Autism As A Whole

Wow, It is Monday again, I still feel sick and yucky, my head is pounding, I am waiting for fed ex so I cant lay down and here I am blogging. Whew, sorry about the run on sentence but that is just how my life feels right now. I feel like it never slows down!! Well, I took some pictures the other night and wanted to share them so here we go. I am a hop along cassidy!! LOL...

Welcome to Thursday’s Special Needs Blog Hop. This is our last blog hop of the year as we are taking the next two weeks off.  Tammy From Autism Learning Felt and Stacie from Super Mommy To The Rescue host this blog hop.   They created this Blog Hop for Special Needs Bloggers to get together and support each other.   Please make sure that you are linking your post directly to the blog hop.

• A winter coat. cause I have not had a new one in like three years. I find myself bundling in layers throughout the winter.
• A van cause my car has broken and does not run. It would be better to have a van anyways cause then I could separate my children so they don't kill each other.

I am finding this really hard. I am hitting a road block here. Wait got another idea.

• It would be great to have a canon 28-90 mm lens for my canon eos camera as mine broke due to how much use it had. *Umm... yeah, I have an obsession. LOL
• An external flash for my camera
• A family gathering where everyone showed the same acceptance to each of my children and actually tried to interact with my son.
• To have one whole day without a meltdown over something that seems so trivial to me. LOL... that is a joke right?
• Almost forgot this one...... 2 boxes of hair dye... My hair is going white and I cannot figure out why. 

Okay... I think that is all as it was hard enough to think of that. I almost have a headache from thinking about what Mommy wants. I truly hope that when Christmas morning comes, I have a house of ecstatic children and I can enjoy the sentiment and excitement of the day. My son told me this morning that he wants a new orange bear for Christmas and guess what. I already found an identical bear for him. My daughter said she wants me to have a good day with them. My sister said I should go out and get myself something for Christmas but I just cannot justify spending money on myself. 


Well, I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and even though the kiddos will be waking us up at six in the morning when we were up until 4 am wrapping presents but try to welcome it and enjoy the laughter and joy that they have. Take a moment to enjoy your family without worrying about all the trivial stuff. I make it a point to put breakfast items in the stocking so that I am not trying to stress over breakfast and stuff. Have a wonderful holiday!!!!  Now it is your turn.... Think about it, What do you want for christmas? I can't wait to hear from you. Join the hop.

This morning I sat with my oldest daughter and spent some quality time with her. It was really nice to get time to do something together that we both enjoy. She has decided to start a blog, The Life About Me.... :)and I want to encourage her to write and journal. This is a way for her to express herself as well as a way for other families like mine to experience her views of living in a household with Autism. I am not sure when or if she will touch on that but I am sure at one point she will open up to expressing her point of view on the matter. For today, She has decided to join the blog hop Macro Monday. I hope you enjoy her entry as well as mine.

My medicine to help the cough and make this cold go away!!

Scented oil sticks

Santa

Macro Monday Blog Hop -
This one is right up my alley as I love taking pictures.
Feel free to join me!!! Hop along

Be sure to visit The Life About Me.... :) and leave a comment for her.


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In the world of motherhood, I find that it isn't too often you get to slow down and really be in the moment. A moment happens and before you even get to fully process it another moment is happening. It is kind of like running on a treadmill. You run and run and run and time goes by but when you are done you haven't really gotten to far. Still in the same place but many happenings later. I carry my camera everywhere and I have many shots of my children. I have pictures of them extremely excited, sad, mad, hurt, being brats... LOL... you get the point.

Some look at me and ask why? Why do you take a moment to snap a picture during these times. Well, I want to share a little insight into this. While I can state that my son got his knee stuck in a tree when he was climbing. Can you picture that? It made him very upset, and while we were waiting for help, I snapped a picture. Can you feel his emotions at the time? Thirty years from now I can look at that picture and remember the situation and feel the same feeling that were evoked that day.


Image by Frozen in Time Photographers via Flickr

Or, for instance when my daughter had surgery on her tonsils and adenoids. Can I successfully pull off explaining the look on her face and how she went into the OR with Pee Pas thumb-print on her Mickey so that he would be with her when I could not? I don't think I could throughly describe the emotions in the room or the way she looked at me as they were rolling her away.






Come on, I could tell you that I make some pretty neat cakes for my kids birthdays, but you don't have a visual, right. Is this better?  My son and daughter are Irish twins and because I am insane and still chose(notice the past tense), to provide them each with a special cake, I would end up with two extravagant cakes to make and always finishing them while the party was started. This was the last year I did 2 cakes for their birthday. Now, I buy one and make the other. At least until I can find a willing volunteer to help make them. Any takers???


How about the look on your daughter's face when she bites into the juicy strawberry that she picked herself?




Your son's emotional breakdown when you tell him that his tree toad can not come in the house. LOL Yes he cried for like an hour. He really loved that toad and he still talks about him today.





This is a great photo that I really love. This is my son "riding" his trike with his treasured pillowcase in the back. He wasn't pedaling cause he didn't know how yet but it was a great photo to be treasured forever.

Straight Out of Camera Sunday

Fell across this and thought it was neat.
Here is my SOOC shot.
This is my two boys for Halloween.
I just put my copyright on it.

This is a really cool blog called Macro Friday. It is hosted by Blogging From Bolivia . I really like doing macro shots so I thought this would be pretty cool. She has some really nice photographs so you should take a look at her site. Ya know ya could join me in my blog hopping. Hey think of it as virtual exercise !! LOL