Use your Outside Voice!!!!!

I don't know about you, but I am already stressing about Summer Break...... (Hives alert!!!!)... I am getting a taste of my demise this week during Spring Break.. Of all the weeks for Trevor to be teaching alllll weeeeekk lonnngggggg without coming home is of course, this week. So I have been doing research  on water toys for the boys... Here are some of the new cool water toys from Toys R Us.


Bazai Twin Drop Falls Water Park



SpongeBob Water Slide and Sports Center

Little Tikes Rocky Mountain River Race
 
Banzai Falls Water Park

Banzai Falls Sidewinder Blast

I-KAT at Home Goods

 Remember this post? ...Look what I found at Home Goods..

Sex, Slaves and a Sick S.O.B ?

Have you seen the American Apparel campaign ads? It is so provocative that I won't post the photos on my blog, but will direct you to them. Note that they are not suitable for children and may be offensive to some. 
The reason this has captured my attention is because a former employee of the company, Irene Morales......




...... just sued the Founder and CEO of American Apparel, Dov Charney.....



......for $250 million dollars for alleged sexual harassment. She claims that she was hired at 17 and he demanded her to visit his Manhatten apartment just after her 18th birthday. She arrived only to  find him in his underwear, where he forced her to perform oral sex and other sexual acts over a period of time and held her hostage in his apartment.. (Oh boy)...
You know the "You're innocent until proven guilty" saying but is it fair to judge him based on some of the photos that have been chosen for his campaign? Could it possible hurt his case?..
What do you think? Click here to view those photos.

Ewww... Gagging here.

Publix is the New Chilis..

                  


For many years when my husband travelled for weeks at a time, leaving me alone with the kids, besides wishing that I had an extra pair of eyes to watch them while I take a half an hour nap, my biggest wish/desire was the ability to get groceries without leaving my car. There is nothing like running out of your most important staple during the day when you are with kids who can't tolerate the overstimulation of a supermarket. Just to gather them all into the vehicle while functioning on two hours sleep and several carpet steaming later was simply unbearable.
Alas, select Publix supermarkets offer "Curbside Pick Up"... Yippieeee!!!.. You simple go to http://www.publix.com/ and under "Services" you will find "Publix Curbside" and follow the instructions  In a nut shell, you click on the products that you need and add them to your shopping cart, you pull up to the participating Publix at the sceduled time, your payments will be collected  ( I think you shoud pay online) and your groceries will be brought directly to your vehicle. How cool is that?..Right now, the services are available in Atlanta, Georgia and Tampa, Florida. There is a standard fee of $7.99 per trip no matter how many or how few items purchased.. This is such a God send for many of us and I thank Publix for starting this here. Can't wait for it to be available near me.

The Early Spring Scrooge...Rarrrrrr!!!!

Besides the dreadful Spring time allergies that I have heard of but fortunately don't get, there is another thing that scares me to the core.. (bring in the theme from Jaws) It's called "Let's Go SWIMMINGGGGGGG"...... (first day the clocks turn back).. Mother mercy... Kids with autism are so fearless when it comes to things that they enjoy... It is like being such a bacon lover, that you would but the sizzling bacon into your mouth directly from the hot griddle or frying pan... and that is without putting in on a plate. Many autistic kids have loveeeee water and will enter no matter the temperature. So could you imagine being cooped up in the house since the middle of November to March, and the closest thing to a pool is your bathtub which you now have to share with your third baby brother..... hmmm.....

....ONE YEAR EARLIER...(7:00 p.m.)

                                                                  EESALOP!!!!!!!

WHAAHHHYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"PLEASE DON'T TOUCH ME!!!!!!!!""

"PLEASE DYLAN I NEED A MINUTE!!!!!"

"WHY AM I BEING PUNISHED?"

"I KNOW I AM CRYING BUT WHERE ARE THE TEARS?"

"TREVOR YOU'RE TAKING PICTURES?...THAT'S IT!!"

"SO NOW THE TEARS DECIDED TO ROLL DOWN"

"But wait...why am I now smiling?"

"..because you are smiling...."

"Yup.....it's for moments like these"

"...and like these that make it all worth it in the end"

...I wonder what is going to happen this year as Logan is a little older? I am doomed....Stay tuned!!!!!!