No New School!

well school has started over here and let me tell you it is nice to only have one child to mess with, Inky is very sweet since Binky has gone to school Inky just wants to sit on the couch with me and snuggle. Poor Binky, Poor Binky. Binky everyday for all of summer has asked me "No New School" (we transferred to a charter school for kids with Autism last year but to Binky it is still New School) and everyday we would tell him No New School its summer, three months of this but then summer ended and the first day was full of  screaming and crying. I walked him in on his first day and he had a death grip on my arm and as we approached the class, the panic of what was happening set in, but then the teacher came an greeted him and asked him to put his lunch away and hang up his backpack. She asked him to sit at the table and he grabbed my arm and made me come with him to the table, I sat down with him for a few minutes and then, I walked to the other side of the room, and then I just left. It may seem cold to leave you child but it is was the less painful way, I was told he cried a little and then was fine in about a minute. Now, I hear in the mornings "NO NEW SCHOOL", when he comes back from school "NO NEW SCHOOL",when he is getting ready for bed "NO NEW SCHOOL" I guess this is what I will have to hear from now on, Thank goodness for Monday so I can tell him, No School today.

All Hell breaks loose on Monday!

I will make this short and sweet, for today was a very hard day, The reason for the title, All hell breaks loose, because Binky can read a few words and School is one of them, so today was the last day of summer, and while it would have been nice to go to the beach, speech and OT are the same thing? LOL. We decided to go to Morgan's Wonderland, I will just say this about Morgan's wonderland, if you have an opportunity to go. Just go, Don't worry about the cost, just go. You will thank me later. Anywhoo, it was the only place where both Inky and Binky can be happy, but Binky threw me a curve ball, he has been sleeping so good, (which is bad for me because I love a quiet house and will stay up way tooo late) but Friday night he went to bed at 8:30pm, and I was so happy until he woke up at 3:30am, and what the hell am I supposed to do now, so I did what any good mommy does, I piss and moan and take it up the tale pipe, I stayed up to I think 6:30am, and then I got up at 8:00am to go to Morgan's. I was so tired I couldn't stand it anymore. I kept on walking and doing other things, I went to the swings and the water features and the indoor sensory area. I made it from 9:30am to 1:00pm, and a very mad Binky did not want to go home, but we made it home where he went to sleep a few hours later and a bomb could have gone off and Binky would not wake up, so you would think oh he's awake now, NO! he's asleep! Crazy, I don't know for how long but I am going to go get a bite to eat and a nap, in case it is another 3:30am wake up call. Monday can not come soon enough, so enjoy your all hell breaks loose, on Monday, I know I will.

The hard days is what sucks the most.

Not much to blog about today, I forgot to hold back the sugar on Binky and a major tantrum at a pizza place, he even threw one of those mini blowing balls at me. Now he is still awake, but I got hubby and Inky to sleep so that is good. Binky is stacking some blocks so that is good for his OT but all and all it is one of those days that you will forget when everything is said and done. Tomorrow is our last day of vacation and I don't really know what to do, it is so hard because will Inky be good will Binky be good. Heat is down but not out. I have the vision of doing something fun but then I have a day like today and it makes me a little gun shy. School starts on Monday and I still have to get the house ready. So time to stop blogging. Remember all the moms and dads out there, it is supposed to get better just not perfect.

Share please! NO! OK then I will get you both one.

OH the joy of two boys, they are three years apart but with Binky's developmental delays, it make it like I have twins, all the fun and none of the support, so they like all the same toys and while Inky prefers cars, and Binky like airplanes and helicopters, it is a battle when the greatest toy of all happens, THE NEW TOY!!!! That's right the new toy has made its way, Nothing in the world exists, only the new toy and it doesn't matter if there is other new toys but if there is only ONE new toy then that is the focus. Today I order from Amazon a cute little Aircraft carrier, it looked like the picture to be an airport but it serves the purpose of the house, a place for airplanes and helicopters to take off and land, I got one for each boys because I knew they would want one, and then for Inky I got him his own airplane a simple 737 that was yellow, and I only got one, Why?! because thanks to birthdays grandma and me, Binky owns most of the small die cast helicopters and airplanes out there, plus he got a toy today for being a good boy at the haircut place, (today toy of choice a small Blue Angel for you airplanes nuts it is F-14 Tom Cat) so I thought I was safe to give Inky the plane, Binky had a F-16 on an aircraft carrier I just waiting for Maverick to buzz the tower, but alas no Binky has to have the NEW TOY! so I told him OK but then Inky get the Blue Angel, so Binky was like NO! here you go Inky! and order is restored for about 5 mins and the on and  off through out the night we are playing the game of give it back to Inky over and over and over again until now, it is almost bedtime, and Binky is upstairs playing with something different while Daddy gives Inky a bath. This New Toy will go away soon, but until then I will hide anything a mad kid can throw at me.

Coupons, Helicopters and Cars Oh MY!

OK so my vision is to be on Extreme Couponing and have my total be $5.00. The reality is my store doesn't double and I have to take both kids to the store with me.  So we start of at the Whataburger, get the boys some bribes to get us through the store, then we go shopping, I stick to my list this time (not completely but come on, there was some neat stuff to get) and we were out I would say in 30 mins. The boys were good they ate their food, but Binky has this training through his ABA that if he is good he gets a toy, so over to the toy section we go, try to talk him into the cheap party favors but he would have none of that so now we are in the aisle of cars helicopter and airplanes, Pixar is smiling at us, along with $8.00 set of helicopter and planes, which Binky is fixed on getting, I tell him No he can get a little toy and even show him some nice fighter jets but he politely says "no thank you" and then on the top rack is a shiny yellow single helicopter for only $2.00 and I say "hey how about this?"  he drops the set and takes the helicopter, and is so happy he does a little dance, and then we are getting ready to leave the aisle when Binky says" Can I get Inky a car?" Well sure you can, and yes my heart just swelled a little bit, and he goes to the cars and says "I got Inky a silver car" and then gave the car to Inky and said "here is your toy inky" We gave Binky a big hug and told him he was a good big brother.

Vacation to us.

oh summer is coming to an end and let me tell you I am soooo happy. I love my son but I need him to go away so I can get some stuff done. This week hubby took the week off and have we gone any where NO!!! I like it that way too. Going on vacation with a young child and another one with Autism, well that is really hard, for us, For you I'm sure it is a good time but for us, it consists of no sleeping on any one's part and eating a lot of Mc Donalds. So when we have a vacation we stay here, The boys like parks and zoos and pools and such but they need their home at the end of the day and quite frankly so do I. It is nice having the hubby home, he is upstairs playing with the boys while I work on my coupons, (OK I am typing my blog but shh don't tell him that) A vacation to me is going to the bathroom without someone banging on the door, asking me to please open. The boys even guilt me by saying mommy we need a hug but they can't ask for a hug if daddy is chasing them through the house, and they are laughing, well back to coupons.

The Thrid Otter Box

Oh the joy of modern technology, both of the boys have an Ipod touch, Binky's was a gift from a friend, I really am so grateful to this friend,  because Binky cracked the screen of the first Ipod touch, so bad I was afraid it wouldn't work, but alas it came back to life and became Inky's. To protect the poor Ipods from sticky hands and liquid and the throwing across the room and down the stairs,and flying over the banister. We put otter box on the Ipod, they work great for a little while, I don't think there is anything that can handle the sheer force of Binky and Inky pounding and throwing. This is the third one we have had to get and I am so glad. This is what makes me excited finding and re buying the things that make my life easier, The new otter box is a lovely aqua blue so I am able to find it among the clutter of the house. I think black should be banned as a color choice, when you drop something having to find something in black is near impossible to find. I always say when I am ruler of the world, I am going to ban black remotes, I mean the fall under the bed and I am at a lost of many times to find them, and I always need to find them in a hurry because a certain Binky can't wait for it and is screaming in the background for me to turn on his show. I was worried that Binky wouldn't like the blue otter box, but he has taken quite a shine to it. He now asks for blue Ipod. I will give a shout out to pawpaw, who donated this round of Otter boxes.

Welcome to my new blog.

 

When I first made up my blog, I had visions of bringing information and understanding to the masses. Then I was given my life and I laugh at the possibility of having even one free moment to myself. I am making a new blog, one that really shows what my life is like.  If you are looking for a proper blog and well edited, and everything all nice and sweet, well sorry to disappoint you but you are here. This is going to be an honest account of the adventures of Inky and Binky. They are crazy and fun and one of them (Binky) has autism, while Inky does not. If you are tired and can't believe your life with Autism is so crazy then this is the blog for you.