Funny to say…I love this rainy day!  For the first time in days, my sinuses aren’t acting up nearly as bad.  I didn’t wake up feeling like there is a brick in my head or feeling so crabby and like I could could hardly utter two words as my children utter a million words a second (or so it seems!)  Yesterday my sinus issues were so bad I was sick to my stomach.  Last week my glands were sore and swollen, my tongue had a sore waaaay back on the right side that was swollen too.  I was so tired last week and even more tired than that the week before.  I knew it had to be something.  I do think we’ve had some icky little viral thing floating around our home, but I am thinking allergies too.  I’ve been hearing all over, people say, “Well, my doctor just told me that people are coming in with allergies, who’ve never had allergies.”  This seems true to me. 

Our oldest daughter also went thru a bout of exhaustion as well, along with tummy issues.  But, I am fairly certain the tummy issues were due to too much sugar free food.  Sugar free pudding (and probably SF ice cream) seems to be a bit of a trouble maker for her.  She has always had a sensitive stomach.  But, when you get a child who needs to eat everything pureed or soft, sometimes you can get stuck in a rut.  The good news is…that she has increased her liking now for almost ALL things we eat as long as I can puree them.  The other good news is that after about a week, she isn’t so tired.  When she was going thru the week of tiredness, she would actually walk to her bed and sometimes even bring me her pj’s.  She just needed to rest.  But, now she’s hopped back into her routine of wanting to come into the basement in the afternoons and run around listening to Cedarmont kids music, playing with toys, chewing on her favorite hats with bonnet strings (lol), and running in and out of the tv room as her siblings have a bit of tv time.  Oh wait…I forget to mention…she also likes to throw her chewed up hat into the pack and play repeatedly and then pulls on my arm to have me retrive it.  I’m okay with it too!  Because, instead of yelling, she is doing exactly what I asked her to do…pulling on my arm, and sometimes she even says mommy when she wants it :)

Our four year old son is getting much more interested in hotwheels.  I’ve been laying out our play car mat for him during the day and he plays so well.  He has a lot of outbursts thru out the day, especially with his 3 year old sister.  It’s all over toys and what not.  I have found that when I give our son things to do, he does great!  I can’t always guarantee how long the greatness with last…but I get  to seem him doing really good things, and I can praise him.  I know by now, kids don’t like to be bored, but our four year old son has never really latched onto any one particular toy.  He’s always been our music child.  LOVES music.  But, a toy…not-so-much.  Anyway, the nice thing about the car mat, is that when his 3 year old sister does come over to try and play with him, he tends to be more calm about it when I need to try and help him share his toys.  Maybe it’s because he is just so focused on that one play thing.  He’s not running around the house like mad.   Once I get thru to him, he is more than happy to share a car with his sister.  It is so sweet.  I also have to say that his sister loves to tease, and I know that I probably don’t see half of what she does to him.  He is more physical and verbal in his aggression than she is.  His screaming isn’t right, but I see the naughtiness in our daughter’s face at times.  Boy…a mommy’s work is *never* done! :o )  But, this is a toy I’ve had my eyes on that I really think our son with enjoy right now.  His birthday isn’t for another several months though.

Something fun just recently happened to me!  Yesterday I was hanging on Facebook.  I had posted that one of my top gift ideas for my birthday was something called, The Bullet.  It’s just a nicely decked out food processor.  It comes with many pieces.  I want one as I want to start preparing more pureed food for oldest daughter.  It is pricey.  But, I received a message from one of my FB friends (another homeschooling mom), and she has  a basically brand new Bullet that she is going to send us.  All we have to do is pay for shipping!  She sent me a picture of it and all of it’s pieces.  Wow…so caring of this sweet lady!  Thanks Lord!

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