If you’ve been following us for awhile, you know how much I love making fun lessons for Everett and Finn. This week I focused on anatomy. I brought over Everett’s friend Charlie so we could have a fun and educational playdate.We recently received “From Chewing to Pooing” and it inspired me to bring out …
“Fine. Everything’s fine.” I tell myself as I watch my house slowly be torn apart by the two tiny tornadoes I call my children. I sit there and look at the utter chaos and wonder if I leave it on the floor long enough if it will magically disappear. I have so many items on …
Has your child ever said something so hateful, that you immediately freeze and recoil in horror? For us, it was a little over a week ago. This sweet face you see here shouted at me: “I want you to die!” This evolved into “I want you to die and I’ll throw you out the car …
“Through the darkness, clickety clack….coming closer down the track…hold your breath so you can hear huffing, chuffing drawing near” Steam Train, Dream Train by Sherri Duskey Rinker is a favorite in this house. Actually, Sherri Duskey Rinker is one of our favorite authors. She has written books like the Good Night Good Night Construction …
15 years ago, I was the life of the party. I traveled on a whim, went out almost every night, and felt alive. My twenties were jam packed with adventure and excitement. I felt like I had embraced the world and it embraced me back. I met my future husband in 2008, right smack dab …
Today is the last day of Autism Awareness Month and I wanted to end with a bang. I want to talk about invisible disabilities. Autism is just a small slice in the invisible disability world, studies show that 96 percent of people who live with an illness live with an invisible one, and 73 percent …
We get a lot of questions about where we buy our rad outfits, especially for our advocacy items, so I figured today was a perfect day to showcase some of our favorites! As an added bonus, some of the shops will be having sales today and/or donating to Autism positive organizations throughout the month. Rockin …
This weeks highlighted K-Mart Play Tray Activity is a fun sensory activity that also has a fun science lesson!
I recently started a photo series called Motherhood Uncensored, and it’s all about raw and realistic postpartum bodies and how truly beautiful they are…. here is my inspiration: To the mothers who don’t like what they see in the mirror: I can’t say it enough. Your body is amazing. Amazing. Awe-inspiring. Perfect even in …
Yesterday I shared on my social media, a little slice of one of my harder days. The response from so many of you was so welcome, but of course, there were always the messages with unsolicited parenting advice, the majority of those whose children are neurotypical, if they even had children. While I appreciate …