Archive for the ‘fun’ Category

I blogged briefly before about art and autism. I contacted Crayola to see if they would be interested in participating in this event and I was so happy that they wrote back. Not only because they agreed to participate, but because they took to time to really see which of their products would be best for [...]

I worry about Jake getting the socialization and structure that he needs during the summer, but I found some really great programs that keeps him busy and more importantly, gets him around his peers. The first one is a day camp program that’s through a local church. We don’t have any affiliation with this church, [...]

Going along with my post about Art and Autism, I want to share a wonderful website with you. Gifted Imaginationsis an online store that carries the best brands of toys. They have great toys from HABA, Plan Toys, Melissa and Doug, Selecta and more. I love the simplicity of wooden toys, and they sure carry [...]

Saturday I talked about different ways to engage an autistic child in pretend play. Today I want to tell you how using Pacific Play Tent products can help as well. Play tents are fun for any child, but they can be especially helpful for autistic kids. We received the Little Red School House tent for review [...]

Have some fun and participate in Super Mommy To The Rescue’s Tuesday meme, All About Kids Tuesday! This week’s theme is Park Days. Who doesn’t love going to the park? I’m so happy that it’s starting to warm up so we can take the kids to the playground. We only went once  this year so [...]

How would you like to turn your ordinary tap water into soda? With the Fountain Jet home soda maker from SodaStream you can do just that!  Besides impressing the kids, there’s plenty of reasons to get one of these machines. With the Fountain Jet soda maker, you reuse 1 liter (BPA free) bottles. Think about how [...]

I’ve been trying to get this theme right for a while now. I think I have it the way I want it now, but I’m having problems getting my comments numbered without it messing up the css of my comment section. Ugh, if anyone could help me with that, I’d really appreciate it! Also if [...]

As most of you know, I have a (soon to be 11 year old) son with autism.  Many of the children on the autistic spectrum have language and speech problems, and that includes my son. I’m so happy that he really enjoys his English class this year at school. But how do I encourage that [...]

I wanted to post this for my birthday (which is on Monday – 33 this year!) but because of the snow Juliet’s dentist appointment got rescheduled for that day. Between the appointment and visiting my parents and all that, I figured I’d post today. When Jake was about a year old, he had a lot [...]