Life Skills Download: Doing Laundry
Today I am introducing a new "Life Skills" digital download to add to the "Life Skills" series! If you're new here, I have dozens of digital downloads for neurodivergent families and kids in the shop. They are all free or $5 because I wanted them to be as accessible as possible. They are all based around systems that we have tried and that work in our home. I started the "Life Skills" series to help our daughter work through different skills that will help her in life with easy step by step directions so she can build good habits. Today we're tackling the skill of doing a load of laundry.
Lost Items Checklist and Download
I have an exciting new download in the shop to share! If you don't know, I have dozens of downloads that range from zero to $5. I have tried really hard to make them as accessible to as many people as possible. They are specifically geared for neurodivergent families, like mine, but can also be used for the general population and I have made it my mission to make them as near affirming as possible. The new download that I have is a lost item checklist. This is something that is a struggle in my house. My autistic daughter really struggles with losing her belongings and then attempting to find them. We often deal with the emotional dis-regulation and overwhelm that comes with not being able to find the things she wants. So I made a checklist for her so that she can walk through and independently search for her missing items.
Making Over My Son's Room Part 2: Adding to Our Nugget Couch
I'm continuing the process of making over my sons room and on todays agenda is adding to our Nugget couch. I bought our Nugget in 2019 and didn't actually get it until 2020. This was back when they were doing limited drops and they were pretty rare. I ordered it for my daughter's birthday, and we luckily got it the week before they shut their factory down for COVID. We have loved it and it has been crucial in play time for both of my kids. I even ended up getting a second cover for it when I redid my son's nursery, and so now we have green and pink covers. Having two covers is nice because I can wash one and I still always have a cover on it. While planning out the steps for my sons room makeover, I thought that it would be really nice to have some more pieces for the Nugget without spending the money to get a new Nugget.
Fixing Up My Parents’ Back Yard
My parents have an incredible backyard. It was mostly done when they bought the house five years ago. The house already had the pool, the trees surrounding the yard, the artificial turf and all of the paving. They added a seating area on a side yard and a play structure for my kids. We absolutely love the yard and it it absolutely beautiful. However, there were a few little things that my mom wanted done before hosting an event at her house. A good family friend asked if they could host a post wedding party/open house for one of their kids there after they get married in another state. So even though it wasn't a full blown wedding, it still was a formal event that she wanted the yard looking nice for. After giving this event as a deadline for a few contractors that she had doing various projects, she asked me to finish up the rest.
Textured Accent Wall
Hi friends! My name is Sydney. I'm the resident craft queen here on the Breezing Through team. There is a wall in my kitchen that I have been debating about doing something to for a while. It's a central focal point in our home, so I knew that I wanted to do something special. So, with no concrete plan in mind and a lot of unwarranted confidence, I grabbed some joint compound and some floral stencils and went to work.
Front Porch Refresh
Our front porch definitely needed a refresh. The concrete was turning green and the wood swing I built the first year we lived here was coming apart with mushrooms growing out of it. The whole thing wasn’t a good look so I decided to overhaul the entire space.
Making Over My Son's Room Part 1: The Closet
There's so many things I want to with this room to better utilize space, make it a fun area for both kids and build a custom bed for my son. To start this process I need to utilize the space in the closet.
Navigating the Special Education System Part 4: IEP vs ISP
Welcome to back to my series about navigating the special education system. Today I want to talk about the difference between IEPs and ISPs. I've previously touched on what an IEP is, so head back to that post first if you need a refresher if you need it, but I wanted to go more into depth on what an ISP is and the difference between the two.
Life Skills Download: Taking a Shower
When we lived in Argentina last year, one of the things that I started doing was a life skills to help my autistic daughter with activities of daily living. I did "taking a bath", but also made a "taking a shower" version of it as well because they require different steps. When we were in Argentina, I put it up on the wall in the bathroom so that she knew exactly what she needed to do with pictures and a checklist. In the time that we've been back she's stopped baths altogether and has struggled a little bit with the steps in the shower. So, I decided to pull the "taking a shower" download back out to help her.
Summertime Unpredictability Downloads
Today I want to talk about the things that we do in our house to help get us through the unpredictability of summer. If you're new here, I have ADHD. I thrive on just waking up in the morning and decided then what we're going to do for the day. However, my daughter is autistic, and she does so much better on a schedule. She thrives on the structure and schedule of the school year and we even do the summer school program that our county offers because she loves the structure so much. So, I have a few free downloads that help her with the unpredictability of summer that could maybe help your little too!
Adding Storage Cubbies
As most of you know, I have been gradually adding storage all over our house because it's always lacked in the storage department. Well, the day has finally come for me to share the storage cubbies that I made in my daughters room! I've shown you how I made the chair for her, how I organized all of her toys for this space, and I'm now finally done with the cubbies.