This is one of those conversations I never expected to have with any of my kids.  It went as follows: Elliott: Daddy,  where is the hand sanitizer? Me: It's in the kitchen Elliott,  are you okay? Elliott: No,  actually I'm not. Me: Elliott,  what's wrong? Elliott: When I was picking Bella up,  I accidentally touched her penis. Me: Umm.  Elliott,  Bella doesn't have a penis. Elliott: Well,  what is that pointy thing? Me: That is called a vagina.  Realizing where this conversation was going I channeled my inner Kindergarten Cop and said Boys have a penis and girls have a vagina. I think I'm going to go hide now. That is enough of that kind of talk for one day,  or really a lifetime.  :-) **Thanks for reading**    …

Today's Victory is brought to you again by my tiniest little minion, Mr. Emmett John. He just keeps racking these awards up lately.  :-) I don't know if this really needs any explanation,  especially for my egulr readers that are familiar with Emmett's story.  For those newer,  this is a pretty big deal because he's walking outside barefoot.  This is the same kid,  that up until he got his puppy Bella,  wouldn't get his shoes wet or dirty.  He still struggles with this but he's making amazing progress. Awesome job my little man.  Daddy is soooooo extremely proud of you:-) Also he's posing as Spiderman in one of the pictures as well. Oh...and he's actually wearing clothes :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our…

Today has been the day from hell.  After I get Elliott and Gavin in bed,  I'm shutting things down early tonight. I hope you all have a pleasant evening.  I'll see you all tomorrow morning,  bright and early. :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Community Autism Support Forum Posted from WordPress for Android

This has been the longest weekend I can remember in quite some time. No one is listening and Gavin is really struggling. I'm hoping to avoid losing my mind so my amazing wife is encouraging me to go donate a few more miles to #Fit4Autism.  So I think that's what I'm going to do. I missed the past 2 days so I need to make up for that anyway. My goal will be to do 5.20 miles this afternoon.  I'm gonna walk with my parents and they are picking me up since we are still stuck with a flat tire. This will definitely be one of those times that I really have to focus on why I'm doing this,  because I really don't feel like working out today.  I'm gonna…

One of the things I treasure most about Emmett is his new found imagination.  For the longest time, he didn't seem to have one.  Lately though,  he has been building creative things out of Lego's and doing pretend or imaginary play as well. This is so good to see him do this.  I wanted to share what he was doing this afternoon.  Emmett put on a pair of Spiderman pajamas and ran around the house saving the day.  He was shooting his imaginary web's at the imaginary bad guys. This is a very easant turn of events on a day that has not been going well. **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Community Autism Support Forum Posted from WordPress for Android

I just have to say how much I love my kids. I would die for anyone of them in a heartbeat.  Having made that clear, they are driving me absolutely crazy. They are literally bouncing off the walls.  Emmett is so miserable from the fever flare and he is being rather aggressive toward his brothers. He's also extremely overstimulated from being around them all week long. Elliott is experiencing a great deal of anxiety and hyperactivity as of late and aside from gluing his feet to the floor,  there is nothing that will slow him down. I don't even know where to begin with Gavin. The creep factor is once again making itself known.  We have had to restrict his ability to play with his brothers unsupervised.  He's also mimicking…