Orange Soda Trick?

So one of my facebook friends just posted about this. It sounds genius and I don't want to forget it! So I am posting it here so I can come back for it when the time comes. Plus my family can remind me about it if I forget. They give them Orange Soda. It acts as diuretic for kids that hold it. It basically makes them go every 30 min. But they take them every 15. They use underwear so they feel the pee and poop if they have an accident. She said she has been using the method for 20 years and it works like a charm. I have to send 6 pairs of sweet pants in with the 6 pairs of underware and she told me be prepared to do a lot of laundry LOL.

Snow....

It snowed today. Outside and in Cooper's room.

I knew when I put this beanbag chair in Cooper's room that this was a good possibility. Sigh....

Cuteness!

Here is Quinn's school picture for this year. He is such a cutie :)

Poor Cooper, he never seems to get a day off! Even though there was no school today he still had ABA therapy. He has a new therapist who is working out well, but only here until January. After that he better be getting yet another new therapist, I am so glad Cooper doesn't have issues with new people! Anyway, he really likes this therapist and is a lot less whiney with her than he was with his last one. He was saying lots of great things today for her and is breezing through the new folder tasks that he just got. I also showed her his Handwriting Without Tears wood letter set and suggested she do that with him. He has pretty much mastered that so I am going to have to figure out the next step.

Tonight he wanted to do it just for fun so I was working on it with him. I was trying to get him to ask for "more letters" between each letter. So I asked "What do you want Cooper?" and Cooper simply replied "D". I was confused at first but it was obvious, he had just done "C" so he wanted "D"! It was so cute and super smart, but I still made him say "more letters" :) Then to mix it up a little I was asking him to identify what the little picture on each letter card was. "G" had "gumballs" which he has no idea what they are, so he looked at it for a minute and then said "bubbles". Close enough for me. Then we got to "J" and the picture was of "jeans" so I asked him what it was, thinking to myself "what a stupid choice for J", and he said "pants". Well, he was very right, they were pants; and I was really impressed because that just proves that he isn't just regurgitating what he is taught, he really understands this stuff!!

Quinn had nothing to do today so he decided it would be fun to hit the button on our "Lucky Ducks" game over and over. In case you aren't familiar with that game it makes a lovely loud quacking sound when you push the button :) Oh well, I guess it is better than dumping crackers out onto the floor. He is such a good boy though, no matter how devilish he acts :)

My Silly Kids :)

I bought Cooper this robe because he loves his fleece from Old Navy so much.

He was thrilled!

And here is one of Quinn being a goofball. He loves sitting at the table and playing/snacking.

A Very Special TV Show

It seems TLC is finally getting their act together, (maybe they have been busy with the whole Jon & Kate thing?) they put up a wonderful clip of "Truth be Told: I have a Child with Special Needs" that stars the amazing Miss Kennedy! You must go watch it and stay tuned for updates on when the entire show will air, I for one cannot wait! :)

http://health.discovery.com/videos/i-have-a-child-with-special-needs-truth-be-told-webis.html

Being sick has been great for Cooper! He has been talking up a storm for days now :) Today I was doing something important on my computer and he was trying to climb on my back so I told him to "wait", he thought that was funny and starting saying "wait" over and over as he continued to climb on me. Then later I was tickling him and I always say "tickle, tickle", but today when I stopped he looked up at me and said "tickle"! Since the kids are both not feeling great we were watching lots of videos today. Cooper was watching Baby Signing Times and they were singing about Grandmas. He got all excited and said "Donna"! Which is awesome because one of his many grandmas is named Donna. And then he was reading one of Quinn's library books about Halloween and not being too gentle with it. I decided to give him his other Halloween book to try and distract him. He was super excited to have not one but two Halloween books and he started saying something in a very sing-songy manner. I listed very closely and realized he was actually saying "Trick or Treat"! Wow, that one really blew me away :)

Quinn seems to be feeling much better today. He ate well and was back to getting into everything. He did start falling apart near bedtime but maybe he was just tired.