It was my birthday yesterday. I had a lie in while breakfast was cooked, then we spent a relaxed day at home. Lady had drawn a beautiful car...

We're surprisingly organised here today. Lady is writing a letter to her very best friend in the world. Thomas is in his room playing wi...

Earlier in the week, I read on Action for Autism about an appalling article describing antenatal screening for autism . A UCL geneticist ...

I was reading to the boys yesterday, some Apple Tree Farm stories. They love these. Duncan was holding a new pig shaped eraser I had bought...

I wanted to post a few photos of the children. This one was taken at the farm . I love the look of caution and interest on Duncan's face...

I wanted to write this post, even though other people ( Abfh , Ballastexintenz , Rettdevil , Kevin and Kristina ) have already said more elo...

Duncan was 6 years old on Saturday. Wow, six years since that magical night when he popped out (you know what I mean!) just ten minutes befo...

It's been sunny here every day since Friday, which is very appreciated in this corner of the globe. I cleared out all our clothes, putti...

I took the children to W5 on Thursday where we met my Dad and my 9 year old niece who was staying with them for the weekend. We all had fu...

Thomas got a box of basic Lego bricks for his birthday and Duncan was upstairs playing with them yesterday. He arrived downstairs with his c...

Gordon has gone to a conference and will be away until Wednesday, yikes! The past few days he stayed off work to get organised and to spend ...

We went swimming today for the first time in almost a year. All Duncan was worried about was the showers; he hates showers. I promised him t...

I couldn’t ask for a better sister. She’s smart, funny, kind, thoughtful and everyone who knows her thinks she has the best laugh ever! The ...

On Saturday morning Thomas joined us in bed for his morning cuddle and chat. He started talking again about how he was going to get older an...

I’ve moved to a new blog as I couldn’t figure out how to do what I wanted with the old one and I don’t have time just now to learn. So…I’ve...

This post is part of Katherine McCarron Memorial Day, by the Autism Hub . On Wednesday, May 24, Hub members will post memorial messages abou...