I wanted to share this little present that Elliott created while at school.  This was created for both Lizze and myself. He's so proud of it and was extremely excited to give it to us.  It's a 3 leaf clover and he wrote Mon and Dad inside of it.  I feel so lucky that not only do we have Elliott in our life but also that he thinks so highly of us.  :-)

My article for this week has been published over at the Childswork blog. The topic is on how having a special needs child can affect other siblings. I would love to hear your thoughts on this over in the comments at Childswork. Please remember to share, like and comment. It really does help and I would really appreciate it. See you over there. :-)   The Sibling Factor

I know that letting your little boy play with dolls or a doll house can be sorta tabu in some circles.  Truthfully, when I first became a father and this issue arose, I was sorta closed minded about it.  However, having grown in experience and realizing that there's nothing wrong with my son playing with dolls, I have actually found that it can be a really positive thing.  While at Dr.  Patti's office,  Emmett wanted to play with the dolls and giant doll house.  I was more than happy to play with him.  Maybe some of you out there are like,  OMG why would you let your son play with girls toys, you're just going to confuse him. I think that's a very outdated way of thinking.  Emmett's not confused…

You all know that I'm very transparent about our lives, including the struggles and joys that we face as a special needs family. What I'm about the share with you will be no different. When I went into this meeting today, I was already pretty upset. Truthfully, I was on the warpath. I'm so used to people not understanding that I was already assuming that the person in question at the school would be the same way. However, despite my rather heated beginning to the conversation, she never lost her cool and maintained a spirit of cooperation. Basically, once I had purged a little bit and I was fine. I felt really bad but I was in a much better place.   I still don't agree with how this was handled but…

I've mentioned before that my little sister had moved out to the East Hamptons to work as a physical therapist for the rich and famous. He just moved back home because she missed the family too much and couldn't stand to be away. This morning, Lizze and my sister Kate, reunited after quite some time.  Lizze and Kate are pretty close and she was greatly missed while she was gone.  Lizze was so happy, she was crying and I caught the moment.  It was so nice to see Lizze crying tears of happiness for once.  :-)

We are meeting with the school this morning. Although, they don't know it yet. Gavin is going to tell them the truth about what he was doing to his classmate. I'll let you know how it goes. The school has always been great and I don't expect anything to be different this time.

I wanted to share some of what I experienced today.  Wednesday had its ups and downs and for this post, I'm sharing the ups. Today was extremely busy, filled will places to be, phone calls to make and things to do.  I managed to snap a few pictures and capture some of the memorable moments. These memories include standing get inside of a giant expandable ball and snuggling with Bella while eating some chicken nuggets for lunch. Others include enjoying a milkshake while watching get an Elmo movie,  playing corn hole squeezing in for a group picture and last but not least,  Emmett's stinky feet.  :-) Right now,  I'm choosing to focus on all the things that I really enjoyed about today.  I can always worry about the rest of…