2:00 am. Monkey is wide awake and decided a shower is a good idea. 😴💤😴💤

This past week the monkey has been struggling a lot. He’s just been off. He’s been struggling both at home and at school. And sleeping has been hard as well. What has helped him is driving around in the vehicle. It helps him relax and not be so frustrated. For some reason the vehicle soothes…

My 85 year old mother-in-law is back living with us. She was staying with my brother-in-law (in another state) for months to get physical therapy. She arrived yesterday and is sleeping in the monkey’s bedroom. And tonight, as she goes to bed, he runs to her, and scoots her over so he can lay down…

We decided to rent a cabin for the weekend. The monkey has been doing so good that we thought we’d try this. It’s about a 2.5 hour drive and we figured the monkey would be able to handle it. What worried me was the actual cabin. He’d have to realize that we’d be staying there…

Today the monkey was asking us to get him some chicken nuggets. This is nothing out of the ordinary. Except this time we went to a different place, where he saw a lot of commotion while we were driving by. He became curious and was trying to get out of the car. So my husband…

Cleaning day. This is typically a difficult day because monkey wants to go outside in the swing and wants us to push him. Or he wants to go for a drive. Or he wants us to play ball with him and his doggies. And since he messed up his iPad, we don’t have our YouTube…

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The monkey used to hate jeans. And now that’s all he wants to wear. Even at night he won’t let us change him to his pajamas. We wait until he’s asleep to put on his PJs. I knew this morning would be rough. I bought these skeleton glow in the dark PJs for his Halloween…

I share this every year. These are the cards that we pass out when we trick or treat. Some families ignore the card, others read it, and others actually say hi to my monkey. Either or, I think it is a great way to spread awareness!