Yesterday it was in the 60's and sunny. Lizze was comfortable with the weather and that's always a good thing. However, late yesterday afternoon the temperature began to plummet. As I'm writing this, it's currently in the 20's and we actually have snow sticking to the ground.  It's not a ton of accumulation but it's our first snow fall of the year.  Needless to say, Lizze is miserable and the boys are excited.  If you don't like the weather in Ohio, wait 5 minutes.

So last night, Elliott sat in bed and began drawing.  When I asked him what he was doing, Elliott explained that he was designing his new room.  You may remember that we are going to move Elliott and Emmett into Gavin's room because it's bigger and Gavin into Elliott's room because it's smaller. Anyway, went to great lengths to lay things out in a way that allows for his love of Super Mario and Emmett's love of Spiderman. If you look closely, you can even see that he mapped out the electrical floor plan as well. He drew dotted lines to connect the light switch to the light etc. That's pretty darn impressive is you ask me. Our goal is to make the switch by Christmas. However, we still need…

Dear President Obama, I have a suggestion for you.  Instead of spending millions of dollars on your angulation celebration, after spending $1 billion on your campaign, why not do something for the people. I challenge you to go simple on your celebration. We all know you were reelected, do we really need to waste all that money on a party to celebrate that. Your job is to lead our country.  Like any good leader, shouldn't you lead by example? I'm a special needs parent to 3 boys on the #Autism spectrum and trust me when I say that life in not easy for families like mine.  Honestly, I think life is rough for much of the country.  Don't you feel guilty about considering such a lavish celebration for yourself? I…

I wanted to share one of my recent parenting mistakes in hopes that you can learn from my bad example.  It's no secret that I have a soft spot for Elliott.  I have a unique bond with him because not only is he my first born but he almost didn't make it.  He had a really rough start to life and Lizze and I were told to prepare for the worst by the doctors in the NICU. That kind of situation forges a unique bond. With that said, Elliott has been going through a really rough time emotionally and now physically with his new tree nut allergy.  Essentially, he's an emotional wreck and it's breaking my heart.  As Dr. Patti likes to correctly point out, I'm a fixer. When I…

Elliott has been invited to his first birthday party. One of his classmates is celebrating their birthday tomorrow and Elliott will be in attendance.  This is a milestone in his life and I'm thrilled to death that he gets to have this experience.  Is it inappropriate for one of us to stay with him? I mean, who drops their child off at a strangers house and leaves? We don't known these people yet and so that makes them strangers, right? What would you do?

I'm the worst parent ever. I forgot that we needed cereal and so the kids don't have any cereal for breakfast this morning.  To further solidify my above statement about being the worst parent ever, the boys are having pumpkin pie for breakfast. Please help me not to feel so bad. Have you ever had a morning like this? Have you kids ever had something unusual for breakfast?

Elliott dislikes brushing his teeth.  He does better since using the Sonicare toothbrush but he doesn't like to brush for the full two minutes.  Last night, Elliott brushed his teeth for the full two minutes and was still brushing when the toothbrush turned itself off.  Heck yeah Elliott.  He says he wants to brush four whole minutes in the morning.  :-)