OMG are my kids overstimulated from Thanksgiving. They are each driving me crazy in their own unique way.  :-) Emmett has screaming for most of the day,  Elliott has been whining and Gavin has been in a really bad mood.  Lizze has still not found relief from her migraine and so she is absolutely miserable. I think we will be getting Elliott or Emmett over to her parents for the night...hopefully. Lizze and I have decided that based on their reactions to a very low key Thanksgiving,  we are going to seriously reevaluate our Christmas plans for this year. While we may still visit immediate family,  we will limit our time away from home.  The boys simply are not coping well with the whole get together thing.  I hate doing…

Thursday morning about 12:30am, I woke up because Maggie was barking. I took her outside and found that police were scouring the area for someone who had gotten away or something. I don't know what this person had done, but whatever it was, they definitely wanted him. The police were walking around my house with their guns drawn and the little flashlights (on the guns) turned on, as they searched for the person they said was hiding out in either my or my neighbors yard. What a great way to welcome Thanksgiving morning. Sigh..   [youtube width="720" height="480"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJftVZ_jd5U[/youtube]

I realize this is a very touchy subject but I think it's one we should be able to talk about.  For the past few years,  we have been dealing with sexually aggressive behavior,  from our oldest.  Things like groping,  fondling and what we dubbed as creepy kissing have all been an ongoing issue. Last summer,  the behavior just stopped and we were very,  very grateful.  We haven't had any problems at all in over a year...that is..until recently.  We are beginning to experience these problems again.  I don't really know what to do about this behavior at this point.  However,  I do know that I need to protect the younger boys,  as they appear to be the main target. We had an incident yesterday and again today.  Elliott came to…

Here are some random shots from the Lost and Tired family Thanksgiving.  Thought I would share them.   :-)

The Lost and Tired family would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday weekend.  We love all of you and wish you the very best. We are thankful for all of your love and support.  :-)

I’m so completely excited to be able to offer this giveaway today. This is my biggest giveaway yet and can’t wait to get this started. This is not an Android4Autism device. I have not customized this with an Android4Autism ROM. This is a BRAND NEW 32GB Motorola XOOM android tablet. This XOOM is WiFi and Verizon Wireless 4G LTE ready, however, this device does not require any activation in order to use.

This device features a 1Ghz dual core Tegra 2 processor, a 5MP rear facing camera (records 720p video), 2MP front facing camera (for use with programs like Skype), 32GB built in memory and micro SD card slot (supporting up to 32GB cards). This tablet is amazing and the Android Market is loaded with educational apps that are perfect for kids with Autism. This device is running Android v3.2.2 (Honeycomb) and allows for complete customization (something you will not find on any iPad).

Motorola is stepping up to the plate and helping to provide families touched by Autism with an Android Tablet to aide in communication or education. They contacted me out of nowhere and asked if I would like one for my family and wanted to provide another one so I could give it away on my blog. How awesome is that? It’s really cool to see large companies like this, stepping up and helping those with Autism.

This is their top tier model and I’m so thrilled to be able to do this.

My kids love this tablet, especially Emmett (who has taken it over). The 10.1″ screen is bright and colorful and sports a resolution of 1280×800 (720p).

THANK YOU Motorola, I’m in your debt 🙂

Now for the giveaway.

This giveaway will begin 12:01am 11/24/2001 and end on 12/08/2011 at 12:01am. This is for the continental US residents only. Sorry but this is a localized device and I can’t ship outside of the US.

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Gavin has been having trouble today. For starters he has fallen several times already this afternoon. The first time was when he went to sit on the couch and completely missed. One of the last times he fell was going up the stairs. I really feel like I need to protect him from himself anymore. He also want inappropriately affectionate with Elliott this afternoon, causing Elliott to feel "creeped out", and his words, the not mine. We have dealt with sexual aggressiveness in the past with Gavin. I'm really hoping we aren't going back there. I want to think that Gavin wasn't doing this again and maybe he didn't mean anything by it. However, Elliott was very uncomfortable and ran downstairs to get me. We will reinstate the Gavin can't…

This post is done for sole purpose of me venting.  By sharing some of what I'm going to share with you,  I want to be very clear that I'm venting and not asking for anything.  Today has been a really,  really rough day.  Lizze is really in a tremendous amount of pain right now and there is no relief in sight.She can't even eat without getting sick and that greatly concerns me.  We were still using my parents car today cause the van is still in the shop. Actually.....while we're on the subject of the van,  let's talk about that for a second. I called Waterloo Transmission because I hadn't heard anything back from them.  Turns out they have been trying to call but due to the freaking awesome (total…