Month: July 2014
Children with Autism and Outside Agencies – Part 2
In my last blog, I discussed how I took my son to an outside agency (by outside I mean one that is not directly funded by the school district) to be tested for reading comprehension. He had scored low. Then, at his first fifth grade testing, he again scored low. Right before his December IEP, however, he was retested and the numbers were significantly better. He had improved greatly. At the IEP, we decided to …
Surviving Sixteen Years and Six Kids
I recently celebrated my 16th wedding anniversary to Daddy-o. When I say celebrated, I actually just mean that we both remembered. It has been a busy sixteen years and Id be lying if I said weve actually remembered all of our anniversaries. Usually we are reminded of this special occasion when his mother calls to offer congratulations. People have asked how weve survived 16 years and six kids. I could say all …
10 Steps Toward Becoming An Organic Mom
There are lots of ways to be an organic mom and it can mean a lot of different things. I want to offer you 10 easy steps you can take to kick-start your journey: Look into subscribing to your local CSA share. You will eat local, organic food and have lots of opportunities to teach your kids about eating with the seasons and how vegetables and fruits grow. Invest in a juicer and juice any …
Why Moms Need Dreams…
A version of thefollowing was originally posted on Jill Simonian’sTheFabMom.com. JillSimonian is a TV & Digital personality seen frequenlty on HLN, Hallmark Channel and parenting blogs across the web. We’ve all hit that metaphorical brick wall. You know, that thing we slam into every now and then when weve spun around in circles enough times to lose our orientation.BAM!There’ve been way too many times I’ve …
Easy Tips to Set A Beautiful Table
The following post is sponsored by Olay. As busy moms we are always on the go and don't have much spare time for really anything... We are always on the look out for anything that can save us time or provide an instant fix, especially around dinner time. Jessie Jane from Lilyshop has some easy tips…