Dylan's Run

Dylan's run is coming up on Sept. 7th. Last year our team raised over $2000 for The Autism Society of SouthEastern Wisconsin!! We are doing the walk/run again this year and welcome anyone to join us on our team or make a pledge to support the cause!! Please just let me know!!

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Here's a couple photos from last year!!

Our Team


Andrew and Camryn


Camryn and the sausages


Andrew, Chloe and Bridget


Carmyn giving the UW Panther a high five at the finish line!!

Leave it to the Irish...

To start the party early!!! After getting notification of my final costume fitting tonight, I got word that Glencastle will be performing on Wed. night prior to Irish Fest at 7pm at an Irish Fest "kick off" party at Pier Wisconsin!!! This means one less practice and one more performance before a crowd..... Irish Fest is coming soon. Hope to see many of you there.

Performance Dates and Times

Grandma Fitz's 80th Birthday Party

Here are a few pictures from Gma Fitz's birthday weekend. I didn't take my camera, so I relied on others to get some good shots for me!! Thanks everyone :-)
The weekend was a TOTAL success. It took four stops on the way out, but Chloe FINALLY went potty in a public toilet---it's the little things we rejoice about!!
The girls were so happy, social and huggable the entire weekend. We played, ate, swam, went to church and even had professional photos taken---whew!!! Fun was had by all. Camryn LOVED the dancing the most. Enjoy

Camryn's new shoes

Not sure what it is but Camryn is really wanting to wear flip-flops now. Problem is we don't have any in HER size. LOL

Peer Play

This summer we are trying to put a little focus on Camryn interacting with her peers. Most children on the autism spectrum have better social skills with adults than with others their own age, this is certainly true for Miss Camryn. She LOVES to be around kids her own age, but has difficulty really engaging with them in conversation or meaningful play.
We have set up weekly peer play sessions with a gal you might remember from an earlier blog post. Jayla is a sweet girl that sat next to Camryn all last year and really helped her out. They have really taken a liking to each other and their friendship seems to be blooming during these sessions.
Camryn and Jayla


Jayla helping Camryn bowl


Listening to each other's heartbeat


Playing Hullabaloo

Brett Favre Update

Thanks Dad, that is the funniest thing I have seen in a LONG time!!!!

Ode To Chloe

Chloe turned 4 yesterday, where did the time go?? :-(
Enjoy some pictures from her first four years.

Camryn ate a cupcake!!!

Camryn has never really liked creamy things, in fact they used to actually make her gag just looking at them. So we never really pushed these things just waiting for the day her sensory system lined up and was ready for the challenge. Well, the end of the school year brought around MANY b-day celebrations and the opportunity for her to try out some cupcakes!!!
Much to the teachers and our suprise, Camryn enjoyed liking the frosting off the cupcake!! When Andrew's b-day rolled around, all she was talking about was cupcakes when anyone would even mention a birthday.
So one day I took her to the grocery store and let her pick out some cupcakes, she picked out the ones with stars on them. We came home and she kept asking for one, it was dinner time, but we didn't care. We gave her a cupcake anyway and she really enjoyed licking the frosting. I was so amazed I took some pictures. LOL

NEW HOUSE RULE

IF YOU BUY ONE GIRL PJ'S---YOU MUST BUY THE OTHER GIRL MATCHING ONES!!!
Recently the girls have been liking to wear similar or matching PJ's to bed. I think it all started with their coordinating 'princess pajamas', and it transformed into a must have around here. Camryn even has popcorn pajamas and Chloe found some pj's of hers that have clouds on them, but she calls them her popcorn pajamas- hey whatever works.
Well for Chloe's b-day, Gma and Gpa got her some cute Dora pj's, unfortunately when Chloe opened them, Camryn thought they were for her and stripped down ready to put them on. I thought, what the heck, Chloe won't mind, but she did, SHE wanted them on too. So we sat there with two naked girls and ONE pair of Dora pj's LOL
Finally Camryn got her other princess pj's that were close enough, WHEW, tragedy averted.....

Highlights from the 4th of July

We had a good time over the 4th of July. Gma and Gpa Fitz, Unky Chad and Baby Roscoe came to visit. The girls LOVED Baby Roscoe or 'babyroscoes' as Chloe endearingly called him. We played t-ball outside, swam, went to the park, played Dr. and of course did lots of reading, singing and dancing. Enjoy a few photos from our weekend.

Chloe and Baby Roscoe


Camryn and Gpa Fitz singing "I'm a Little Teapot"

My least Favre-ite topic---Brett

Anyone who knows me at all knows that I 'dislike' Brett Favre about as much as I love the Minnesota Vikings. Living in Wisconsin makes this very hard. The news media lives and dies by the man. I thought after his long drawn out retirement announcement on 4/4 (considence? I think not!) that he was FINALLY out of my life.

Oh not so fast, he is baaack!!!! UGH, there is a 'rumor' going around that he has 'the itch' to play again. It is all the media (and everyone else for that matter) can talk about. Will it be with the Packers? Another team who needs a quarterback? What about Aaron Rodgers?

ENOUGH ALREADY!!! Good bye Brett Favre, please stay gone FOREVER!!!

To all of my good friends who are ----gulp---- Packer fans....... it's nothing personal, it is between me and Brett. LOL :-)

Kids act so much different when other people are around.

It is kinda comical really, I have been telling Camryn's therapists how the girls just go at each other and make each other upset (a viscious cycle really) Chloe has zero tolerance for some of the things Camryn has to do and vice versa. So this month at the big "Tammi viist" we decided to write up behavioral plans and get this nipped in the bud. Well do you think we could get them all worked up? No way, the most we got out of them was a tiny squak and we tried real hard. Funny thing is the way it goes around here, the minute we decide to 'nip something in the bud' it disappears on it's own. I hope this does too. LOL