Meltdown

If you know Adrienne you know she can have a good meltdown from time to time. Sometimes she has logical reasons sometimes it is.....well I don't know what it is. Most of the time I deal with them fine but sometimes it causes me to have my own little meltdown. I have never claimed to be the perfect mom.

Last night was a meltdown night and she had a good reason. Yesterday was "pod change day" and we changed it with no problems. After changing her pod the kids are off playing and while wrestling Adrienne's pod must have been hit and it set off an alarm. Chaos!!! Cole is crying because he hurt Adrienne and she is screaming because she thinks she is going to be in trouble. They had been warned to stop being so rough because this could happen! Now we have to change the pod again while I remove the one that I just put on blood starts running down her stomach from the site. This has never happened before we are assuming it is because it had just been inserted. While trying to stop the bleeding Adrienne has her meltdown....screaming "I wish I didn't have diabetes" and crying her little eyes out. She recovered fine from the incident and actually was able to laugh about it.

As her parents it is hard to know you are making the right decisions.

Did we pick the right insulin pump for her lifestyle?

Do we baby her too much?

Am I being strict enough with her diet?

Am I being too strict with her diet?

Does she even get a voice in her treatment plan?

How do you know a meltdown is blood sugar related or just being a brat?

There are days that I sit back and feel sorry for myself. Today is one of those days because of how all the events went down last night. I would give anything for Adrienne to have a "normal" childhood. She should not have to worry about every single piece of food she puts in her mouth. She should not have to come out of a thirty minute TKD class and have to eat a snack because her blood sugar dropped from the activity.

As her mother I can not feel sorry for myself or her. I refuse to let diabetes define her. She is an amazing, beautiful, smart little girl or as her Daddy describes her "An inquisitive explorer who at anytime may reveal her latest (often disgusting) finding from the animal world."

Sometimes you just have the right to meltdown a little.

Hoarder

I am a curriculum hoarder!

I know this and yet I still "need" to buy more.

I could probably teach my kids for the next two years just with the stuff I already have in the house.

When I tell other homeschool moms that I may have a book they need I mean it because there is a good chance I do.

I get so excited when spring comes because that means it is getting close to the NCHE homeschool conference. There are many wonderful speakers but I LOVE the bookfair. I don't even need to buy anything because I love just walking around seeing what the other families are buying and then do a little research and see if it would be good for my family.

Scholastic books has warehouse sales every few months. We always go buy books the kids are interested in. I have a hard time telling my kids no to books. I do try to limit the amount of cartoon or movie themed books.

We visit our local library once a week. We have been known to have about twenty five books checked out at a time.

I know I have a problem but I just love books and so do my kids.

I am sure there are worse problems to have......right?

Catch Up

So far this week I feel like I am running in circles. I don't think I have ever been sick for a whole week and even now I am not back to 100% but there is so much to get done.

Jeremy does a great job of holding down the fort as a single parent when I am sick. He cooks, cleans, does laundry, entertains the kids, goes to work......how I love that man. Even with all the things he does there are still a weeks worth of things that need to be done.

Lesson Plans
Both kids need new TKD pants
Cole needs a new TKD board
Sign up for our CSA for this year
Register both kids for spring Botanical Gardens classes
Friday Enrichment starts this week
Refill all Adrienne's prescriptions

The list keeps going but you get the idea. It is just the little things but when you make the list it can be a little overwhelming. I am happy to report I got most of my list done today!

Don't all these nasty germs know that Mommy has no time to be sick?

Pinewood Derby 2011

Ready to race!



Waiting at the finish line.



Repair time!!! Wheel fell off but Cole still won that race.



Third Place Most Original



Totally stole this picture idea from Casey!!!

Thankful

I am always thankful for my sweet husband and wonderful kids but this week I am beyond thankful for them.

I have not had strep throat since I was a child until this weekend. I am just now starting to feel human again after three trips to the doctor, two antibiotics that won't help, now I am on two antibiotics and a steroid. I am a walking pharmacy right now.

I have not been the best patient in the world either.....I may just be a little demanding when I am sick. But they love me anyway. I think me losing my voice has freaked the kids out more than anything. They just stare at me and say when will you get your voice back.

Poor Jeremy is probably hearing in his sleep....can I have a water, can I have a Tylenol, can I have a soup, how about a green tea, I need Motrin, popsicle would be nice, can I have hot chocolate, how about warm water because cold burns my throat. Lucky for him I lost my voice so he didn't have to hear it very long.

Like I said I am thankful because I know I could not put up with me during this sickness.

Happy Birthday Jeremy

Happy Birthday to an amazing husband and father. We are all so lucky to have you in our lives.

A Great School Day

I love it when I can say that at the end of the day.

We have been learning so many new things this week and we all are having fun. Cole and Adrienne both LOVE to learn. They get excited when you tell them we are going to learn something new today. They make the job of being their "teacher" so easy.....most of the time.

Today is not our normal school day because Adrienne is not feeling the best and we had to take a trip to the doctor this morning. Just because it is not a "normal" school day does not mean there is not a lot of learning going on here.

Right now Cole is reading Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case and Adrienne is painting. We are going to break out our activity bags, play a few board games, and after lunch watch an episode of Life.

I love being able to teach my children at home!