Most of our days aren’t like this, but some are. I often don’t know the reason she wakes up not feeling the day. Sometimes it’s having to wake up earlier than normal, but that wasn’t today. She knows her sister is leaving for college later this week, and that could be part of it. It’s just hard

She carried them everywhere with her today, and she’s been eating them constantly. I think she’s going to finish the bag inside of a week. Normal teenager behavior, but not what we’re used to with Zoe. This is probably easiest crunchy snack for her to eat, and I think that’s why she’s enjoying

The long drive home from vacation and back to the real world. 🏖️—> 🏡📚🐈🐈‍⬛🐕‍🦺 🌼 #autismparenting #autismacceptance #familyvacation

In case you missed it: the q&a from our long day of travel to get back home after our trip. ❤️ #autismparenting #specialneedsparenting #homeschoolfamily

Myrtle Beach 🏖️ Checkout day. The girls each make a vacation wishlist before a trip so that we can actively help them accomplish everything they want to do while we are there (and also so that we know what their actual priorities are for the trip). They both did almost everything on their li

Myrtle Beach 🏖️ Neither of my girls have ever been interested in playing in the sand, not sandboxes and not at the beach. Zoe goes through phases where she wants to be in the ocean more and also ones that she really just wants to sit on the shore, and she still has never played in the sand. But

Myrtle Beach 🏖️ Lots of walking this trip. She walked on the beach, In Walmart, in Sam’s Club, and on our entire shopping day. The last couple days of the trip she seemed grouchier, and I think her legs were really tired. #cerebralpalsykids #autismparenting #beachvacation

Myrtle Beach 🏖️ A few years ago Zoe was SUPER into laundry, the way she likes to vacuum, dust and dust mop now. She loved vacuums too, but laundry machines really had her heart. So this fascination with doing the laundry isn’t new, but we hadn’t seen it in a while. And she’s better at it no

Myrtle Beach 🏖️ #autismparenting #autismacceptance #familyvacation

First thing she does after a 12 hour drive is check all the closets to see if housekeeping left her a vacuum to borrow. ❤️ #autismparenting #autismacceptance #familyvacation

We’re traveling a little earlier than usual so that Abby can join us before she leaves for college. That’s getting very close. There are more people here than when we’d usually come in about month, but it was worth it to get to have the time with her. ❤️ #beachvacation #familyvacations #

I used to work for a few weeks on packing and food prep leading up to a trip, but the last several now, I’ve crammed it into the last week-10 days, and while it’s a little hectic, I think it’s actually better in a a lot of ways. That last week feels kind of stressful, but not 3 weeks of stressfu

I didn’t tell Zoe this was coming so that she could be surprised (and to keep her from sitting by the door waiting, impatiently, for it to get here 😅). So she was surprised and very excited. This was gifted by @bissellclean so my review will be posted soon, and I’ll post a follow-up video with