Happy Alexander Awareness Day!

Our Walk for Autism Speaks!

It's been raining all weekend so I ran to Target last night to get ponchos. Don't we all look smashing? 

We had a really good time, in the rain! This last picture only shows the tiniest portion of the people that were there. The crowd was massive. We filled the Atlantic Station block! It was great to see such a big group and feel the camaraderie abounding. Another big thank you to everyone who supported our family and Walk Now for Autism Speaks! 

Autism Awareness Day

(If we're friends on facebook, you've already seen these pictures.)

We're lighting it up blue tonight for Autism Speaks. I got blue light bulbs to put in our outside fixtures (crud, I still have to do that!) and I made the boys cute blue Autism Awareness t-shirts to wear today.

And here's a rare picture of me on this blog. I've been hunting for a good Autism Awareness jewelry piece for a couple of weeks but I haven't found the one I want yet. So this morning, in a fit of creative insanity, I dug up a card stock puzzle piece left over from a Silhouette machine venture gone awry, colored it blue and strung it up on a light blue piece of Christmas wrapping ribbon.

Gets the job done. Between that, the ribbon in my hair, and a little sparkly blue eye shadow, I figure people will be more likely to think my outfit is for something instead of just an all blue-on-blue mood. Plus, I can't look too silly when I'm walking with my ridiculously cute boys in their Awareness T's.

I'll try to get a family picture later and a picture of our house lit up blue if I can get my camera to work in the dark. :-)