January is over. You know what’s totally awesome about that? I took so long to write down my resolutions for the year, that I don’t even have to admit to the ones I have already failed miserably … [Read more...]
Backdated Resolutions
New Year’s Eve Countdown
I’m not going to lie. 2015 has been an exhausting year of ADHD med trial and error, sleep studies, whooping cough, and autism behaviour challenges. It’s been tiring for good reasons too, like all the … [Read more...]
Bedtime Battles
The morning scramble has gotten worse lately, and now we have snow to clear off the van and mittens to match up, because clearly we needed more things to slow us down. Friday is a PA Day and this week … [Read more...]
Is It Hot Out There or Is That Just Your Dragon?
I started writing this like three weeks ago or something. I got sucked into some kind of summer time-machine. Pretend summer just started. It’s called suspension of disbelief. It’s a valid … [Read more...]
Autism and Lies
One of the good things about autism is that many people with autism are unable to lie…or so the literature says. Maggie lies to me every damn time I ask her if she made the mess or ate my cookie. She … [Read more...]
Molly the Scientist
Molly is my little scientist. Takes after her father who actually took the school science fairs seriously as a kid. He even went to the National Science Fair. Not to mention that he volunteered as a … [Read more...]
What I Want My Kids to Be When They Grow Up
Sometimes I don't know if I want my kids to be like us or to be anything but. Not that I really have any choice or say in the matter. What I really want them to be is happy. But it's never as simple … [Read more...]
Not Even a Hairless Cat
I'm getting a lot of pressure from the short people in this house. The people who couldn't even keep sea monkeys alive are begging for a cat. No amount of insisting that it's not happening will … [Read more...]
12 Monkeys
If you've been following my Facebook page lately then you will see the complaining that I have been doing about this week. Monday reached new levels of suckage. Maggie caused a riot at Target, which … [Read more...]
Party Like a Lemur
It's New Year's Eve and we are ready to ring in 2015 King Julien style!!! Earlier this month Molly, Grace and I were thrilled to be able to go downtown Toronto to see the world premiere sneak … [Read more...]
