Welcome Back!

Wow!! I didn't realize it's been almost a year since I posted anything. Well in my defense it's been a busy, long, up and down year. Since I don't have room or time to fill you in on everything, I'll give you the short version. Basically after finding out that our then 3 year old son possibly had a ASD (autism spectrum disorder) our life went into a spiral. Not necessarily downward but definately spinning in some direction.

We did find out that our precious little boy has PDD-NOS and SPD. Which basically means that he has an extremely high functioning ASD and has a hard time processing sensory input to his body. Little things bug the crap out of him and big ones sometimes don't make a difference. 


So now my days are filled with running errands, therapy appointments, running kids to two different schools AND finding new activities and "sensory" tools.  This week we ventured into gardening, I went to walmart and spent about $5. We bought Clay pots and flower seeds. Luckily I have a box full of acrylic paint and so we settled down to an afternoon of finger painting and planting.

I gave the kids free rein on how they wanted to paint their flower pots. My only rule was that I got to put the paint on the napkin so we didn't end up with a whole bottle on the table!

As you can see he would only get a few fingers in at a time! Oh well, at least we were getting messy!

 So after we let the pots dry we moved onto filling them with dirt. With our hands of course! No shovels or gloves for this sensory kid!

They planted their seeds and now we're waiting patiently (or as patient as we can!) for sprouts! I'll post pics once we actually have blooms.

I know that there are lots of blogs out there and bunches more with lots of sensory ideas. And just plain fun ideas for kids. My goal in this blog is to help myself by giving me somewhere to put everything down, to help inform our friends and family, and to hopefully help at least one other stressed out "sensory mom!"

Good luck in your adventures!