Good Morning,
 I have decided to take a page from a friend from High school that blogs about her "Ride on the Autism spectrum" I am starting with a disclaimer, I misspell sometimes, have run on sentences, don't use proper grammer, so if you anal about those things, stop reading now. Now some words why I started this blog,
     A very good friend of mine inboxed me the other day to thank me for writing my notes on facebook.  I admit,  I was purely selfish posting my challanges with Liam, I needed to vent. It never occured to me that the people reading it were being educated about Aspergers/ Autism. I loved the analogy she used,"seeing a McDonalds burger on t.v. looks great, but not so good when its in your hand" She told me everything she knew about Aspergers/Autism were things she has seen on t.v.,  I am happy that there are people that don't have experiences with it, I do believe that is going away quickly, with 1 in 88 children being diagnosed. I decided to start this blog to also show the fun side of my family, I have just posted notes in very difficult times, when I am at my breaking point. We do have great days too, everyday is a learning experience for everyone involved, what worked yesterday, might not work today, or even within the next hour .
     Liam is learning how to articulate his feelings, why he is melting down, I am learning that while he is melting down, he can't tell us why, he just needs to get away, and I need to stop asking questions, he is trying to process and more questions get inside his brain and clutter it even more. If possiable go for a ride in the car, just him and me, but that is not always able to happen because of Jeremiah and Maura. Those damn kids get in the way all the time, LOL  Liam asks me if we can give Maura away, he even asked me why we adopted her. When I told him we didn't adopt her, she is actually his full blooded sister he asked "Why I didn't just stop at 2 kids?" LOL
Well Liam has found one of his nitches, theater. A friend of mine helped get us started at McAuley theater camp, a week late, and he is loving it.(Thanks Julie Schuberth!!!) He has been in 2 other plays, but didn't seem to enjoy it as well as he does this. Jeremiah is having a hard time with Liam going, He told me he is bored when Liam is gone, and I do know one of the reasons he doesn't like it is because Jer has to go see the plays, and I quote " I don't like being in plays, and I really don't like going to see plays" so as classic Jeremiah, its all about him,LOL.
Well I don't want to bore you, I could go on and on (shocking, I know) I hope I can fiqure out this blog thing and get back here and post them, if not, at least I can wrrite it down and that does really seem to help me get through tough times, Please comment if you feel like it!! I love feedback!!
Dawn