So,  it that time once again.  Tax season is quickly approaching I was wondering what your plans are? For the Lost and Tired family,  tax return is about the only time we can make major purchases.  Things like broken appliances, outstanding bills ect,  are only possible when our tax return comes in. This year,  I have quite a few things that need to be accomplished with tax return. Obviously,  not everything will happen but we have made a relatively short list of priorities.  I thought I would share our goals for this tax season. Things we want to accomplish with our 2011 Tax Return 1)  We have to pay for the repairs to the van. 2)  We need to replace our mattress,  Gavin's mattress and Emmett and Elliott need bunk…

This has been a weird winter so far,  at least here in Ohio.  We have hardly had any snow and the temps haven't been that bad. This morning however,  I woke up to snow on the ground. It was a pleasant surprise to see.  I love the snow but hate the in between weather. Last year we had several feet of snow last year and so this seems kinda lame. Where's the snow Mother Nature?  Bring it on.. Posted from WordPress for Android

Today marks the further business day of 2012. It also marks the beginning of this year's journey for the Lost and Tired family. Today I have many things the agenda.  Getting Gavin help is the number one priority at the moment. We have to coordinate a transfer of all his medical records to Dr.  Cowen at Akron Children's Hospital.  He is our last hope in discovering what is happening to Gavin.  I also will be waging war with our local school district to protect Emmett's rights.  This will require many hone calls and lots of emails.  However,  we have to start somewhere........

Tonight we had another Gavin incident.  He was watching TV with Elliott.  They were watching a cartoon and for some reason,  Gavin started chewing on his mattress.  You heard that right.  Chewing on his freaking mattress. I mean really? Anyway,  after watching Gavin for a bit,  Elliott,  thinking it was funny decided to imitate his big brother. Elliott came downstairs and told me what happened. Then he burst into tears because he so embarrassed that he had imitated Gavin. He kept saying "I can't believe did that". He just sobbed and sobbed.  I did all I could to comfort him.  Elliott wanted to confront Gavin about how it made him feel to imitate what he saw him doing. I thought that was really mature of Elliott to want to do…

Today's Victory is brought to you once again by Elliott and Emmett. Despite all the chaos in the house today, Emmett and Elliott managed to squeeze out some time where they got along. Elliott allowed Emmett to play with his prized but broken DSi.  Elliott played the PS3 and Emmett sat next to him playing Mario on the DSi. It feels good to see this.  Sometimes I wonder of they will ever get along and today was one of those days that reminded me that they can. Awesome job boys.....  :-) Posted from WordPress for Android

The other night the boys came running into our bedroom to let us know that there's a problem.  They informed me that theybhad been using their detective skills and noticed something about our dog,  Maggie's, breath They informed me that it smelled like soap. This sent Emmett running into the bathroom,  only to discover that his precious bar of soap was missing. Somehow,  our idiot dog had found the bar of soap and decided to eat it. Emmett was very upset with her for eating his brand new bar of soap.  This was the bar of soap he used to wash his hands,  since he now refuses to use hand sanitizer. Needless to say, a bar of soap is not a good idea. Maggie has been puking the soap up…

We are half a day into the 2012 and we have just experienced the worst meltdown we have seen in the better part of a year. The New Year has always been a time of clean slates and new beginnings. This year seems to headed off in the wrong direction. For the very first time, in a very long time, Lizze and I both had to work together to manage Gavin during this meltdown. Typically, I handle the meltdowns because they have simply become to much for Lizze to deal with. She isn't strong enough to physically intervene or God forbid, have to defend herself. She will usually help me by staying with the other boys and helping them to feel same during their oldest brothers brief reign of terror. Terror is…

We're barely into the new year and Gavin is already having problems. He had a fit on the stairs this morning resulting in him getting a splinter in his foot. That splinter lead to a meltdown to him terrifying his brothers and even Maggie. This is not going to be a good day. Our goal was to visit with Lizze's family today but Gavin is already having. Gavin problems and any further stimulation,  no matter how positive it would be,  will further push him over the edge. I'm not in the mood for meltdowns today so I'm not looking forward to being awake the rest of the day...... Posted from WordPress for Android