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Autism Awareness Day 2020

Thursday, April 2nd, 2020

It is World Autism Awareness Day (and also Friend’s birthday – happy birthday, Friend!!!), so here are my two everyday examples of awareness. I feel like anyone who knows these boys knows how their ASD affects them, but how do I describe the effect that the lockdown is having on these two? Tad is an […]



Do We Have To Think About Summer Now?

Wednesday, February 26th, 2020

Short answer: YES. I have already registered Rerun for summer camp, Ane can already see what her summer work schedule will be, I’ve been trying to collect information on camps for Tad, and I’ve already talked with Thumper’s therapists about his summer schedule. Oh, and Ane wants to fit a trip to Maui in there […]



Cooking Lessons For Tad

Tuesday, January 28th, 2020

The kids had a day off school yesterday (this seems to be the story of our January Mondays), and since I was home and his therapist Leigh was available, Tad had an lunch therapy session which included… learning to make his own grilled cheese sandwiches. This was a big deal because up until now, Tad […]



Worn Out

Wednesday, January 8th, 2020

The first day back at school kind of took all the ginger out of Thumper. I really thought he would sleep in, but he and Rerun woke up at 6 am, when Ane was getting ready for school.  We told them to stay in bed.  By 7 am, we finally gave up any hope of […]