Practicing for the big day (a first!)

Every year, as Bitty's birthday gets closer, we start talking about it but he has always remained oblivious to the whole concept. Last year's birthday marked the first time he showed an interest in opening his presents (once he realized there were trains inside of some of them!) :).Recently, we started making comments about his upcoming birthday, expecting the usual non-reaction,...

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Wordless Wednesday

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Snow day, February edition

Some pictures of last weekend's snow.Day 1: the snowstormTaken with my phone from work:Meanwhile, the boys were having a great time playing in the snow at home:Bitty tried to catch snowflakes on his tongue :)Even the cat wanted in on the action:Day 2: sunshine and snowThe next day, Cuddlebug and Bearhug were back outside for more snow fun.If you enjoyed this post, get free updates...

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"Autistic football player an inspiration to many"

Came across this last night, what a great story!Here's an excerpt (full story is here).Kyle Weafer had never played football before, but that wasn't the only obstacle to his goal of making the varsity team his senior year.Shoes. They were the biggest hurdle.Diagnosed with autism near age 3, Kyle has obsessions that define his world, and many of them posed a problem for playing football.But Kyle's commitment was stronger than his compulsions. He has so inspired his teammates and classmates at Blue...

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Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day art by Little BittyCuddlebug: "Valentine's Day is my least favorite holiday."Me: "Why?"CB: "Because I'm allergic to LOVE!"Me: "Well, I hope you're not allergic to MY love." :)CB: "No, just the kids at school. I'm not allergic to my family's love."Me: "Oh, ok."lol, glad we cleared that up.Happy Valentine's Day everyone!If you enjoyed this post, get free updates...

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SOOC Saturday: Snow - again?!

And this time it was the real deal, a good 3+ inches, not just a light dusting like last time. Fun :)As soon as I got home from work I ran outside with my camera (of course), it was already quickly getting dark when I took this.Dh took several of the boys playing in the snow before I got home, I'll post those soon :).There's yet more snow in the forecast for next week, but I'll...

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Anyone need their floors mopped?

Bitty is your man, as long as you don't mind puddles all over the floor. We have one of those Swiffer Wet-Jets that spray and then you mop. He LOVES the spray.He got the idea from one of his books (he likes to act out scenes from his books, not entire sequences but one little snippet repeated over and over and over). This time, it was a mopping scene.He grabbed the mop from...

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2nd amendment, 3rd grade style :)

This past week, Cuddlebug was studying for his social studies test, which was on our form of government and the very basics of the U.S. Constitution. I take issue with some of what is in his textbook but I make a point not to contradict it (at least until after the test, lol) because I know that would just confuse him and not help him on his test.But I couldn't help myself when...

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IEP's and other updates

It's been a crazy week. Crazy couple of weeks really... I think I've averaged about 4 hours of sleep a night. Finally got some rest last night but my brain is still fried, so here are some random updates:2 IEP's down, 1 to go... both Cuddlebug's and Bearhug's IEP's are done for the upcoming year. Not a whole lot of changes there. Bearhug's issues at school seem to have subsided...

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