I think this is going to be our new annual thing.  Because we really enjoy it, AND it’s for a good cause! Last year was the inaugural fundraiser dinner for the University of Washington Autism Center, where Tad and Thumper are patients.  Well, it was such a success that it happened all again last Saturday, […]

The good news is that after two and a half weeks off, Tad was FINALLY able to go back to therapy yesterday.  Thumper was able to go back last Friday. The meh news is that the insurance mess, which has been endlessly more complicated than it should have been (and has now invoked the HR […]

Every month, our local trampoline play place has a special needs evening.  We like to meet up with Danny and John, and then let the kids run around like crazy people. The kids were begging to go out for ice cream or frozen yogurt afterward, so I decided to offer them a bribe.  Instead of […]

Thumper really hates haircuts.  He generally does okay with them, simply because we haven’t given him a choice to skip them – and the stylists at our salon are extremely tolerant of him.  Seeing as a good majority of them have known him since he was born. But we’ve finally hit upon a workable way […]