April 2 hiding behind red

April 2 hiding behind red
Originally uploaded by machris (Mary-Ann)

April 2M and D

April 2M and D
Originally uploaded by machris (Mary-Ann)

April is Autism Awareness month
We all dressed in blue today
It was also Good friday!
there was no place to go to spread awareness :)

the weather was beautiful we played outside
cleaned up the yard a little
Life is good!
Sunshine is good!

we talk about the meaning of Easter
I wonder if I am doing a good enough job leading these little ones to God .
Happy Easter Everyone!

moo in piggy tails

moo in piggy tails
Originally uploaded by machris (Mary-Ann)

a new shirt

a new shirt
Originally uploaded by machris (Mary-Ann)

I finally got the boy the shirt he wanted :)

not supposed to feel this way but....

Somedays I'm ok with everything, but sometimes...a child that is J's age catches my eye, or does something that seems extraordinary and I realize that this is ordinary, what we have is not...

Or J's little sister does something that I can never imagine J getting to the point of doing...these things make me feel.....ah I don't know...I try to push these feelings aside because I know I am not supposed to feel this way....but sometimes it's just too hard.

Yesterday was one of those days We went to the Upwards basketball awards.  looking at all the little kids who play basketball and Moo asked when she will be old enough to play basketball...I told her that she has to be six and she pointed out to me that her sister is 7 and doenst play basketball yet.....So then we stood in the crowd and talked to a few people and was asked a couple of times about J playing basketball....she looks pretty typical when she isn't acting out.....so I had to explain to people I haven't seen in years that she has Autism and it was hard, because well to me it's obvious it seems kind of awkward saying it.

Ok so now I admitted how weird I am :) I have to tell you something J said this morning that was AWESOME!

When I woke up and opened the door to my bedroom J was standing outside the door, so i asked her what she was doing and she said :

"Today is Sunday.....The sun went across the sky....and now its morning time!"