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• Getting Rid of Stuff

  

  Drowning in toys!We’re working on simplifying our lives.  To outsiders, our lives are already pretty simple.  We don’t own much of the big ticket stuff many... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Skip It and Move on

  

  Although I’ve dropped out of the bloggy world for a while, I want to let you know I still think of the stories you share.  A while ago Lazy Hippie Mama wrote... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Salute to SAHDad

  You may know that Hubby has been SAHDad for this past year, bravely manning the helm and dodging spit up and dirty diapers, while I work fulltime out of the... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Saying No

  

  No!(But he’s so cute when he says it)Toddlers are the masters of the Art of No.  Little ego-centric balls of cuteness, they yell No across the room at the threa... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Special Needs Parenting Advice: Take the Pancakes

  

  Even when you’re trying to relax, life can be pretty busy.Some people have accused me of being overly independent and goal focused.  I like to say I get stuff... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Week of Hell

  

  From Twitter:Today’s accomplishments: laundry groceries. I’m exhausted. And I didn’t even do them :SWe’re at the end of a week/month/extended period of... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Halfpastnormal: Welcome Back

  

  We’re back.  And we’re blogging.I dropped out of the bloggy world for a while to deal with the very real stuff of life, and I missed you all.  So much has... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Stomach Flu

  I am writing this post, live, from the House of Vomit.  You got it, we’ve had a visit from the Stomach Flu fairy.Of course, this visit occurred after Hubby did... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• How to Deal with a Diagnosis, in Three Easy Steps

  :Step 1 PanicStep 2 Realize the world is not coming to an end and start to find out more about the diagnosis. What does it really mean? Read, talk to people,... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• How to Survive a Haircut SPD-style

  

  Before haircut.SPD – Sensory Processing Disorder – means the world is too bright, too loud and too prickly, except when it’s not. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Not on Target

  In Canada consumers have been anxiously awaiting the opening of Target, a chain store well known in the USA.Our family visited one of these newly opened stores... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• My Post from On The Book Pile: A Room of One’s Own

  This post is from over On The Book Pile, the place I talk about reading and writing. I also have some works in progress password protected over there too, if... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• In Praise of the OTs in Our Lives

  Two kids with special needs in one family means we have a lot of therapists in our lives. Speech. Physio. Behaviour. The list goes on because we have at least... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Sleep, Part 2

  The other day I crawled home from work, exhausted with a bad cold.  We made it through a dinner of frozen lasagne (which only required me to get off the sofa... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Sleep

  

  I think it’s telling that I have an entire blog category devoted to sleep. Sleep. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the chronically sleep deprived. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• In Our Own Time Zone

  

  About a week ago we set our clocks forward (or was it backward?) for Daylight Saving Time. We still haven’t figured it out. I think now most of our locks are se... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Phone Call

  

  Build it and they will come. True DIY.6:00 am the phone rings.  I roll over in bed, it must be my sister.  She’s the only one who’d call me this early. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Story Time

  

  Five year old Mr. Sensitive is a very bright and very worried child. He also has Sensory Processing Disorder, meaning his world is too bright, too loud, and... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• March Break Part One

  

  With one whole week off of school, our family is hitting the road and out on different day trips. So far we’ve watched maple syrup being made and learned about... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Book Review: Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew

  

  By Ellen NotbohmNotbohm’s refreshing stance on autism spectrum disorder is apparent in even in her dedication – to her sons ‘who are doing a good job of... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, PARENTING