Simon Says:

Happy New Year. Thanks for sharing and inspiring... your Simon is a DELIGHT. LOVE THAT CROOKED SMILE. And those chocolate eyes! Such a blessing...thanks for sharing.
him with us.
Thank you for cheese. love that.
(Off to work on a layout of my word for the year. GRACE. Lots of meaning to me. Great was to start the new year.)
Happy 2007!

i could get lost in those eyes....whoa.

What a great photo...I love a good close up on a child's face. Especially when it is yours. I think it is great how much you share about Simon. It helps others. Trust me.

My word for 2007 is FLY. It is an acronym for Finally Loving Yourself. It is something I have got from Flylady.net-very cool website. My first thought was Peace - through Finally Loving Myself but I didn't want to copy you...and with FLY I get Peace too. Love the spirit of your blog and work. Thanks for the inspiration.

What beautiful eyes that child has! They reflect a sweet, sweet soul. You are a lucky woman, Ali.

i was really blessed by that, Ali. and i think... Simon really looks like his Dad. cute kid.

:)

gosh, sam looks very cute esp with the long eyelashes =)) children are definitely our assets for life. cheers.

Hey Ali- Being a speech-language pathologist who loves to scrapbook, I've so enjoyed reading about Simon's language development and just his sweet self. I work primarily with young children on the Autism Spectrum. From what you tell in your blogs, Simon has made so much progress. Kudos to you and your husband for all the work you do with him!! You are awesome parents!!!

great prayer... we should all remember to thank God for the little things in life! Applesauce... yum!

Hi Ali! I just ran across your blog via No Appropriate Behavior. I was very interested to read through some of your archives about Simon and autism. I have a niece who I suspect is autistic and I am interested in learning more about it. I am encouraged to read about Simon's progress! I am also wheat and dairy intolerant myself, so there's another common thread! I wondered if you know of Nancy Bea's blog http://www.genrecookshop.com/
She is a mom of a severely autistic son and an awesome oil painter and blog pal of mine. You'd enjoy her site.
Blessings, Paula

priceless, seriously priceless. as is that photo. his eyes are just beautiful. so good to hear what is happenin for and with him and your family.
peace.

beautiful everything...everything. !

OH Ali, what a great progress and believe me within a few weeks you cannot follow the sentence by sentence progress anymore... i guess you will be overwhelmed by Simons stories and songs.

Love hearing about Simon and how amazing he is!
My word for the year is "SOAR"--soar to try new things, let myself be led to where I should be and to be free to express what I want to do.
Tracy

You are such an amazing woman, mother, wife, artist, human being. Your art, photos and blog are so real and sharing. My nephew is autistic and I have shared with my brother and sister-in-law all of the links you so kindly share with the world. I find encouragement and ideas for my newphew, inspiration for being an "aspiring life artist" and wonder at how you find enough hours in the day or days in the week to accomplish so much. I feel very blessed to have found your weblog. Thank you for being such a positive spirit in this world. My word is Courage because I have lived in fear all of my life. This year I am feeling so ready to find my Courage and come out of my lonely cocoon.

My word is: explore
My journaling is on www.loppypop.com
Thanks Ali!

Beautiful prayer, right out of the mouth of babes.
Oh and can I say that in that photo he looks so much like Chris?!?! Wow! Very cool!
-KT

LOL I just had to respond and tell you that this morning when we were praying, my 3-year-old Camden thanked God for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, too. Too precious.

Ali, my first visit to your blog, actually my first blog visit ever. God bless you and your family, Simon is a joy. My word for 2007 was very easy, it simply popped into my head when I read about the word of the year. My word is "REST". I have been on disability for almost a year after working since I was 14. I am now having a blast hanging out at my two younger children's school. My older son is 14 and I regret not having had the time to help out when he was
in elementary school.
My problem now is I am supposed to be resting, I have MS that is progressing too quickly due to stress. I need to learn how to say "NO", I just do too much. So, I am going to put he words "REST" wherever I can in my house and scrap a layout about it. If I can, I will post it on your site. Thank you for the inspiration.
God bless,
Shaun