My Typical Child "Super Savannah"

Incredible things are happening in our house tonight, Savannah my 12 year old, is teaching her brother, we home school but for some reason he responds really well to her teaching him.



School/Play room is messy but it works for us!!




Working TOGETHER!!  AWESOME!


Sometimes I think I forget what an important part of the plan she is that God has for life as a family.  Autism is a family centered disability; our "typical" kids/siblings are such an important piece of the puzzle.  She needs an outlet to express herself she does it through drawing, hanging with her friends, watching movies, we go places together just she & I.

This past Saturday we went to the mall UGH I DO NOT like going to the mall, but we really needed to do something together, so we went.  they were having "Chocolate Fantasy" at the mall we went to tickets were $18 that's about $18 over budget.  We were headed to the Food Court an a lady stopped and asked us if we were leaving the mall.  I told her we were headed to the Food Court, she worked for a local radio station and GAVE us 2 tickets to the Chocolate thing.  COOL Right, WRONG Meme called Noah was having a mini- meltdown because he couldn't find me, I told him we were leaving for a little while, I guess in his opinion we were gone long enough.   So I tell Savannah and she is SO understanding, she look a little disappointed, but we still had the Chocolate tickets, it was only 2pm & it ended at 5pm  we don't live far from that mall.  So we came home, pull up in driveway, Noah is on the porch swing by himself, Meme is behind the door watching him, Savannah opens her door and Noah comes to the car and said to me,"I was SO worried about you!"

I apologized and reminded him that I told him I was going with Savannah.  SO I spent about an hour with Noah, Savannah & I loaded back up and headed to Chocolate land we had a great time.  She is such a great kid, she loves her brother so much and looks out for him, do they fight? Yeah, their brother & sister.  Do they get "sick" of each other? YES especially since they are home schooled.  Time away from each other is a valued asset for them, however them being together all the time gives Savannah a little more insight to him, triggers, likes & dislikes.  Our life is so crazy as it is, if I had the power would I change some things SURE I would.  But God has given me this Special Family for a reason, and it was through Noah's autism diagnosis that I finally figured it out.  Life is too short to not enjoy EVERY moment that we can.  As parents of kids on the Spectrum we don't take ANYTHING for granted anymore. We take it as it comes and do the absolute
BEST that we can for our child. THANK YOU to our "typical" kids we couldn't do it without you!!

A Moment I wanted to Last Forever

In my case as an autism mom I don't have many moments that I want to "last forever" unless it's the fact that he is sleeping!!  Had one yesterday WOO HOO!!  Noah & I went to the zoo yesterday, it was free afternoon at the Memphis zoo and it was packed, the weather has been unseasonably warm here.  So we go look at animals we went into the Creatures of the Night, I didn't think we were ever going to leave....you know how the get obsessed with things, well it was BATS, yes flying rodents GROSS, we watched those bats for at LEAST 30 minutes Noah was fascinated with them.

So the zoo got new playground equipment, YEAH!!  Noah wanted to go to the crowded playground so we did.  He made a friend, did you get that HE MADE A FRIEND!!!   Noah was just running and jumping, I am standing there on "pins & needles" just waiting to have to explain that he has autism to another parent that is usually giving us the eye in disapprovement, you know the parents I'm talking about.  I didn't have to do that yesterday.  A boy named Levi befriended Noah, and it was perfect.  That little boy didn't notice that there was something "wrong" or he just didn't care either way Noah had such a GREAT time, Levi had a younger sister and they played tag and chase and follow the leader.  I sat down on a bench and began to tear up; for a few moments in time it was like he was a "typical" child.  I never wanted to leave yesterday I wanted to preserve this moment for as long as I could.  It was beautiful=)

WiLd WoRld oF AuTisM

Hello to the world of autism and the neuro-typical folks too.  This blog will be about our fun filled, never a dull moment, always on the go, crazy, exciting life with autism.  Is parenting a child with autism difficult??   YES!!  But so is parenting a typical kid too.  I will share my experiences as well as experiences of other parents.  ENJOY our journey!!