Blog Comment Response - Our Family Fun
**Micaela has informed me that Zander is her favorite boy now and he would make a great daddy, except she had to keep telling him not to run with the baby. **
:::snort::: You don't know how thrilled this makes me. Ladies, before Zander had left the impression that he was a "rude boy".....and he CAN be. Arielle is always trying to get him to leave her dolls alone. This is a good night to read a comment about Zander that is positive. LOL
We did enjoy your little ones. Arielle enjoyed a little girl around. {G}
Thursday, May 18, 2006
It's been a very long week. I'm hoping for a good night of sleep tonight but doubting it will happen.
Not only is Stacia teething but Zander has almost certainly gotten into something....he hasn't slept in 3 nights. This is night 4. Mike says he's better tonight...I guess. I think I've been too close to the situation today to notice if things are improving. At times I wonder if I'm "excusing" bad behavior....but he's held accountable for his actions. We simply are doing all we can to make it easier for him to be obedient. Really, I consider his diet to be part of "discipline" for him. I often think of the verse "Train up a child in the way he should go...." and when you study that out it means "train up a child according to his natural bent"...certainly that would include his personality, spiritual gifts, life dreams...but I think for Zander this food sensitivitiy is part of his natural bent.....training that does train him..... The last few days are more than "bad behavior". He's like Jekyl and Hyde. His personality changes dramatically. We were at the lake with friends and he was totally apart from everyone for several hours. Totally anti-social. Yes, there's the melt downs when you try to discuss ANYTHING with him. He begins to say agressive things. He can't look you in the eye. He doesn't want to wear clothes. He doesn't sleep.....it's really much more than "bad behavior" that a child could/should control. The frustrating thing is that we can't think of ANYTHING different that he has eaten. The only thing I can think of is that I make fresh cookies for him.....this time I froze a lot of dough. He loves the dough. He'll eat 2 or 3 cookies and leave them alone....but I've found him several times this week eating lots of cookie dough...it's now all gone. I don't know WHY it would affect him in the dough form and not baked....but I'm wondering if it's a huge over dose of sucanat this week. I just don't know...but I know a God who loves this little one even more than we do.
Stacia is all stuffed up. We used the blue sucky monster to try to clear her nose. One tooth is really going to be through "soon"....gum is splitting.
I literally slept an hour last night...so why am I writing? It relaxes me. {G}
Other than the nature center we had speech today and then I had a big meeting at the base chapel. This was a meeting with both the Catholics and Protestant lay leader teams for Fr. Jim and Mike to explain the changes the Air Force has recently made. We're loosing 30% of our chaplains/enlisted staff. Our maj com has also decided to cut out ALL approrpiated funds for the chapels in AETC...this means all contracts for things like musicians and sunday school directors is gone. It was a sober meeting...but I also sensed a determination to "make it work".
I came home and went on a walk with Arielle, Nolan, Zander and Jamin. Jamin has been doing lawns to earn money for the AK missions trip. I'm so proud of the boys...they are going to try to earn the $900 for their fare up and the $400 for the trip....they have a couple of fund raising ideas.
I'm very sore. The 8 minute moves this a.m. consisted of 48 lunges per leg and some sort of lift that I thought was supposed to work on the back of my thighs but seems to have worked on the tush...because I can barely move. I don't even know if I can ride the bike in the a.m.
OK I'm relaxed and it's time to get a nap in before Stacia wakes up and can't breath or Zander needs some cuddling....he gets bad dreams when he's off the diet. I really need to quit disbelieving that this food thing is so important to him...it is.
Not only is Stacia teething but Zander has almost certainly gotten into something....he hasn't slept in 3 nights. This is night 4. Mike says he's better tonight...I guess. I think I've been too close to the situation today to notice if things are improving. At times I wonder if I'm "excusing" bad behavior....but he's held accountable for his actions. We simply are doing all we can to make it easier for him to be obedient. Really, I consider his diet to be part of "discipline" for him. I often think of the verse "Train up a child in the way he should go...." and when you study that out it means "train up a child according to his natural bent"...certainly that would include his personality, spiritual gifts, life dreams...but I think for Zander this food sensitivitiy is part of his natural bent.....training that does train him..... The last few days are more than "bad behavior". He's like Jekyl and Hyde. His personality changes dramatically. We were at the lake with friends and he was totally apart from everyone for several hours. Totally anti-social. Yes, there's the melt downs when you try to discuss ANYTHING with him. He begins to say agressive things. He can't look you in the eye. He doesn't want to wear clothes. He doesn't sleep.....it's really much more than "bad behavior" that a child could/should control. The frustrating thing is that we can't think of ANYTHING different that he has eaten. The only thing I can think of is that I make fresh cookies for him.....this time I froze a lot of dough. He loves the dough. He'll eat 2 or 3 cookies and leave them alone....but I've found him several times this week eating lots of cookie dough...it's now all gone. I don't know WHY it would affect him in the dough form and not baked....but I'm wondering if it's a huge over dose of sucanat this week. I just don't know...but I know a God who loves this little one even more than we do.
Stacia is all stuffed up. We used the blue sucky monster to try to clear her nose. One tooth is really going to be through "soon"....gum is splitting.
I literally slept an hour last night...so why am I writing? It relaxes me. {G}
Other than the nature center we had speech today and then I had a big meeting at the base chapel. This was a meeting with both the Catholics and Protestant lay leader teams for Fr. Jim and Mike to explain the changes the Air Force has recently made. We're loosing 30% of our chaplains/enlisted staff. Our maj com has also decided to cut out ALL approrpiated funds for the chapels in AETC...this means all contracts for things like musicians and sunday school directors is gone. It was a sober meeting...but I also sensed a determination to "make it work".
I came home and went on a walk with Arielle, Nolan, Zander and Jamin. Jamin has been doing lawns to earn money for the AK missions trip. I'm so proud of the boys...they are going to try to earn the $900 for their fare up and the $400 for the trip....they have a couple of fund raising ideas.
I'm very sore. The 8 minute moves this a.m. consisted of 48 lunges per leg and some sort of lift that I thought was supposed to work on the back of my thighs but seems to have worked on the tush...because I can barely move. I don't even know if I can ride the bike in the a.m.
OK I'm relaxed and it's time to get a nap in before Stacia wakes up and can't breath or Zander needs some cuddling....he gets bad dreams when he's off the diet. I really need to quit disbelieving that this food thing is so important to him...it is.
NATURE CENTER
I have not been able to access the newsletter of my homeschooling support group for a couple of months. Basically, this means that we'v enot done field trips etc. That's o.k. We've been able to "focus". I see this month's field trip coordiantor at speech. She mentioned that today they were going to the Nature Center. I was so glad to hear about this as we are studying insects right now. I bet you thought "Zoology - flying creatures" would only be about birds. {G} Here are a few pictures. I did not show the grossest ones. There are none of Arielle because she was doing good to ATTEND and stand next to me.....I couldn't get her to pet or hold a critter. (Sorry fo the double pictures....it won't let me delete one). The center is really cool and the tour guide did a wonderful job. We had the whole center to ourselves.
Nolan holds a scorpian
Nolan and Jared with a hedgehog
Jared with the bearded dragon
Jared with a corn snake
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
*OUCH*
Poor Stacia developed a terrible diaper rash last night. Bleeding even. I'm trying to figure out what she ate that was new yesterday. The only thing I can think of is that she loved a 1/2 a pancake. It was a 7 grain pancake. I had a bit of peanut butter and maple syrup on it. I'm wondering....is it the peanuts or maybe the high gluten content from the fresh ground grain? Everything else she ate was stuff she'd had before. I learend not to let her have smoothies though she loves them - she got real red but not this bad.
I've got her back on brown cow yogurt and rice today - her favorites anyway.
Poor Stacia developed a terrible diaper rash last night. Bleeding even. I'm trying to figure out what she ate that was new yesterday. The only thing I can think of is that she loved a 1/2 a pancake. It was a 7 grain pancake. I had a bit of peanut butter and maple syrup on it. I'm wondering....is it the peanuts or maybe the high gluten content from the fresh ground grain? Everything else she ate was stuff she'd had before. I learend not to let her have smoothies though she loves them - she got real red but not this bad.
I've got her back on brown cow yogurt and rice today - her favorites anyway.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Our MAD Scientist - Jamin experimented with various plants and vinegar to see what colors he would get. He began to brainstorm about how we could use the "all natural" dyes in our "color-free" lifestyle. I ordered a disection kit today from Home Science Tools - formerly Home Training Tools. I took advantage of "being there" to order some "Golden/Audobon" Field Guides. Moving as often as we do, it seems that we are forever needing to learn the names of new birds, insects and wildflowers. I'm hoping this will help. They already emailed and said the order is on it's way.
Alright already get off my case! {vbg}
I find the time to blog because it's for my girls and family who are far away. Whenever I begin to miss the girls I sit down and type out a quick update! Hmmm....wonder what that means when I don't send any blurbs in for days on end....
Yes....I proudly claim the title of "most prolific blogger on the internet". :::snort:::
I find the time to blog because it's for my girls and family who are far away. Whenever I begin to miss the girls I sit down and type out a quick update! Hmmm....wonder what that means when I don't send any blurbs in for days on end....
Yes....I proudly claim the title of "most prolific blogger on the internet". :::snort:::
Quick Early Evening Update!
We had a blast with Our Family Fun's children.
The day was beautiful and so we did our "couch" school out front on my new rocking chair....well OK *I* was in the new rocking chair and the children spread below me at my feet as it should be...no that's not right either...they were on the plastic lawn chairs and the 5 gal bucket of bird feed.
Natalie, Nolan's speech therapist, apologized for missing the ARP meeting. She said that next Thursday will be his last speech day for the year.
I finished Bible Study prep and think I'm ready. We're eating leftovers tonight - we need one of those every so often.
Not sure if I mentioned this yet (and I don't have time to back track and read to find out) but Josiah and Jamin are looking to go on a mission trip to AK this summer. They called and talked to Dayton, their old youth leader today. They loved talking with Dayton and we are going to do all we can to make sure they can make it. The chapel in AK will pay a portion for both of them. That leaves $400 each and a plane ticket each....yikes.....it's expensive to fly to AK in the middle of tourist season.
Better make sure I look presentable and then vamose.
We had a blast with Our Family Fun's children.
The day was beautiful and so we did our "couch" school out front on my new rocking chair....well OK *I* was in the new rocking chair and the children spread below me at my feet as it should be...no that's not right either...they were on the plastic lawn chairs and the 5 gal bucket of bird feed.
Natalie, Nolan's speech therapist, apologized for missing the ARP meeting. She said that next Thursday will be his last speech day for the year.
I finished Bible Study prep and think I'm ready. We're eating leftovers tonight - we need one of those every so often.
Not sure if I mentioned this yet (and I don't have time to back track and read to find out) but Josiah and Jamin are looking to go on a mission trip to AK this summer. They called and talked to Dayton, their old youth leader today. They loved talking with Dayton and we are going to do all we can to make sure they can make it. The chapel in AK will pay a portion for both of them. That leaves $400 each and a plane ticket each....yikes.....it's expensive to fly to AK in the middle of tourist season.
Better make sure I look presentable and then vamose.
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