Random

*The other night while I was walking with my friend, Tim was at home with the kids like we always do. The kids were sucked into Homeward Bound and Tim was sitting in the recliners paying bills and such. The kids had been so quite and he noticed a few sniffles coming from Baby A. He looked up and sure enough she was crying. He tried to figure out what was wrong but couldn't. He picked her up and asked her why she was crying and she replied "I don't know why". By this point she was really really upset and he somehow figured out it was because of the movie. There is a part where a little girl (around 4 years old or so) got lost in the woods and was crying. The 3 animals found her and stayed with her keeping her warm through the night. This apparently made Baby A very sad and even though Tim explained that the little girl was ok and her parents found her she still was very upset. She kept repeating "I don't know why I am crying" and the boys kept asking why on earth she was crying at the movie, HA. Tim was at a loss.... he is clueless (as are all guys) to crying at sad movies, books or blog posts. He managed to take her outside and finally calm her down. Bless his heart when the hormonal teenage years get here. He might need to lock himself in his room to get through them.

* Scooter is not an very organized guy. His back pack is ALWAYS filled with tons of crumpled papers that are late getting to me because he just threw them in his bag. This drives me CRAZY! I have tried punishing him for not turning things in and forgetting homework..... that didn't help. I have tried reminding him a billion times to turn things in and that doesn't help. I am at a loss. I need some kind of tips on how to get your child organized in school. If you have tips or a good book that I could read please pass them on. I searched pintrest for some ideas but most deal with keeping rooms cleaned... we have very little problem with that, it's mostly school stuff. HELP!!!!

* If you guys would send up a prayer for us we would greatly appreciate it. Rascal's teacher doesn't seem to care much about his allergy (or if she does she isn't showing it very well). This may sound so minor to most but it's not and trying to get EVERYONE to see it's not is wearing me down. Don't get me wrong... I am my child's advocate and I will surely step in when I have to but that doesn't make it easy. I manage to stay strong for the most part but last week was hard.. I mean really hard for me. I threw myself many pity parties wishing we didn't have to deal with this stuff, stuff like: reading EVERY single label on EVERY single item (not just food items but lotions and lip balms too), talking to teachers and parents about his allergy and getting looks like I am overreacting or exaggerating....... I get this EVERYWHERE and I want to jump in their face and let them hear how just ingesting a simple nut sends my son into an anaphylactic reaction, (Meaning his face starts swelling, tongue starts swelling and next comes difficulty breathing or even cardiac arrest. Scary huh??). I wish we didn't have to worry about him being singled out or left out due to his allergy. I can't send him to just any friend's house, birthday parties etc.. and if I do I have to pack his epi pen and benedryl and go through a brief (yet most likely intimidating) tutorial on how to use the epi pen and what signs to looks for. It means we skip out on things like muffins with mom and donuts with dad because we don' know if there are nuts in the products and if not, were they cross contaminated with nuts because that will send him into a reaction too. I have to send him to school, church and other people's homes and pray that he doesn't accidentally come in contact with a surface that has nut bits/oils on them (including children sneezing/ coughing after eating nuts or not washing there hands after eating nuts). 

So anyways after throwing myself pity parties I read a wonderful devotion that simply said . Entrust your loved ones in My hands. They are much better off there than in your own hands!!!!! How great is that??? I love that my creator knows my heart aches and the fact that I am trying to be the best protector I can for my children but even that isn't enough. Only placing them in His hands is the best. There is no doubt I would not be able to let Rascal out of my house (the only place that is TRULY safe for him) if it wasn't for the peace of knowing God has this in his hands. I read a new verse that day that spoke to me in a very powerful way:

The Lord replied, " I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest- everything will be fine for you." Now just insert your name in there instead of Moses and this can apply to every single one of us.... including Rascal! 

* Lucy has started chasing shadows. Now I know that sounds funny (and it is) but we aren't talking about an occasional playtime. I'm talking about 99% of her day is spent sitting in a corner staring at the wall waiting for shadows to move. It is the most annoying thing ever, mainly because when she sees the shadows move she barks, whines, or scratches/ bites at it. This has been going on for a good 3 weeks now... ever since she lost her balance while walking on her back feet and falling to hit her head. I really am wondering if she made herself crazy by that fall. We may contact the vet to see what they think. Here is a picture of her with her face behind our door just waiting for a shadow:

She sat this way for a good 30 minutes. One plus to this is we always know where to find her and it always looks like we have trained her to sit in time out. lol! 

*The kids were playing in the front yard a few weeks ago and the boys were trying to pull each other on a sled by just a skateboard. Well as you can assume, this didn't work so well and they were getting frustrated. I was out walking with my friend and so Tim decided to remedy the problem for them. He hooked up the sled behind the riding lawn mower and gave them rides around the yard. Can we say redneck? I was a bit shocked when I walked by our yard and saw this. He claims he was just helping the kids have a little fun. I am not sure I want to know what our neighbors think of us now. 

* I posted several low carb recipes on my recipe blog. If you would like to see them just look for the low carb label to the right. If you click on low carb all recipes under that label will appear.