I talked yesterday about how Emmett was really struggling yesterday, after returning from his Mom's house.  Quite honestly, so was I because my nights have been filled with bad dreams and so even when I'm presented with the opportunity to sleep, I can't. Anyway, one of the best ways to help my kids work through emotional or sensory overload, is physical activity.  It helps to ground them in a sensory manner, leading to an eventual reprieve in anxiety. I felt my best move would be to get them outside and moving around.  It was beautiful out and I figured I take them somewhere and we could walk around and explore. We ended up making our way to a path that the boys have never actually completed before and this time…

Today was pretty quiet until it wasn't.  Gavin talked my ear off for most of the morning and early afternoon (can you say manic) but it's just one of those things. I'm able to tune 90% of it out and I know that sounds terrible but a Dad's got to preserve a little sanity here and there. Gavin and I picked the boys up from school and headed to therapy. Emmett was bouncing off the walls and therapy was mostly crashing and bashing because that's what he needed.  Check out the pictures above. Gavin and Emmett both did great during their respective therapies.  Elliott did awesome as well because he was super patient and waited for his brothers to finish their therapies. After therapy is when things went bad. Emmett…

There are times when my kids are feeling very helpful and times that they want nothing to do with helping. I always try to encourage them when they're in the mood to be helpful. I feel as though it's an opportunity to help them learn something new and it helps to build skills that will help them become more independent...  ☺ I know that most of the time when I have little helpers, the job ends up taking more time but that time is well worth it, at least in my book.