The other day somebody asked me how much food my family goes through in a week. My answer was A LOT! This question had been asked a while ago and it was the same answer A LOT, but at that time the twins really were not eating that much so I didn't really include them. My children … [Read more...]
ASD and High School
Ever since my son was diagnosed with Aspergers I worried about high school. Elementary school was hard enough with all the academic and social issues - how the hell would he survive High school? I started doing some research when he was in grade 4 and I surprised to find that there were … [Read more...]
Photo Wednesday
With 8 children life is busy, crazy, sometimes overwhelming but heyITS WEDNESDAY AND I STILL LOVE MY KIDS! … [Read more...]
Finally somebody is listening with both ears!
Finding out my son was autistic didn't come as a surprise but rather as a relief, yet realizing he has a mental illness as well, wasn't such a relief. It made me feel helpless, guilty, and posioned my mind with so many "what if?" questions."What if I had rested more during my pregnancy?""What … [Read more...]
clothes confetti and fire starters!
Each time the twins hit a milestone I was estatic, they were after all premature and I was warned they may have developmental delays and take a bit longer to hit certain milestones. Tanner being the smaller of the two did take longer and had us very concerned a few times....WHAT THE HELL … [Read more...]
Snow Day!
Well we all know how excited children get when a "Snow Day" is announced, and last weeks storm was no exception! As soon as my kiddies got home from school last Thursday all they could talk about was how school would be cancelled in the morning because we were going to get a whopper of a … [Read more...]
My son is Color what?
I had the strangest thing happen the other day. A few weeks ago I signed a form giving some private company that comes into the school permission to test Ryleys (grade 1) and Zacharys (grade 2) hearing and vision. Now understand that this isn't free, it costs $15 but when you have as … [Read more...]
Look who turned 2!
Hard to believe but the twins turned 2 the other day! Really though I am not sure who was more excited the other children or Thatcher and Tanner! As soon as they woke up the other children were all over the twins screaming out Happy Birthday and helping them open presents! Not too sure if … [Read more...]
Yes, we need to let our children fail
A friend of mine posted this article on her facebook page and I thought I would jump for joy! Finally! Somebody who thought like I did and wasn't afraid to say it! Even funnier was the fact that just a few days ago I had sat down and started to write a post about this very issue!Being a … [Read more...]
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