Autism....Maybe?

 We have also recently learned my son may have autism, so my blog is going to a little more diverse while we go through this time in our life. I will be posting all about the situation, how it came about, what the outcome is and the process of everything from testing to diagnosis. I have looked all over the web and no one gives clear specific answers. So that is my goal. The other thing that has been hard to find is signs and symptoms, especially if your child is high functioning like mine. He fits a lot of things but seems to have a much milder case than what is described over and over. I want to go over all the signs and symptoms and compare my sons symptoms and how he does with each thing. To let parents see it's not the end of the world. Most of the stories we hear with autism are very sad, but also inspiring. but I want to keep a journal of every step of the way, so parents know what to expect, where to start, and how long the process takes. I hope everyone will join me on my journey and find all the information helpful.

I'm a Mom.....What is your Super Power?

I’m a mom, what’s your super power?



I am a stay at home mom of 5 kids (enough said blog done lol) just kidding. 



There are days that being a stay at home mom is great and rewarding, but most often than not I feel like no one realizes what I do to keep this house running smooth. There are days when I have cleaned all day, done the laundry, dishes, cleaned up muddy foot prints from the dogs and the kids, ran them to horseback riding, volleyball, basketball, softball, a friend’s house, went grocery shopping, paid bills, been referee, made dinner, helped with home work, been a nurse, read bedtime stories, explained why it’s not ok to tie up your brother or slide down the stairs on your toy box lid!! Then there are days like today! Let me explain. 

I wake up thinking today is going to be a great day, and then I realize the kids are already awake and downstairs. I immediately think OMG! It is 6:30am, and takes me waking them up 5 million times to get ready, eat breakfast, get dressed, get your bags and homework, hurry up you're going to be late, throughout the week(when they have school). Then on the weekends they are up at the butt crack of dawn? My second thought is, the house isn't on fire and I am still alive. So I get up and go downstairs, to see Alexis my oldest on the computer talking to her friends. I think it’s a conspiracy, because apparently all kids wake up early on the weekends. Hailey is sitting and reading her newest book, so far so good. Right? Wrong!! Right away I see that they all decided to make breakfast and there is cereal and milk all over the table and the floor. Then the shocker of my life! My three younger kids, Brooklynn, Brittany, and Logan have decided to make a slip ‘n’ slide in the kitchen! NO JOKE!! They made it with eggs and maple syrup. It was all over the kitchen floor. They were sliding from one end of the kitchen to the other. I thought I was going to have a stroke right then and there! I start yelling and screaming at them” only god knows what I was saying” and they go running through the house with egg and syrup all over them. I run after all three of them yelling, telling them they are cleaning the kitchen and are grounded forever!! 

So of course now they all have to take a shower and get cleaned up. Well that went bad to! I really just want to scream, because now the bathroom is flooded, and the kids decided to give our dog a bath too. Anyway I dry up the floor and dry off the poor dog, and start making them clean!! Against my better judgment, I ask the questions every mom should know not to ask. It went something like this……….

ME- Why would you do that? 

Logan- It was Brooklynn’s idea.

Brooklynn- Whine, whine, whine. No it wasn't it was Brittany

Brittany- No it wasn't everyone blames everything on me! 

Me- well it don’t matter who’s idea it was, why would you do that? You knew you would be in big trouble. 

Kids- We don't know, it sounded fun.

Me- well now you’re cleaning the entire kitchen until its sparkling! 

Logan- But we don't have any sparkles!! 

Me- Laughing, laughing, laughing……………..

What can you say to that? He was so serious lol. Needless to say they are still grounded and have lots of cleaning to do. Let me tell you it really took major superpowers today, not to completely lose it. All in all it still turned out to be a pretty good day:)
Yes this is a true story this actually happened!! 

Kids and Blogging

So we have decided to make a deal with my kids.....Here is the deal.

All five of my kids always want everything new and high tech. You know the normal, tablets, kindles, nooks, PS3, PSP, DS, ipod, iphones and yes laptops! Well as you all know I have 5 kids and all that stuff x5 is a lot of money. So we now have a contract in place. I will help them start a blog and they have from now until christmas to write in that blog at least one time a week. If they write quality researched articles we will get them a notebook for christmas.

I told them they cannot just make some small kindergarten entry and expect that to be ok and get them a notebook. It has to be a real quality post with some truth and research behind it. i can ne opinions and views and how to's but quality it the most important! If they do not write in the blog every week then they will not get a notebook for christmas.

 So they are all in the process of choosing a blog subject that they will enjoy writing about and that gives them a lot of different topics to cover.

Hailey has decided to write about her pet rats in her blog called  Hailey's Hero's. In her blog you will find everything about her rats, from training to care and even just fun things and funny moments. She will be starting a rat naming contest this month too. So tune in and maybe you will win!! she has done amazing job so far, so you all may want to check it out. I am very proud of her.

The next blog I will be helping set up will be called Babbling Brittany. That one will be set up tonight and I will update this blog with her link as well. Her blog since she is smaller will be about whatever she wants to really write about that goes through a 4th graders head. She struggles with reading and writing and I figured this could help her improve a ton, especially with it being something she will really enjoy writing about.


Brooklynn's blog called Brooklynn's Beautilicious Blog , she wants to write about fashion, makeup, hair, nails and all other girly things. She will also be learning how to make all thinks fashion so join and learn how to sew and make all kinds of other amazing things!!

 Logan is still really small so we are going to be doing his a little different. He will be having his dad help him with his so that he can work on spelling and writing. He wants to write about cars, farms, games and tractors. So his will be called Logan's Logomotive.

 Last there is Lexi she also has a blog name undecided but knows she is doing her on the life and random thoughts that go through a teen head. It should be interesting lol. She will also include informational post about bullying, and stuff she sees in high school on a daily basis. I know stopping bullying is one of her passions. from experience and seeing it first had happen to kids and feeling helpless and not knowing what to do. In her words bullies don't only pick on kids with no friends, even us in sports with a lot of friends see what it is like. So her blog also should be a must read if you have kids or teens. She will also be starting a pen pal writing group with her blog so anyone getting bullied no matter where in the world can write to her and she will be their friend! Again so very very proud of her ideas, and can't wait to see how it turns out.

I also thought this would give all the kids a great outlet to express themselves while also learning and improving their reading and writing skill. Plus I have told them that with any money their blogs make under me, I will give them the money to pay for a cell phone every month, or to get whatever they like at the time.

Here is also a great website that talks about the benefits and kids blogging and tons of other cool stuff for kids:) The school run and another great site is Educational social media