Laughing and happy

I don’t want you all to think I’m a completely miserable whinge bag who does nothing but complain about life so here are a few pictures of Jude this morning before school. Weirdly for this time of …

Sensory melt downs

Yesterday, Jude went back to school after what felt like the world’s longest ever school holiday. Honestly, I can barely remember last term, it feels like a lifetime ago plus I think my brain has burnt …

Linked post – Fame and Autism

    Hannah from Hi Baby asked me to write a guest post so I chose to write about autism and fame – have a look at it HERE if you fancy a read. Her blog is fantastic, …

A new Weirdie

Today, Elsa had a play date with a friend who lives quite far away and because she finds us all so embarrassing, we weren’t allowed to stay and had to make ourselves disappear for a couple of …

Day of Peace

It’s taken me a day or so to write this as I’m still in shock as to what happened. The day after Jude was possibly at the worst I’ve seen him in a long time…he …

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas…

     Inspired by an autism related Twelfth Day of Christmas poem that I saw on Instagram today written by the Autism Society San Diego, I thought I would write one about Jude. Feel free …

Weekend – did you have a good one?

      We all know Jude’s behaviour can be, at best random and at worst, atrocious but this weekend he has surprised me. Friday night was awful and I wasn’t sure how to cope …

Our Girls

So our afternoon was pretty good but when Jude came home he was rather quiet and a bit “weird” but I couldn’t quite put my finger on the problem. Anyway, he didn’t eat his dinner and …

Baby names – what are your thoughts?

Baby names!   I love talking about names, how people choose them, what they mean, etc. so I thought we could have a little discussion on how you chose your children’s names. It’s such a …

The potentially factious topic of boarding

    It’s funny how your views change as you (and your children) get older; individual wants and needs differ with progress and time so you inevitably find yourself contemplating scenarios you once never thought optional.   Today has …