Alright,  I have to be real honest here.  Gavin in is driving me insane. I have no idea what's going on with him anymore.  It could be outside of his control, in which case I feel even more guilty for not having more patience. The problem is that he's not listening....or at least not remembering. Several times now,  today alone, I have had to stop him from telling stories to Elliott.  I can't trust that they are going to be appropriate,  as typically they aren't. See last night's post about nightmares. How many times must I repeat myself to him?  I don't know if it's teenage issues in general or if he honestly doesn't remember the 6 conversations we have had about this in the past 24 hours.  He reacts…

I think in pretty darn frustrated with Gavin.  Gavin decided that it would be a good idea to tell Elliott some horror stories before they went to bed tonight.  These stories involved zombies,  decapitated people,  and a few other grossly inappropriate things. Elliott comes downstairs to let me know why Gavin was telling him.  I call for Gavin very calmly,  even though I'm actually pretty ticked off at this point.  The moment he hits the stairs it's an instant meltdown and drama ensues. I wanted to know why he would say these things to his little brother again.  I say again,  because this has been an issue before and it had to be dealt with then and clearly we're gonna have to do this again. Gavin goes to bed and…

I think in pretty darn frustrated with Gavin.  Gavin decided that it would be a good idea to tell Elliott some horror stories before they went to bed tonight.  These stories involved zombies,  decapitated people,  and a few other grossly inappropriate things. Elliott comes downstairs to let me know why Gavin was telling him.  I call for Gavin very calmly,  even though I'm actually pretty ticked off at this point.  The moment he hits the stairs it's an instant meltdown and drama ensues. I wanted to know why he would say these things to his little brother again.  I say again,  because this has been an issue before and it had to be dealt with then and clearly we're gonna have to do this again. Gavin goes to bed and…

I was making dinner and finishing up some dishes.  I had a pot of water boiling on the stove and had the box of pasta sitting on the table in the kitchen along side the jar of sauce. I turned around because I thought I had heard something.  Everything seemed fine so I finished up what I was doing. When the water was sufficiently boiling I went to add the pasta only to find it was missing. I went crazy (I know...hard to believe) looking for it.  I would have sworn that I had set it on the table but clearly I was mistaken...or was I? As I'm looking through the pantry trying to find the elusive box of pasta,  I heard something.  It was faint at first and then…

It's bad enough when I get the Honey-Do List but now kids are getting in on it too. This morning Elliott presents me with with my very own Daddy-Do List.  It's a list of supplies he needs me to get him at the store. Apparently,  he found a recipe for homemade popsicles in the back of one of his Blues Clues books.  According to Elliott he needs the following: 1)  popsicle sticks 2)  paper cups 3)  juice (which according to Elliott is optional because we already have juice) 4)  bananas I'm kinda torn here. I don't know whether to be impressed or just stressed because my 5 year old is now making lists of things I need to do... - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Samsungs…

It's Friday and that means we have survived yet another week.  I know that sounds really positive and in a way I suppose it is.  However,  you'd be surprised what you can live through ;-) This has been a trying week and I'm thoroughly exhausted from it.  Unfortunately,  there's no end in site.  Lizze woke up this morning and in so much pain that she's barely able to move.  Gavin's supposed to be at a birthday party in a couple of hours. I'm not sure how that is going to work out now. I want to make sure that Gavin gets to go,  as I feel it's important for him to take this next step in life. Lizze,  is sleeping right now and we are hoping she will feel better…

I have been toying around with this for awhile now. I have never actually released anything that I have recorded because I just wasn't sure it was something that I wanted to do. However, as of late, I'm having a harder time writing my thoughts down. This is one solution I'm looking into as a means of getting my thoughts out there. So anyway, I thought I try this out and see how this works. This is kind of a quick setup but if I continue this going forward I'll figure out a better setup. Today's topic is: school, IEP, ETR and where do you draw the line....   [powerpress]    

I have spoken on occasion,  that I have decided I need to make some changes,  re-prioritize if you will. I like to think that I can handle much more than I probably should. What happens is that because I'm stretched myself so thin,  I can't seem to get much done or at least done right.  I think that sometimes it's important to take the time to reevaluate things in my life and make sure that my focus is where it should be.  Does that make sense? When you are a special needs parent to 3 boys on the spectrum,  there's never a shortage of responsibility or things that need to get done. The problem is that distraction,  at least for me,  is inevitable. I'll start on something and get pulled…