And now for our littlest Christmas Elf…Giggles! Shopping for 3 year olds is a lot of fun. I predict everything on this list will make Giggles giddy with excitement…that’s just what its like to be 3! Here are our top picks for Christmas gifts for 3 year old girls! Have you met Wahoo! ? One [...]
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Christmas shopping for Pookie can be a challenge. We want to get him those things that will make him so happy that he nearly explodes…but those are often the type of things we have to ban, because they are stims. There are things that are both exciting to him and are not stims, the trouble [...]
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I’ve been working VERY HARD on my Christmas shopping. I am becoming quite an agoraphobe, at least this time of year, so I am trying to do it all on Amazon.com. Its been interesting. As you know, its hard to browse on Amazon. You sort of have to know which direction you are heading before [...]
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Pookie has been enjoying a book called “Shouting Sharon” by David Pace. On each page, Sharon has something funny to say and she always shouts it. What could be funnier? Sure, the rhymes are not perfect and many parents might not like all the shouting…but we parents of Autistic children have always judged our toys [...]
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I have the 6th grader from across the street (we’ll call her “Y”)come over 2 mornings a week to play with Giggles while I work in the basement. Its only 4 hours a week, but its a big help. Y comes from 9-11 on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and they just play. Giggles loves it. [...]
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This is the best product ever! It makes brownies that are all edges! You know everyone likes the edges the best. Genius!
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When we named our kids, we went for classic names, but not those that are commonly heard. We looked at ones like Caroline, Josephine, Claire, Theodore, Abraham, etc. I can’t tell you what we picked, in case my kids want a career in politics, I can’t have some reporter digging up stories about how they [...]
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As a parent, I can tell you a few key items that every parent should have. These would not get any “oohs” or “ahhs” at a baby shower, but they are VERY important. Maybe they are more for the parents than the baby, but a happy parent makes for a happy baby! 1. A little, [...]
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If you are looking for a gift idea for a child, you might consider taking them on a date. For their birthdays, Aunt Kel took each of her preschool nieces and nephews to a “cultural event”. Pookie and Kel went to the Children’s Museum. T-man and Kel saw “Diego Live!”. Geetle and Kel saw “Clifford’s [...]
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