Clik here to view.
Mommy Moment Monday: Home Organization Tips
Today was a great day. I had MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) this morning and was able to connect with some great moms. Not only did we have our Thanksgiving meeting (which meant Thanksgiving themed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wordy Wednesday: OHI Card
You’ll get a two-for-one today! I could spam you with two different blog posts, but I decided to combine them for your viewing pleasure. If your looking for the link-up from Scattered Seashells, scroll...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tricare and Therapy Thursday: Medical Radius
When we were awaiting orders we dreamed at all the amazing possibilities for our first duty station. I never dreamed I would ever move away from my home town, let alone, home state. Then there we were...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mommy Moment Mondays: Check Your Pockets!
Oh the things your find in your washing machine. Things that should not be in your washing machine. Things your children put in their pockets that end up in the washing machine. And millions of other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Making a Believer Out of Your Kid
She’sssss backkk! It’s hard when you have children who have a compromised pretend and imaginary minds to engage them in play. Last year, the Elf on the Shelf was a major holiday event. I had debated a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Foodie Friday: McDonalds and Autism
When we first moved to here, we went through doctor after doctor meeting the new team of specialists we would be seeing for the next few years. During one of those meetings the micro progress of Bugs...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tip{py} Tuesday: DIY Diaper Changing Table
If you haven’t figured it out by now, my pretty thrifty; I’ll even say I’m cheap. I feel if there is a way to save I’ll try and do it; but extreme couponing- no. I also like to repurpose and make a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tricare and Therapy Thursday: Tricare to Close All Walk-in Offices 2014
I don’t know about you, but if I call and get one more automated virtual assistant, I will throw my phone. Whoever invented the “please tell me why you are calling” I will hunt you down. Why? You try...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wordy Wednesday: Understanding ADHD
He’s there, he’s here, he’s everywhere. He is upside down on my couch, he is constantly kicking the band on his chair, he never. stops. moving. I was told time and time again that with the diagnosis of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Foodie Friday: Easy As Pie Frosting
I know during the holiday season we all have traditions we follow. Ones that are years old and new ones started. One that my family carries on in tradition is the Christmas cookie. Not only, baking the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wordy Wednesday: Sensory Overload
Ahh, screaming kids, kids on table tops, kids under tabletops, kids covering their ears, covering their eyes and parents doing the “shoot me” sign to each other. That is us- when our kids are on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tricare and Therapy: Around and Round We Go- New ABA
I like change. I like discovering new things; but my ASD kids don’t. As you read in yesterday’s story about my son and the restaurant; change can be and is often a scary thing. Typically, my kids ABA...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Foodie Friday: Smoked Ribs
I am obsessed with my dads cooking. He can smoke any meat, fry and fish and sautéed any veggie. He is a jack of all trades. I got some great advice from my stepmom years ago- you will eventually marry...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tip{py} Tuesday: Tips on Hiking with Kids
We are fortunate to live in a place where is about 365 days of summer. It’s amazing; if you are a outdoors person. We aren’t exactly that family, but we try. When we first moved here we had grand ideas...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Therapy Thursday: Mommies Need a Timeout Too
Bipptyboppityboo, snicklefritz, cheese and rice, fudge and more. Of course those are not the exact words streaming through my head the moment I caught Diva coloring on her bedspread and after I just...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mommy Moment Mondays: Grand Ambitions for 2014
Wow, I feel like I haven’t had this day in awhile or I just haven’t had any good stories. And then I remember that I was just so busy cleaning up after those great stories that I didn’t have time to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Foodie Friday: Local Grinds- Matsomotos Shaved Ice
Hot day after a 6 miles hike with three small children. We used bribery to make sure we didn’t eat our young. And honestly I was jonesin for a sugar carb loaded ice cold dreamcicle. So after a 30...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tip{py} Tuesdays: Buy a Spare
It’s inevitable, it will happen, be prepared; your child will at some point lose that one obscure object they can not live without… And it just happened to us. Smh, you’d think after 3 kids, being a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Therapy Thursday: Does Tricare Cover Pediatric Orthopedics?
I’m on a new journey with one of my kids. One I have never been on. I thought we had been to every medical specialty there was; from allergy/immunology to oncology. So when we were sent to a pediatric...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mommy Monday: 30 Minutes to Decide Your Future
How would you react? Your hands would start to shake, your breathing will pick up, your eyes will dilate and your heart will race. At least that is what happened to me when I got that call from Hubs,...
View Article
