Cold here!

We just might blow away in this wind ... holy cow!

Will's new paranoia ... tornadoes.

I said, "Oh honey, no worries. We don't have enough warm weather. There aren't any tornadoes."

Will turns on the channel looking for the weather to the nice weatherman saying, "If you are in the Racine area, take shelter now. A funnel cloud has been spotted. A tornado warning is in effect until ..."

Great mom hey?

Trunk or Treat

Tonight I hosted the first ever Trunk or Treat event at school. It was such a great turnout. Over 300 kids were there and their families. That's over 50% of our population.

A great time was had by all!

Here's some of the great trunks we saw - along with families and friends!

Grandma MacCudden bought Reagan's Jack Sparrow costume at Disney World. Will of course was Mickey Mouse!

The Beyer family!

One of the awesome trunks that were decorated.

A dedicated dad that shaved his head just for this! SHREK!

Federal Test

Passed with 90%.

He is officially licensed with the state ... just some minor paperwork.

He is relieved and we are so proud of him.

State Test Check!

Today my hear husband passed his State Exam to continue being a mortgage broker.

On to the Federal test on Thursday ... and then some relief!

Reagan told him, "Daddy if you pass your test we will take you out for dinner and you can have a beer!"

Pumpkin Time

Although the weather seems to be more summer-like in Wisconsin then fall-like (we won't complain) we still made a trip to the Pumpkin Farm. The kids played in the inflatables, took a train ride, bought some Kettlecorn, bought some apples and found the perfect pumpkin (yet to be carved).

My New Hat and Gloves

Doesn't match the jacket, but he just HAD to have it!

Butterflies

Will is really into butterflies and their life cycle. He learned about last year from his first grade teacher and became obsessed with it.

This year my assistant at school had found some caterpillars and she told me what to do with them. She brought me one in a jar for Will and brought us milkweed every day. After about 3 weeks our caterpillar turned in to a butterfly.

We let it go (which devastated my boy!). Luckily the weather was so beautiful we hope she survived on her migration South!

Sleep

It amazes me what a hard time Will has with sleep. The doctor has tried giving us tips on sleep and every night is some type of argument. Research we have been reading on autism and sleep has said that autistic children have melatonin levels that are reversed of what they should be. I could definitely see that! We are contemplating trying crushed melatonin but have no idea if he will find it "hidden" as he has before.

I love sleep ... I actually think I crave it. Maybe that's why God blessed me with children over 1 year of age.

My heart breaks for him at night but I remind Nick that we have to be strong and walk away - as hard as that is sometimes. Each night he ends up on the mattress and sleeping bag at the foot of our bed, but I guess that is better than wandering the house at all hours!

Tonight I pray for sleep!

We got a facelift!

Thanks to Nikki at Blogs for a Cause ... we got a facelift so appropriate for our family!

I had one of those days today!

You wake up with the best of intentions but the day completely falls apart. It was one of those days where I literally had to drive off by myself and pray.

I prayed to the dear Lord for:
Patience to get through another day
Hope that things will get better
Peace about our lives
Humor to laugh when I feel like crying
Guidance when I feel like my life is falling apart
Will and wishing I knew what he was thinking sometimes
Reagan and all he endures just because he is the little brother
Nick who sees the world in a different way when I can't
My mom whom I called to just let loose and then apologized because I do that sometimes.

Autism is difficult. I don't write in my blog about it often. More often then not it is challenging. You love your children so much and you always want to do whatever you can to make their lives easier. There are days, hours, weeks, months, minutes that I wish I knew what Will wanted or how I could make his life easier. Autism is difficult but I thank God everyday that he entrusted Will to us. I pray that everyday we do the best job ever at raising him in a faith-filled home that is surrounded by love.

My family matters most. They are number one on my list and although the day didn't go at all as planned, that's okay. We were together and that was all that mattered!