Lizze is back in bed and Emmett and I are on the couch watching Animal Mechanicals on Netflix. For the record, I hate this show, as do his brothers.  I pretend to like it because that way Emmett has someone to watch it with.  He just had his Benadryl and with any luck, he'll fall asleep and take a nap.  Emmett and Elliott take Benadryl for their allergies.  We don't sedate our kids with Benadryl but the side effect does sometimes work to our advantage.  I need Emmett to take a nap in the worst way imaginable. I'm so completely exhausted and I desperately need to go to sleep but until Emmett takes his nap, I need to stay awake. Please send your caffinated thoughts in my directions... This site…

Last night or rather, early this morning, Emmett climbed into our bed because he was freezing. I mean, he was literally shaking uncontrollably. The moment I touched him, I knew what was going on because he was burning up.

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I feel very strongly that Autism does not equal a free pass for my kids. When my kids do something wrong, it's my belief that they should be held accountable for actions. 

That being said, this does give me hope that maybe Gavin's future is a little brighter than I sometimes think. As a father, it's so nice to see my kids helping each other. It really was an amazing thing to witness. :-)

I give my family, absolutely everything I have but I know that they need so much more than I'm currently capable of. I feel like if I was a stronger person, maybe I could give them a little more.

There was a lot that happened today and I thought I would do something different and share everything that occurred in a collage of picture.

In my non-educator but highly educated opinion, I would think that what he does or doesn't do on his homework would be a good indicator of where he is in the classroom.