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Wings For Autism – 2016

September 26, 2016 by cassandrasines Leave a Comment

Wings For Autism – 2016

On Friday, we were able to participate in a Wings For Autism (http://www.thearc.org/wingsforautism) event in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  We had learned about this program a few years ago; however, there was never one in Wichita and it was never a convenient time for us to travel to take the kids.  When we checked into this event, Tony was able to take the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: autism, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, special needs, Steven Tagged With: Autism, Caleb, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Developmental Disabilities, Flying, Life Skills, Social Skills, Steven

Summer and Back to School 2016 Update

September 19, 2016 by cassandrasines Leave a Comment

Summer and Back to School 2016 Update

It is hard to believe that on Wednesday the kids will have been in school for SIX weeks!  Where does the time go?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!  I was really hoping that with both boys being in school all day that things would settle down and I'd be able to get some things done.  Oh, no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Things have been absolutely CRAZY busy!!!!!!!! Since I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: autism, Caleb, camp, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, IEP, school, special needs, Steven Tagged With: Caleb, camp, iep, Steven, summer

When You Feel Abandoned By Your Church

July 9, 2016 by cassandrasines 1 Comment

Being a special needs family, finding a church family is hard!  When we moved to Wichita we were part of a church for a couple of years until Caleb's behaviors came to the point that he needed extra help during Sunday school time.  We asked for help from the children's director and was basically told that either Tony or I would have to be in with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: church, special needs, Uncategorized

Struggling with Contentment

July 3, 2016 by cassandrasines 2 Comments

This is a very real and candid post.  Contentment is something that I have really been struggling with lately.  As I was growing up I had a vision of what my family and life would look like.    I figured I'd get married and have two kids (with no problems).  No where on my radar was infertility or Autism or special needs. I know that God does … [Read more...]

Filed Under: autism, Caleb, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, neutropenia, Steven

22 Days!!!

April 17, 2016 by cassandrasines 1 Comment

Twenty-two days!  Twenty-two days is all that's left in this school year for Caleb and Steven.  It's hard to believe that we're in the home stretch for this year.  Caleb is fixing to finish eighth grade and he will be having an eighth grade graduation.  Steven will be finishing kindergarten.  It's hard to believe that Caleb will be starting high … [Read more...]

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Caleb and Meds – Sometimes Don’t Mix Very Well!!!!!!!

March 28, 2016 by cassandrasines 1 Comment

So as I stated in my last post, which you can read about  here in case you missed it, I am going to try and update you on Caleb and what happened when he had to change to a generic form of a medication and added a new seizure medication earlier this year. January started as any other January until it came time to fill one of Caleb's long time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: adverse reactions, aggressions, autism, Caleb, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, medications, special needs, Uncategorized

Where Does the Time Go?

March 27, 2016 by cassandrasines Leave a Comment

Where Does the Time Go?

It's hard to believe that it's already March 27th.  It seems like we just celebrated Christmas and I was getting ready to send out our Christmas letter which if you have not read previously, you can read it here.  Since we have celebrated Steven's sixth birthday!        We've celebrated Caleb's 14th birthday!  (With his friend, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caleb, Steven, Tony

2015 Christmas Letter

December 13, 2015 by cassandrasines Leave a Comment

2015 Christmas Letter

For those of you that I did not have addresses to send Christmas cards, here is our 2015 Christmas letter.  For the rest of you, no peeking, your Christmas card is on it's way!  (Although there are a few more pictures  here than on the Christmas card!!!) November 30, 2015 Dear Friends and Family, Hey, it’s November and I’m already starting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Caleb, Steven, Tony, Uncategorized, Year End

The Road is Paved with Good Intentions…

October 5, 2015 by cassandrasines Leave a Comment

The Road is Paved with Good Intentions…

When I transferred this blog to a self-hosting blog, I really had every intention of keeping it updated on a more regular basis.  I really wanted to do more with my blog than just update it every few months and then do a big update and then let it sit.  But guess what, that has not happened!  Once again, it has been three months since I've updated … [Read more...]

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Surgery

June 23, 2015 by cassandrasines Leave a Comment

One would think with the number of surgeries and sedated procedures that the kids have been through that it would get easier and the nerves would not be bad.  But I think the nerves actually get worse with each procedure.  I have lost count where we're at in the surgery/sedation procedure numbers! I'm sure if I went back through my records and took … [Read more...]

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