What do you do with a child who every. single. morning says she has nothing to wear?? Seriously, every morning!
And what do I say ever. single. morning? "Yes, you do. Go find something."
I admit that this child does not have a LOT of clothes because she is too skinny and it's hard to find clothes to fit her, but she has clothes to wear!!
I also admit that sometimes I am behind on the laundry, but she usually has SOMETHING in her closet or in her drawers or even in the laundry baskets in my room or on the dryer. She just has to find it.
I am also sorry that sometimes she just doesn't "feel" like wearing certain clothes that she has in her room.
I am also sorry that she has clothes in her room, but she just doesn't like them, but they fit perfectly!
After we argue about it for awhile and she sheds a few tears, I usually walk away and tell her to just go find something again. And you know what? Every single day she does!
I even took her shopping the other day and we bought more clothes for her!! Three bags between Walmart and Target!! And today, she still had NOTHING to wear! That about sent me over the edge....
I think I will say to her tonight, "If you say to me that you have nothing to wear tomorrow, I am going to take ALL your clothes and put them in a trash bag for a day. Then you will really have NOTHING to wear." Would that be too mean or would that teach her a lesson???
AHHHHHHH!!!!!
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
Friday!
It is two days post Christmas. The mess is finally cleaned up from Christmas Eve and the dishes are finally put away! The kids are loving their new toys!! We are all loving the free time, but honestly, I do miss the schedule! I have no reason to get up in the morning, so I don't. :) I wait for all three children to get up before I get up! We usually end up getting breakfast about 9-9:30 and we are usually out of our pajamas by noon. This is also my summer schedule.
Anyway, today I have something planned. We are going to the zoo!! It is supposed to be 50 degrees out today and I want to take advantage of the warm weather while I can. My other reason for wanting to go is that we have been studying animals from around the world (mostly Africa right now) and I want to go see these animals. We also saw on the news that Megan's favorite animals at the zoo are turning one this weekend. These are the lion cubs! I can never get her away from that display!! She thinks they are so cute!! And they are.:)
We are going to head out about 12:30 and stay all afternoon. It is also a great chance to go get some exercise. We might watch an IMAX, I'm not sure. Honestly, I just want to stay outdoors!
We still have three more Christmas parties in the next week and a half, so we're not quite done with Christmas yet. I still need to get more presents. Hopefully we can get all the decorations down and get our house back to normal before we start school on the 6th.
Since school came up, I got asked today, "Do you ever wish your kids went to public school?" My answer, "NOPE!!" Then I listed off the reasons why I am glad they are at home and that was pretty much the end of the conversation!
Anyway, off to get ready for the zoo!
Anyway, today I have something planned. We are going to the zoo!! It is supposed to be 50 degrees out today and I want to take advantage of the warm weather while I can. My other reason for wanting to go is that we have been studying animals from around the world (mostly Africa right now) and I want to go see these animals. We also saw on the news that Megan's favorite animals at the zoo are turning one this weekend. These are the lion cubs! I can never get her away from that display!! She thinks they are so cute!! And they are.:)
We are going to head out about 12:30 and stay all afternoon. It is also a great chance to go get some exercise. We might watch an IMAX, I'm not sure. Honestly, I just want to stay outdoors!
We still have three more Christmas parties in the next week and a half, so we're not quite done with Christmas yet. I still need to get more presents. Hopefully we can get all the decorations down and get our house back to normal before we start school on the 6th.
Since school came up, I got asked today, "Do you ever wish your kids went to public school?" My answer, "NOPE!!" Then I listed off the reasons why I am glad they are at home and that was pretty much the end of the conversation!
Anyway, off to get ready for the zoo!
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Bedtime!
It's 10:25 pm on Christmas Eve and my kids are still WIDE awake!
They got new lego sets for Christmas and are determined to get them together before they go to bed.
Megan's set has 695 pieces and Courtney's has 423.
I think we are going to have to call it quits for the night and resume in the morning.
Mom and Dad don't want to stay up any longer. (Actually, I think Matt went to bed already!)
They got new lego sets for Christmas and are determined to get them together before they go to bed.
Megan's set has 695 pieces and Courtney's has 423.
I think we are going to have to call it quits for the night and resume in the morning.
Mom and Dad don't want to stay up any longer. (Actually, I think Matt went to bed already!)
Ice cream!
I got a new ice cream maker this summer and I could never get it to work right. It is one where the bucket for the ice cream is already frozen and you just have to plug it in and it will make you ice cream.
The problem: the ice cream bucket does not stay frozen, therefore, it does not make ice cream.
I wanted to have ice cream tonight, so I came up with a solution.
I put the ice cream maker in the garage where it is nice and cold. (I thought about putting it outside.)
Guess what? It worked!!! I actually have ice cream!!
Too bad this won't work in the summer. :(
The problem: the ice cream bucket does not stay frozen, therefore, it does not make ice cream.
I wanted to have ice cream tonight, so I came up with a solution.
I put the ice cream maker in the garage where it is nice and cold. (I thought about putting it outside.)
Guess what? It worked!!! I actually have ice cream!!
Too bad this won't work in the summer. :(
Christmas Eve!
This week has been weird. No school. No outings. No dance class. Not much going on!
I think we are enjoying it though!
Today is super busy! We will go to church tonight at 4 and then come back home, have a nice meal together, and open presents. This is our night as a family!
A couple years ago, we started the tradition of having ham balls (Matt's favorite) and cheesy potatoes for a Christmas Eve meal. I don't think we did this last year because there were too many yet on a strict diet, but this year, I am the only one left watching what I eat almost every meal. We are going to make ham balls this year, but I will be doing some substituting. :) Of course, Matt asks, "They are going to be REAL hamballs, right?" Sure thing!!!! I will try my best!!!
There is no way to substitute the sour cream and cheese in the cheesy potatoes, so I will make those and just not eat them. I think I am going to make myself a side of hash browns. We are also going to have real green beans (not frozen or out of a can). For dessert, I found a recipe for hot apple topping using apple pie filling. I bought some REAL ice cream for the rest of the family and I will be making myself some homemade rice ice cream this afternoon!
We are also going to get out our good dishes (and wine goblets) and eat at the dining room table. The kids' favorite part is drinking the sparkling grape juice! I have two bottles on hand because it is just that good!
After we get done eating, we will all move to the piano room and start on the presents. Before we open the presents though, we always read the Christmas story out of the book of Luke. Matt always does this. Then we each take turns opening presents. The kids each get three and it looks like Matt and I each have three ourselves. Well, the kids will have three if the post man brings their last one today in the mail. If not, they will just get two for now.
I'm looking forward to a memorable evening! Now to get busy!!!
PS The mailman did bring their final gift today, so I am happy and the girls will be happy too!!
I think we are enjoying it though!
Today is super busy! We will go to church tonight at 4 and then come back home, have a nice meal together, and open presents. This is our night as a family!
A couple years ago, we started the tradition of having ham balls (Matt's favorite) and cheesy potatoes for a Christmas Eve meal. I don't think we did this last year because there were too many yet on a strict diet, but this year, I am the only one left watching what I eat almost every meal. We are going to make ham balls this year, but I will be doing some substituting. :) Of course, Matt asks, "They are going to be REAL hamballs, right?" Sure thing!!!! I will try my best!!!
There is no way to substitute the sour cream and cheese in the cheesy potatoes, so I will make those and just not eat them. I think I am going to make myself a side of hash browns. We are also going to have real green beans (not frozen or out of a can). For dessert, I found a recipe for hot apple topping using apple pie filling. I bought some REAL ice cream for the rest of the family and I will be making myself some homemade rice ice cream this afternoon!
We are also going to get out our good dishes (and wine goblets) and eat at the dining room table. The kids' favorite part is drinking the sparkling grape juice! I have two bottles on hand because it is just that good!
After we get done eating, we will all move to the piano room and start on the presents. Before we open the presents though, we always read the Christmas story out of the book of Luke. Matt always does this. Then we each take turns opening presents. The kids each get three and it looks like Matt and I each have three ourselves. Well, the kids will have three if the post man brings their last one today in the mail. If not, they will just get two for now.
I'm looking forward to a memorable evening! Now to get busy!!!
PS The mailman did bring their final gift today, so I am happy and the girls will be happy too!!
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Good bye corn....;(
Another food bites the dust! Ugh!!
This last month, I have had some major reactions to something.
1. new IBS symptoms
2. extreme moodiness. I am usually pretty patient with my kids (you need to be to homeschool!) but I have not been very patient or nice on a couple of occasions lately!
3. major sinus headaches. Remember, I have been having sinus headaches since May, but now they have been 10 x worse!!
4. breakout of acne
5. fingers swelled
6. cyst on right knee hurt and painful
7. Drop in blood sugar after I eat
8. Fuzzy thinking/ can not think straight
9. Eye vision affected
10. heartburn
Some of these have been coming on within 15 minutes of eating, so I knew it had to be something I was consuming, but what?? I thought I had this all figured out!
These are a lot of my symptoms that I had experienced before I got diagnosed with food allergies, so I knew I was back to square one with something.
These symptoms have been building the last couple of months and finally I said enough is enough and I went to go see my doctor.
Her first question, "What do you eat a lot of?" My answer: corn! I eat a lot of corn chips, corn cereal, cornstarch, corn noodles etc. I probably eat corn at least twice a day. My doctor's next thought was that I had built up an intolerance to corn! She said that many people who go gluten-free usually come down with a corn intolerance because many people replace their gluten with corn. She said she has seen this before and this is probably what is going on with me. The solution: take out corn! NOOOOO!!! She told me to keep a food journal for two weeks to see if I could correlate corn to any of my symptoms. She also said corn is an inflammatory food and it will inflame parts of your body and could very well be causing all my sinus issues!
I wanted to see if this theory was true right away, so as I pulled away from the doctor last Thursday, I had a sandwich bag of Honeycomb in my purse. I was hungry, so I pulled it out. If you don't know, Honeycomb is half corn/ half oats. I ate about half the sack and by the time I got home, I could already feel the headache coming on. For the next three hours, I could not see clearly, could not think straight, and I was on edge with my family. It finally wore off early in the evening and I could see straight again.
The next day, we had a homeschool Christmas party at my house and we decorated cookies. The person who brought sugar cookies and frosting happen to leave the leftovers at my house. Guess what I got into right before I went to bed?? the frosting!!! YUMMY!!! I checked the label and it had nothing in it that I could not eat, but it did contain cornstarch. I ate quite a bit of it because it was so good!!! Well, 15-20 minutes later, I got a huge sinus headache again! I went to bed and thought that I would just sleep it off. I was wrong! Christian came into my room at 6:30 am and I seriously got mad at him because he woke me up! I also got mad at Matt because he wanted to take Courtney out for breakfast and I told him that it wasn't fair!! I was really mad! (This is where I realize I cannot control this and I stay away from my family!! This is very unlike me.) By about 10 am, the moodiness had subsided and I felt like my regular self again! I think I actually took a couple of Advil that morning!
I believe that corn is my true culprit and every time I don't eat corn, I don't feel bad and I treat everybody nicely!!
I am so sad to have to give up corn, but if it makes me feel better, it is worth it!
Tonight I finally had a chance to sit down and look up the symptoms of corn allergies and sure enough, every single one of my symptoms are on the list!! Except for the heartburn, my doctor thought that was from eating too many tomatoes. :)
My doctor also told me that I should try to get back on a few other foods, especially the ones that weren't so high on my allergy test. She said I should try chicken, blueberries, peanuts, and almonds and any other ones that had a lower number. She told me not to try to get back on gluten because that is also an inflammatory (like corn) and would probably make my troubles worse at the moment.
Here I go again!
This last month, I have had some major reactions to something.
1. new IBS symptoms
2. extreme moodiness. I am usually pretty patient with my kids (you need to be to homeschool!) but I have not been very patient or nice on a couple of occasions lately!
3. major sinus headaches. Remember, I have been having sinus headaches since May, but now they have been 10 x worse!!
4. breakout of acne
5. fingers swelled
6. cyst on right knee hurt and painful
7. Drop in blood sugar after I eat
8. Fuzzy thinking/ can not think straight
9. Eye vision affected
10. heartburn
Some of these have been coming on within 15 minutes of eating, so I knew it had to be something I was consuming, but what?? I thought I had this all figured out!
These are a lot of my symptoms that I had experienced before I got diagnosed with food allergies, so I knew I was back to square one with something.
These symptoms have been building the last couple of months and finally I said enough is enough and I went to go see my doctor.
Her first question, "What do you eat a lot of?" My answer: corn! I eat a lot of corn chips, corn cereal, cornstarch, corn noodles etc. I probably eat corn at least twice a day. My doctor's next thought was that I had built up an intolerance to corn! She said that many people who go gluten-free usually come down with a corn intolerance because many people replace their gluten with corn. She said she has seen this before and this is probably what is going on with me. The solution: take out corn! NOOOOO!!! She told me to keep a food journal for two weeks to see if I could correlate corn to any of my symptoms. She also said corn is an inflammatory food and it will inflame parts of your body and could very well be causing all my sinus issues!
I wanted to see if this theory was true right away, so as I pulled away from the doctor last Thursday, I had a sandwich bag of Honeycomb in my purse. I was hungry, so I pulled it out. If you don't know, Honeycomb is half corn/ half oats. I ate about half the sack and by the time I got home, I could already feel the headache coming on. For the next three hours, I could not see clearly, could not think straight, and I was on edge with my family. It finally wore off early in the evening and I could see straight again.
The next day, we had a homeschool Christmas party at my house and we decorated cookies. The person who brought sugar cookies and frosting happen to leave the leftovers at my house. Guess what I got into right before I went to bed?? the frosting!!! YUMMY!!! I checked the label and it had nothing in it that I could not eat, but it did contain cornstarch. I ate quite a bit of it because it was so good!!! Well, 15-20 minutes later, I got a huge sinus headache again! I went to bed and thought that I would just sleep it off. I was wrong! Christian came into my room at 6:30 am and I seriously got mad at him because he woke me up! I also got mad at Matt because he wanted to take Courtney out for breakfast and I told him that it wasn't fair!! I was really mad! (This is where I realize I cannot control this and I stay away from my family!! This is very unlike me.) By about 10 am, the moodiness had subsided and I felt like my regular self again! I think I actually took a couple of Advil that morning!
I believe that corn is my true culprit and every time I don't eat corn, I don't feel bad and I treat everybody nicely!!
I am so sad to have to give up corn, but if it makes me feel better, it is worth it!
Tonight I finally had a chance to sit down and look up the symptoms of corn allergies and sure enough, every single one of my symptoms are on the list!! Except for the heartburn, my doctor thought that was from eating too many tomatoes. :)
My doctor also told me that I should try to get back on a few other foods, especially the ones that weren't so high on my allergy test. She said I should try chicken, blueberries, peanuts, and almonds and any other ones that had a lower number. She told me not to try to get back on gluten because that is also an inflammatory (like corn) and would probably make my troubles worse at the moment.
Here I go again!
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Found Library book....oops!
Before we went on our trip, I checked quite a few books out from the library on all the cities we were going to visit. I wanted to learn a little bit before we left. I even took some of them on our trip.
When we got home, I took the whole stack back to the library. I was convinced I had them all back, I had kept them all in one place and honestly, I rarely lose a library book.
About a couple weeks later, I noticed that I was getting a fine on a library book and it was a book about Boston that I checked out before our trip. I called the library and said that I was positive that I returned it and they took the fine off my account (they will do this 3 times) and I left it at that.
Guess what I found today IN my couch today?? the library book about Boston!!!
Should I just put it in the drop box at the library and let them figure it out or actually go confess that I was wrong???
When we got home, I took the whole stack back to the library. I was convinced I had them all back, I had kept them all in one place and honestly, I rarely lose a library book.
About a couple weeks later, I noticed that I was getting a fine on a library book and it was a book about Boston that I checked out before our trip. I called the library and said that I was positive that I returned it and they took the fine off my account (they will do this 3 times) and I left it at that.
Guess what I found today IN my couch today?? the library book about Boston!!!
Should I just put it in the drop box at the library and let them figure it out or actually go confess that I was wrong???
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