Lizze family has an annual Christmas Party and this year it's today. Typically, we don't go because we have the kids and as you probably know from your own experience, that doesn't always go well.  These types of events are generally considered to be overstimulation situations.  However, this year we have decided to let Gavin go and spend time with his cousins. Lizze's parents want to take him and so the fallout, if any, will be their to deal with.  Part of the reason we decided to okay this is because we're starting to look at things a bit differently.  With Gavin, we are looking at quality of life issues.  With everything he has going on with his health, no one knows where he's going to be in the future.…

I never thought I would say this but I miss being carded. Dammit, I feel old.  I ran out to the grocery store tonight to grab some bathroom essentials and at Lizze's request, a bottle of wine.  Now, Lizze and I never drink and I mean never drink. We always had too much going on and didn't want to start self-medicating. However, our goal after this meeting we had this morning was to reduce our stress levels.  With that said, I picked up a bottle of the very best Giant Eagle had to offer and my $7 budget would allow.  I also picked up a carton of mint chocolate chip ice cream as well.  Although, thinking about this now, I'm not sure that will mix well. Anyway, Lizze and I…

I thought this was pretty funny.  This morning, I walked into the house from our meeting and apparently forgot to feed the tortoise before leaving.  Needless to say, he didn't look very happy with me as he sat there waiting for Mr to feed him.  I thought use your words made a pretty good caption.  Do you have a better one?

Elliott's homework assignment for this week was to create a snowman from things around the house.  This is what Elliott came up with.  He's super proud of this and so are we.  He decided to name his snowman Robby, after yours truly.  :-) Super cool........

I've been on the subject of dietary needs lately.  Many families struggle to get their child on the #autism spectrum to eat, on daily basis. This is something that the Lost and Tired family is currently working through. I got to thinking this morning about something and I wanted to share it with you and get your thoughts. Basically, I was wondering how you balance eating healthy with vs eating anything at all? Does that make sense? Let me give you an example of what I mean. Right now, the only thing that Elliott will eat, is pretty much East of Chicago pizza. I don't know what it is about it that agrees with him but he will almost always eat that if offered. My concern is that he can't…

We got our 2nd team wraparound meeting underway a bit late today. However, despite the delayed start, the meeting went really well.  As far as I'm concerned, this meeting was very productive and we had some great ideas brought to the table.  Our initial goal is to reduce the overall stress in the family. The reality is that Gavin will likely be home for 2 weeks over Christmas break. There really isn't anything we can do about this. As you already know, I prefer to deal with reality and so we are putting together a plan to make this as liveable for everyone as possible.  The boys principal had a great idea about setting a really ridged schedule/routine that is as close to what occurs at school as possible. She…