this is not am easy task…