MrsF & her brood are SIMMERING nicely....

[MrsForgetful]

MELTDOWN brewing nicely!!!

And....wishing all my friends on MN a HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!

We are having a christmas day 'TOTALLY HOME ALONE' this year...and i am looking forward to it...no having to make sure the boys look pleased with 'suprise' gifts...or answer when they are spoken to.

Just me on one setee...DH on the other...and the boys upstairs playing their playstations...

Antisocial...yes.
Aspergers-Friendly...DEFFINITELY!!!!!

Oh, that sounds heavenly mrs f. We have a dd with AS and I would love an 'aspie-friendly' christmas.

Actually, I am determind to do that next year-you have inspired me.
Have a lovely Christmas.

I love the sound of the Forgetful Christmas.

Have a great Christmas, MrsF. xx

Sounds perfect, we are going out for x-mas lunch (to my dads), i'm already panicking that dd1 will be ungrateful, dd2 will climb the furniture and break things, dd1 wont eat anything and complain that there is no pizza, dh will be no help at all. I will be pleased to get back home .

Have a nice x-mas MrsF.

Us too, just dh, dd1, dd2 and me! Plus 2 cats and one elderly rabbit

We've done Christmas at home alone for the past couple of years and will be keeping it like that from now on.

All the same, we're glad it's all over!

survived here too. Ds1 is being checked for ASD but today turned around and said 'Its like every other year' when DH said it was a special xmas this year as its the last year his brother will be in this country. DS1 says it how is this

DD1 was very very very hyper (adhd) but we had a lovely day. Had a headache by the end of it all tho..

We have had family over and it's been nice but DS2 could have done without his screechy toddler cousin. He ate his Christmas lunch (gf fish fingers and roast potatoes) with one arm wrapped round his head so he could block both ears and still have one hand free to eat He normally enjoys big family meals so it was a shame - felt that he'd missed out. He has taken more notice of presents this year though, which has been lovely to see.

Gravy though! The day DS2 eats a proper roast dinner will see me dancing naked in the streets for joy

hello all!

great to read all your news!

Unfortunately...i've had a stinking cold...so though christmas day itself was lovely...every day since has been a sniveling sneeze of coughs!!!

Plus...boxing day...well...my parents came...and mum commented for the FINAL time on how 'antisocial' DS2 is.
I say 'final time' as i reacted for the FIRST TIME how i felt...which lead to dad offering that they should 'GO HOME' (they'd only been here for 10 mins)....
DH said i was a 'bit over the top' and shouldn't of got so angry.

but i am just so sick and tired of those who i'd hope by now to be just a little understanding....that they are infact as ignorant at the strangers we meet every day who 'don't get' DS2.

I clumsily 'repaired' the evening...and we opened presents...but i just have a feeling that i have made myself very clear...and in doing so...have made my next encounter with my parents...very frosty.

I bet you'd have a great time designing and making a real box for yourself, MrsF.

Good on you for telling your mum off for her comments about your lovely ds2. Even if your dh doesn't agree, I think you did the right thing.

Hope your cold disappears asap. xx

Happy New Year Mrs F!

We managed an autie friendly day, and got out of the family bash on Eve (usually go out, but it ws at my sistes v v posh house this year- er no, not with my lot LOL).

Lots of rellies up for the days after- DS4 (Aspie in the making?) tantrummed solidly the whole time.

For next year we have already booked a log cabin in the new forest. Sod it LOL

hi CT!

thing is CT, I've given my parents some pretty 'easy to read' single sheets of paper with words of 1 syllable...all about AS...including a fab thing i found on the net dealing with the 'welcome to holland' as it affects grandparents...you know the way they imagined how having grandchildren would be...and how it actually is.

and they read NONE of it.

in a cafe recently..she enjoyed saying rather loudly...."so all 3 of your boys are registered disabled?"...i say enjoyed...as she hasn't a clue what it means...but she enjoys the looks of sympathy she sees.

i am feeling so bitter.

i also had my brother round on the 27th...plus his wife and 2 girls (age 3 and 1) The same brother and wife that said they were glad to be having girls as "at least they won't be autistic" (Ha bloody ha)

LOL at girls can't have autism, my DD was dxd at 4yo!! .

MrsF my Mum is like that,though she admits it at least (as do I)...my relationship with her was appalling until emovedhereasthe bluntnessupset me so often, now weso little of each other that wecan value it and let the offences(on both sides I expect) slip away.

Definitely the best thing I did wrt getting on with my family,moving to Wales

yes virgin...living only 10 minute walk away from her does not help! She always expects me to visit ...regardless of my plans...and trying to escape to come home to be here when the boys come out of school / need feeding etc...well...she looks so put out to even think that i may actually have another reason to exist other than her.

grrrrr...i'm still bitter.

i think what really annoys me is that as a child it was more important to her that she had the lastest matching washing up bowl and dishdrainer...than to play with us...

and now she is acting possessive.