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For the first time in quite some time,  Elliott snuggled with me and fell asleep on my chest.  This reminds me of when he was a baby.  I used to rock my little Elliott Richard and he'd fall asleep on my chest.  I really miss those days. As he gets older and older, these moment are few and farther between.  Thankfully, I got one of those moments today.  :-)

Do you ever find yourself without any energy? Lately, I don't have the energy to do much of anything. One of the downsides to Gavin moving out is that fact that Lizze's parents have their hands full with him and son the other boys never go anywhere and we no longer get a break. This past week has caught up with me and I'm running in fumes. Lizze has been pushing herself all day long, despite my many requests for her to rest. She has gone through most of the laundry and trust me, that was a chore. However, now she's obliterated and literally cannot move.  She's passed out on the couch from both pain and exhaustion. When she gets like this and does this much work, she's usually down…

Emmett's been into eating fruit for the last day or so. He goes through the phases where all he wants is fruit or all he wants is junk food. Today happens to be a fruit day.  As you can see, Emmett is quite happy with with his apple and orange this morning.  I'm not going to complain.  Does fruit make your kids in the #Autism spectrum smile?

Elliott is in a reading contest at school.  The challenge is for him to read for 20 minutes a night.  The classroom with the most hours, wins a pizza party.  At least that's my understanding. With all the recent Gavin drama, we have gotten a bit behind on the reading.  However, Elliott has been reading almost every night and is actually reading by himself.  One of the reasons I got him the guide to his New Super Mario Bros 2 game is because I wanted him to make his passion for video games, advance his education.  He's working very hard to read this guide in order to advance in the game. He's honing his reading skills without even realizing it. Tonight he fell asleep surrounded in his favorite books.  This…