Family Archive

Hair Cut!

Today, I finally took Jude to the barbers for a well needed hair cut. He has incredibly thick hair which grows outwards if left uncontrolled and we had got to the point where he was …

Autism and change

My mum attempted a brave thing today. She called me up at lunchtime and said she wanted to move the furniture in Jude’s room around and put some posters on the wall; despite knowing Jude …

Jude’s diet

Jude loves to eat. He could quite easily eat from the second he wakes up to the moment he falls asleep.                   I regularly get asked about Jude’s …

First Words

So you all know I love Jude, right? Well, I have a pretty bad confession to make…I can’t remember what his first words were. Obviously mumma and dadda ranked pretty highly but apart from that, I don’t …

Failings and dwellings

I’ve had too much time to think and dwell on things today. Working from home means that: a) I concoct some fantastic plans in my head that are highly unachievable but limitlessly dream-like. b) I …

Linked post

You’ve all read most of this content before but I wrote an article at that weekend that combined a few of my posts for this lovely lady Mandi and today, she published it on her blog site! …

Rollercoaster

Not the fun, theme park style rollercoasters, I meant the type that seems to control my emotions, the type that floods my heart with love for Jude because he has been an absolute joy for …

Paper, paper everywhere…

With my new organised head on, I decided today to sort the mountains of paperwork that are hidden in every orifice of this house. I have no idea why I started this ridiculous task, can …

Schooooolll and the Motivational Start

My prayers have been answered and the 5th September has finally been gifted to us. Hoorraahhh!!     This weekend, I was inspired by all the smug posts on Facebook about preparing uniforms in advance …

Jude – Summer holiday summary

So, a week today and Jude will be back at school. Halle-bloomin-lujah!!!! Honestly, this boy is so ready to go back to school now. He literally wanders around going through his little routines, he can’t …