Dietary issues are pretty common when dealing with kids on the #autism spectrum. Factor in things like food allergies and sensory issues and it really can get complicated. I can't stress this enough. I wish people would throw away the old saying that if their hungry they'll eat. I don't think that it applies here. We aren't talking about just picky eaters. These kids have a physical aversion to certain colors, smells, tastes and textures. They're not being difficult. In many cases the child will go hungry rather than eat something that will upset them. When you add in food allergies or special diets, you're essentially removing options that can make getting them to actually eat, extremely difficult. My Elliott's the same way. We met with a dietitian yesterday to…

Something that Elliott and Gavin’s school is doing is called The Penny War. Each classroom is trying to collect the most pennies. You can also put dollar bills, nickels, dimes and quarters into another classrooms pot.  For example, if a classroom get a $1 bill in their pot, they loose 100 pennies.  Hence the phrase Penny Wars. Anyways, when all is said and done, the money will be counted, converted into cash and donated to a family in need.  This is one war that I support.  In fact, we been arming Elliott's classroom with ammunition.  We've done the same for Gavin's classroom for years.  Now it's Elliott’s turn. The winning classroom gets a pizza party.  As the dust settles by Friday afternoon, we should have the winner announced.  However, in…

I just wanted to update you all on how we've been doing since the switch to Tmobile from Sprint. Actually, I'll just let the numbers do the talking.  :-)

I wanted to share something with you that I found to be really beneficial to my kids. I do my best to allow my kids to get as much hands on experience with life as possible. Take a look at the pictures below and you'll see what I mean.   :-)

I'm super excited to announce that I will be giving away some tablets, sometime next week.  I don't have all the details but FedEx has them arriving next week.  Please stay tuned for more information and between now and then I will be sharing information about the people and company behind this amazing giveaway.  I'm really excited.  Please stay tuned.