New Toy

I got a new toy last night so im practicing posting to the blog.

We Are DONE!!!

We are all done with Christmas shopping and wrapping. For the rest of the month we get to take it easy. Good thing to because we have something almost every night now until Christmas. I don't mind being busy at night because then Jere is with me. I HATE being busy during the day. I really dislike dealing with other people without him. I like to go out and have fun but get anxiety easy. Jere helps me deal with that.

Getting in the Spirit of Christmas

We want to do more outings this December. Last night we went to see nativities at this guys house. They import them from Asia, Africa, and South America. We also went to Gardener Village. In the weeks to come we are going to Forgotten Carols, Temple Square, and Ogden Christmas Village. We also will see lights at The Night Before Christmas street and Christmas street.

A Non-traditional Traditional Thanksgiving

So this year for Thanksgiving we decided to keep it simple. We stayed home and just relaxed. We had the traditional big meal around lunch time, our meal however was not traditional. We had home made lunchables, nachos, and stuffing. We had pumpkin cookies and chocolate cupcakes for dessert. We finished off the night with a little Black Friday shopping.

What To Do About School?

We are trying to figure out what to do about Alma's schooling. I like the idea of unschooling but afraid we will miss important knowledge. I like Washington Online because the curriculum is all done for you.  But I don't like all the core classes, the 10% club or all the testing. The 10% club isn't fair. We did the same amount of math lessons as language arts, but because some of the math were optional it doesn't count as reaching 10% progress. As far as science goes we are doing two lessons a week like they suggest, but that doesn't get 10% progress I guess. Because of these issues Alma only got one reward in October.

Another Injury

Tonight Alma was running to let the dogs in. He ran down the hall and jumped. He landed with his left foot hitting the corner of the wall. He fell down in pain and cried out. He came limping into the T.V room. His foot looked horrible. the bony knob on the side of his foot was double in size and purple. We were afraid he broke something so we took him into Instacare. As we were in the waiting room at Instacare Alma started to feel better. So we were reassured that it wasn't broke. The doctor looked at his foot and called for an x-ray. Great news there was no break. His foot didn't have any signs or symptoms of a sprain. So the doctor concluded that all the pain was caused by the blunt force of hitting the wall. He got an air cast and was sent home. He has to wear the cast for a week. For the first couple of days he has to ice it and take Ibuprofen for swelling. He was quit fragile, on the verge of tears most of the night. I hope in the morning he will be better.

Dairy: the GOOD, the BAD, the UGLY

The end of August we took Alma off of dairy. We wanted to see if he had an issue with dairy. To support Jere stayed off dairy, mostly. On Saturday we put Alma back on dairy to see how he would do. Alma had lunch, dinner and snacks with dairy in them. Jere also had lunch, dinner and snacks with dairy in them. And I was stupid and had dinner with dairy.

THE GOOD: Alma  did great with dairy. Not a thing bothered him. We are more than 48 hours since his first dairy food and he still is doing great.


THE BAD: Jere got all congested. He felt better the next morning. So he is good with small amounts of dairy but not all day long.


THE UGLY:  I feel fine today but Saturday night and Sunday morning I felt like crap. Saturday night I regurgitating and throw up a couple of times ( but all at once). Sunday morning when I ate breakfast my stomach got tight. It was mad and still scared ( as if it has a mind of its own).  I had to eat crackers to calm it down. After getting non dairy foods in it I felt good. I've been so itchy, and I'm not looking forward to the break out that should be coming in a day or two.

I learned I probably will never be able to have dairy, so I need to stop trying. I really didn't think anything tasted that great, except the chili cheese dog. Our house will remain dairy free. Jere and Alma can have dairy when we eat out or at other people's houses.