Jul 07 2020
If you’re a busy parent, life can feel like one endless series of problems to solve. Some people can just plow straight through, dealing with all the issues as they arise. Others, however, get burned out. And that’s when the real trouble starts. Getting downtime is vital for several reasons. But, as with so many …
Jul 06 2020
The kids are incredibly anxious today. If you’re familiar with autism in young children, you know how difficult anxiety can be for them to cope with. The kids are still on edge from this weekends firework assault on our neighborhood. They’re also anxious because they’re so excited about seeing their mom on Friday. Factor in …
Jul 06 2020
I hope you all had a fabulous holiday weekend. I’m exhausted and going to bed but I wanted to share with you all how our weekend went. If you follow me on Twitter, you probably already have already see this. Rather than go through the crazy story all over again, I though I would just …
Jul 04 2020
I had one of my award winning parenting fails today and I’m not thrilled with myself. Essentially, I lost my patience with Gavin. It’s more that I lost my patience with some of his behaviors, more specifically, the way he was reacting to things. For whatever reason, Gavin frightens very easily and when he’s startled …
Jul 02 2020
Sleep last night was pretty shitty. I think I squeezed in about 3 or 4 hours of restless sleep before giving up. Poor Elliott is struggling to sleep as well. Sleep can be a fickle beast to tame and with everything going on right now, it’s even….fickler? More fickle? I don’t know, but you get …
Jul 01 2020
I’m moving around much slower than I normally do because I’m much more sore from yesterday’s fall than I thought I would be. That said, I slept well and have been relatively active all day. Elliott slept in pretty late because he didn’t fall asleep until 6 AM this morning. I didn’t know he was …
Jun 30 2020
It was a relatively quiet day. The biggest thing we had to worry about were deliveries of supplies to the house. I mentioned eariler that I was organizing the pantry and putting things back where they belong. That made putting new things away, so much easier. Over time, things get put back incorrectly or weren’t …
Jun 30 2020
I was asleep by 11pm and up before 8am this morning. I feel pretty good and I’m looking forward to taking on the day. Gavin was up before I was but I beat everyone else. I got the trash cans put away and watered our mint garden. Ruby spent some time outside with me while …
