Do you ever get annoyed by the songs in the shows that your kids watch? If you say no, I’m going to assume you’re either lying, you live on some kind of commune where there is no TV and you’re reading … [Read more...]
This isn’t going to be a popular statement, and it’s not one that I would feel brave enough to say out loud. But hiding behind my screen from a secret location (don’t try to find me, and if you do … [Read more...]
Today’s the day! Grace’s class has been a-buzz with excitement about Netflix’s latest original show. They even have it marked on the class calendar. Ask my kids when their project is due, what they … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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 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...]
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...]
