Meetings, appointments, therapies and treatments

sharing our love with A.J.
the moment we were blessed to have him permanently in our lives.

At the start of every year we have the tedious task of gathering together the long list of services and supports A.J. accesses throughout the year and begin organising new referrals, updated reports, to then arrange new appointments and meetings for the resources that are working and still required, or if we need new direction and assistance to then begin researching for what is required and available.

Once we have correlated everything together and happy with what is needed, we then begin the task of fitting everything in with the family schedule.

Finding easy ways to survive and enjoy homework sessions...

a well set out study area
makes it more encouraging 

Every family that has faced their child's journey through education, stepping onto the homework path, will admit that it is not the most exciting part of the learning experience.

So with only a few days left before the beginning of yet another school year, I thought we could look at the lighter side of coping with the dreaded Homework task.

All too often our children come home tired and grizzly wanting little to do with what they had just faced at school all day, opting to head outdoors or chill-out in their own manner.

Add to that the stress sometimes faced with our special needs kids having different forms of learning difficulties, sensory sensitivities, etc, and it can become a recipe for disaster.

Give Me a Simple Life

simplicity - serenity 

The past few days has found me with very mixed emotions for no apparent reason, and the draining feeling had me struggling to get motivated, so I went with the flow and just chilled doing minimal tidying and cleaning as I wandered around the house like a lost lamb.

I really don't know where my emotions are at, as though I could easily burst into tears for no reason, with my head in a fog, struggling to get my thoughts together, with everything I say and do seeming to go wrong.

some days are just better fast-forwarding.....

Today has been one of those days that we would rather fast forward and then say I'm glad that's over......

Sometimes I wonder how things can become so crappy.

Facing a day of one bad thing after another I ask "Did I do something wrong?" ...surely not!

I woke today in such a bubbly mood hopeful of all the things I could achieve and more.

With A.J. in his holiday mode I had allowed him the pleasure of sleeping in, which was also a benefit for me, being able to enjoy the silence and calm.

Appreciating the Good things in Life.

acknowledging the facebook page FATMUMSLIM for the picture

While scrolling through my Facebook news-feed I came across a post from my Niece with a pic showing an appropriate challenge that I just couldn't refuse to join in with it on my personal page. This was the pic connected with it.....

As this had shown up on 3rd of January I had a few pictures to post and catch up to date.

-1st photo...  black and white...I posted of course our cute little furbaby Laura

-2nd... What i did today...  was one I took on that day of A.J. blurred out as I had tried to sneak a pic of him in bed playing his PlayStation, although he wasn't in the pic-taking-mood so he jumped out to the other side of his bed, thus the result 

-3rd... Water...  the inside of my washing machine that although did not contain water at that moment, still requires water to activate.

This left me the rest of the month to create some life altering memories, or at least the reality of our life that is. 

New Beginnings

Xmas morning with A.J. and Laura 

2015 is at an end, and 2016 is preparing to begin.

Our Christmas and New Year celebrations have begun to subside and we find ourselves happily in chill-out mode taking a well deserved break to breath in the true holiday mode.

Taking advantage of the harmony I try to set out my sewing items in the hopes of gaining some creativity as I see both my men headed to their peaceful zones and technology, with Sony PlayStation games.

Our little fur-baby Laura has also settled in well, although still feels that we are at her disposal to entertain her every waking minute.

Unfortunately A.J. has had such an overload of input and sensory stimulation during the past few weeks that the result has been a 'crash and burn' meltdown mode and nothing we do seems to help him.