Today marks the return of the school day.  This is a good news/bad news kinda thing.  I'm pretty excited about this because while I will miss Elliott, he needs the routine and normalcy of school.  I don't know how excited he is to go back but it's definitely the best thing for him right now. Gavin, while at his grandparents, will be returning to school as well.  He loves school so I can see him being really excited about returning.  I opened with something about good news/bad news. You see, the good news is that the boys are getting back to their normal.  The bad news is that the boys are getting back to their normal routine. I know, pretty confusing right? It's actually pretty simple.  Typically, kids with #Autism…

I wanted to share this picture from either Christmas or New Year's. I can't remember and I'm to look at the Meta data. :-) Anyways, just look at Emmett's face and he's goofing around with my dad. I love to see him smile and my dad is really good at making him smile.  :-)

When you're a special needs family, it can be tough to find activities that can bring everyone together, regardless of their personal challenges. With Lizze being in so much pain all the time, it can be hard for her to find something to do with two very active little boys with #Autism.  One of the things she has found to help bridge that gap is the xbox 360.  Today, on a day that was particularly bad for her, pain-wise, she was able to engage with Emmett by playing a game with him on the xbox 360. It was fun for both of them and it was a pain free experience.  Emmett really enjoyed his time with Mommy.

The past few days have been filled with Emmett and Elliott fighting. I dont even know if they know why they are fighting. Most of today has been spent the same way.  However, at about 2pm this afternoon, both boys snuggled up to me on the couch, each armed with a tablet.  Elliott is watching Super Monkey Ball videos on YouTube and Emmett is counting sheep.  They are actually getting alone pretty well right now and I wanted to share this image and our little victory.

Look, I haven't written one of these posts in awhile but I'm feeling inspired.  Unfortunately, guilt is my muse tonight and deservingly so. Elliott is so disagreeable anymore.  If we ask him to do anything, literally anything, he just melts down.  I don't believe that he's trying to be difficult.  You can see it in his eyes.  He's completely overwhelmed and doesn't know what else to do. We're working so hard to provide the boys with as much stability as humanly possible and then some.  However,  life becomes very difficult with this type of problem because we can't do anything without setting him off.  At least that's how it feels.  We try to give him as much control over his life as possible because so much of his life is…

I'm so stressed out and pissed off right now I'm shaking.  I'm literally shaking.  I'm going to share this with you all because I just need to purge and and release a bit of pressure before I explode.  Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not asking for help.  All I'm doing is venting.  I'll never make it of I can't purge. The Great Purge You may recall a few weeks ago, I had a problem with my bank (PNC).  I don't have the link to the post on me, but you can do a search for something about overdraft fees.  Right before our van was stolen last January, we had about $2,000 worth of work done on it.  2 weeks later, it was stolen.  I made payment arrangements with the shop…