Today,  Elliott and I spent some quality time together. I have been trying to improve our yard and make it more pleasant for the boys. We have a lot of dead sports in the yard so Elliott and I planted grass seed and it's finally taking off. We had a large area of naked dirt and Elliott planted someone grass seed and then we watered it together. While we were doing this,  we reviewed plant information,  including how and why it grows. When we were done,  we blew bubbles for awhile and watched Bella chase them all over the yard. Good times :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

Today's Victory is brought to you by Downtown Ford. I usually stick to awarding these to my kids but in this case,  Downtown Ford deserves the spotlight.  They have taken care of almost all our problems with our new van.  We have to go back for one minor thing but it's not a big deal. Chad in service was very friendly, professional and patient.  I just wanted to publically thank them for all their help.  We were without a car after the van was stolen and they helped us replace it. When the van had problems after the sale,  they stepped up and took care of it. Thank you.  It's so nice to see our van when I look out the window :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost…

I wanted to just sorta put this out there. It may stupid but it's kinda fun and if feels good at the same time. I'm always joking about how I'm gonna end up in the Looney Bin. While I'm totally,  well,  mostly,  joking around,  it does feel like that sometimes. I recently began using Foursquare to kinda track everywhere we have been.  I was having a really bad day a few weeks ago and I decided to look for my new happy place.  Long story short,  I never found it.  However,  I did find something good else that works. I added a place called Lost and Tired's Looney Bin to the Foursquare database. Now,  whenever I get really frustrated,  I simply check myself in. You know what,  it sorta actually…

Today's Victory is brought to you by Mr.  Emmett John. As many of already know,  Emmett is an extremely eater. We really have a hard time feeding him. There are a great many textures that get in the way of him eating more fruits and vegetables. Today however,  he requested a banana. I gave him one and he actually ate.  He ate a friggin banana.  This is amazing because he never eats things like this. Way to go Emmett,  we have plenty of bananas,  eat all you want my little monkey.  :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

Let me start this one off by saying that I fully realize this is a sensitive subject.  While it may be difficult to talk about,  it's a very important topic.  As our kids get older,  they will become more aware of these things.  I'm not saying that they will understand,  but they will likely become more aware. How do you help guide them through this difficult time?  How do you address sexually inappropriate behavior,  if and when it presents itself? Is this time more difficult for boys or girls? **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

I'm pretty excited because I just got the call that our van is ready to go. New torque converter,  new remote start and a bit of body work. While the van they loaned us was nice,  it wasn't ours and when you do have a lot of material things,  it really nice to drive your own car.  As much as I hate making a car payment,  it's a really nice van and we were very lucky to get financed.  The stars aligned that day and while we are paying for it, I'm really grateful that it worked out as well as it did.  Thank you Downtown Ford for getting us back on the road,  just in time for our return to the Cleveland Clinic next week. **Thanks for reading**  …

We had an incident that occurred yesterday between Emmett and Gavin that not only has us concerned but also creeped out. This is actually a bit uncomfortable to talk about but in the interest of honesty and me not losing my mind, I'm going to just put this out there.  First of all,  I wasn't present at the time.  I was picking up Elliott from school,  so Lizze was the lucky one stuck dealing with this until I got home. Basically,  Emmett had run over to Gavin and put is face in Gavin's crotch. Gavin apparently enjoyed the interaction because he encouraged Emmett to continue the game. Emmett got a kick out of Gavin's reaction and so he continued. It turned into Emmett kissing Gavin's crotch. When Lizze walked out…

This is a pretty heavy post.  I'm really in a bad place at the moment and I need to vent.  Please be advised that this post is meant as a purge valve of sorts for me and nothing else. Lizze is basically incapacitated.  It's not her fault but it's really making things challenging. Emmett is completely out of control and nothing seems to be helping him to relax. Gavin, well,  I'm not even going to touch on that right now.  I have whole other posts underway on that topic. I'm a patient guy but even I have my limits.  I'm so tired of the chaos and the screaming. I'm tired of all the drama that surrounds everything in our house. I'm even more tired of all the bullshit that goes…