I'm a SAHM/PT college-level writing instructor/freelance editor/faithful believer in Jesus Christ. The purpose of this blog is to have a place to write about the Adventures of Mr. Busypants, my 6-year-old son with autism, and his chunky sidekick (and little sister), almost 2 Miss Chattyshoes.
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mamabusypants posted 14 weeks 4 days ago — I'm writing this post to ask for your help. My friend Sarah, and her husband, are currently unemployed and facing foreclosure on their home. I met Sarah at Ginger Creek Church in Aurora, Ill., when Alex was attending preschool there at the same tim...
mamabusypants posted 17 weeks 3 days ago — Jorie has recently discovered her love for music. Whenever we get into the car, I hear her high-pitched little voice ask: "mama, I want moo-sic." This summer I started watching So You Think You Can Dance, and fell in love with both Jeanine and Bran...
mamabusypants posted 18 weeks 4 days ago — Here's one of Mr. Busypants' latest books, titled Mad.I see a mad wolf coming.I see bowling.A Look is Down.Ouch!Ouch, indeed.
mamabusypants posted 19 weeks 2 days ago — Today Jorie attended her first day of school. She's participating in a parent's day out program near one of the colleges I teach at. I drop her off two days a week, then go to work for the morning. So this morning I picked out her new, pink pleated...
mamabusypants posted 20 weeks 1 day ago — In July, I purchased an iPhone and wow am I obsessed. I use it for everything: contacts, calendar, to-do lists, social networking, email--everything. I've re-organized my household life with the Shopper app and the All Recipes app. I catch up on my...
mamabusypants posted 20 weeks 2 days ago — Mr. Busypants hasn't exactly been excited about going back to school. For weeks, any time I mentioned it, he'd rage and yell, "How 'bout 100 beds, then school."Although he is pretty attached to the backpack he used two years ago (blue and green wit...
mamabusypants posted 20 weeks 3 days ago — Jorie was quite a character in California and she knew how to draw a crowd. There were two particularly memorable incidents that stood out, however: the great Target protest, and ice cream at Foster's Freeze.What started in Jorrible Behavior has be...
mamabusypants posted 20 weeks 4 days ago — We're baaaaccckkkk!We returned home from California on Tuesday. I feel guilty for not posting much in August, but as I've been cleaning out my reader I've noticed many of you aren't posting much either. TGIM! Magic Marker Monday is a relatively eas...
mamabusypants posted 21 weeks 4 days ago — Lately Mr. Busypants has been drawing, then cutting the drawings out and pasting them onto another canvas. As dictated by Mr. Busypants: this is Aiden's house. The sun is coming up very soon. Above it are stars. This is the birthday party with my f...
