Please Tell Your Friends – Special Needs Trailer Bike Almost Sold Out

by Susan May 23, 2012 2 comments
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I get a little emotional talking about this two-wheel trailer bike designed for special needs riders – The Caboose Trailer Bike. It’s one of those products that most of us don’t need. When I read [...]

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Checking in With the Sisters – The “Good Enough” Mom

by Lolli May 19, 2012 0 comments
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Being a mom is tough work, all magazine controversy aside, and it’s pretty normal for a mom to question the “quality” of her job as a mother. I know I have compared my parenting styles [...]

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Checking in With The Sisters – Thriving With Autism

by Lolli May 12, 2012 1 comment
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Lolli here…. While I was checking in with our sister sites this week, I noticed this infographic posted on 5 Minutes for Special Needs by the wonderful Emily of Colorado Moms. Although I am not [...]

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Checking In With the Sisters – Faith and Hope and Love

by Lolli April 21, 2012 1 comment
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I can’t believe that another week has come to an end! We’re in the middle of another busy weekend – but this time I’m home and the “trip” has come to my house. Busy, exhausting [...]

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Checking in With the Sisters – Rebuilding Life

by Lolli January 21, 2012 5 comments

I’ve been sick all week. That’s what happens in a family of 7 when mom is playing doctor to 5 kids taking turns passing around the illnesses. It catches up. The interesting thing about being [...]
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Special Needs Learning Resources from PCI Education

by Guest Contributor January 9, 2012 8 comments

As parents, we spend years focused on our child’s education. We want to know what they’re learning, how they are progressing, how it will all fit into their future endeavors, not only with later grade levels but [...]
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Tics and Stereotypy in Children — Lessons from a Six Year Old

by Susan December 9, 2011 11 comments

The other day, I overheard a surprising and profound conversation between my six year old Julia and her 4 year old cousin Olivia that makes me wish we’d all see the world with the wisdom [...]
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Checking in With the Sisters – Different or Fancy?

by Lolli November 5, 2011 3 comments

As I was checking in with our sister sites this week, I found a beautiful analogy from Kimberly at 5 Minutes for Special Needs. Who would have thought that some kids and a few unmatching [...]
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Thrive with Autism – Checking in With the Sisters

by Lolli October 15, 2011 1 comment

Now that my kids are older and at school for the majority of the day, they don’t have as many “opportunities” to have melt-downs in public. As a mother of five, I’ve certainly been in [...]
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The Bedtime Routine – Checking in With The Sisters

by Lolli September 24, 2011 1 comment

Last night I was reading our sister sites. My kids were running around like maniacs (Dad was in charge of the bedtime routine last night and I was trying to finish up some work…). So [...]
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