Family update and Dental Drama

Last week was multifaceted for us.  There was a LOT of Good and a little bit of bad.  It started out with Liam getting his orange belt, this was such a special think for him given the special needs that he has.  The night after he got his belt he started showing signs of illness, he had been showing cold symptoms for several days, but his mucus color changed and he developed a fever, the normal signs for him of a sinus infection. So off to the doctor we went, they informed us that it was intact not a sinus infection but just allergies, and recommended that we go back to see the ENT (we have a favorite ENT, who did ear tube surgery on both Cole and Caroline) 

Monday after Easter started out Good! Liam won an award at school for being on the honor roll, Cole got to be the special helper at school which was a huge deal for him.

Tuesday and Wednesday were normal days for me, as I went back to school,  but this is my mom's first week of school time child care, She and Caroline are adjusting to a LOT more time together, (Which is working out great), and my mom is adjusting to the times that Cole and Liam need to be dropped off and picked up from school and other activities.  It is an adjustment but I think it will be good over all.

Wednesday night we developed a little bit of an issue, we were eating dinner and Liam started complaining about his tooth hurting, I was surprised to notice that one of his molars was chipped, I assume he must have done it while he was eating because I hadn't noticed it during regular teeth brushing.  So I made an appointment with our regular dentist. We went in and he tried to get x-rays but wasn't very successful because this equipment was not the right size. he referred us on to a pediatric dentist in town which we had seen before with Liam, we had actually stopped taking him there because I felt like the pediatric dentist was just looking for problems to get more money, and Liam has been going to the dental van since he was in kindergarten (a program that does cleanings every six months and takes care of any issues that they see) 

Well the pediatric dentist found a TON of work that needed to be done in Liam's mouth. and quoted us a price of 3,000 dollars!!! I was totally freaked out, especially considering the fact that we brush and floss twice a day! The problems do see to be genetic, my husband and dad both have very bad teeth, they are pretty (very white and straight) but the enamel is weak. I am currently looking for natural methods to help fix his issues, and we have set up an appointment for a second opinion.

If anyone knows of any natural dental methods PLEASE let me know!!! 

We will just keep going and I know that all of this will work out but its a little frustrating for my little guy to have to go through this! 

HAVE A HAPPY SUNDAY!!!!

PEACE, We are off to build Cole's Garden, pictures and video to come!!!!!!

ONE SONG YOGA

A few weeks ago, my husband and I decided we needed to start getting healthier.  Neither one of us is that much over weight but we were not exercising and we felt like this was the time to start.  I always used to be very into health and exercise, but after my kids were born that kind of went out the window, because I was spending all of my time taking care of them. We joined the YMCA and started going to the gym.  Other then that I have also been doing some working out at home, i have been riding the stationary bike and doing jumping jacks ( I try to do about 500 a day).  Also I have always been a huge fan of yoga.  Previously i didn't really consider it as part of my work out, I actually used it more for meditation and self centering. But over the past few weeks I have found that i can use it as a warm up to the other parts of my work out.

When my husband and I started working on getting healthy, I looked around the internet and found something called a "One song workout' It claimed that you could get pretty much a full body work out in one song, and used popular music which seemed like fun.  While I personally don't believe you can get a full work out in one song, I thought that these were good warm ups or cool downs. so I decided to put those ideas together and came up with this.

Now obviously I am not a yoga instructor, but this seems like a beginning level to me, I am going to try and write one up about once a week, to different songs and different poses.  Songs are going to be more upbeat then others, I would consider this one a warm up, and I will probably write some that are more cool down worthy or relaxation worthy..

Have a great night!!

PEACE

QUOTE OF THE DAY

AS PART OF THE "ONCE UPON A TIME" CHALLENGE I AM TAKING PART IN I AM RE READING SOME ONE OF THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS.

THE BOOKS THEMSELVES CAME OUT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I LOVED THEM FROM THE BEGINNING.  WHEN THE MOVIE CAME OUT IT TOOK IT TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL.  IN A WAY I IDEALIZED JK ROWLING, BECAUSE I SAW A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT TIMES AND MADE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE.

WHEN I FIRST READ THEIS QUOTE IT OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW THOUGHT FOR ME.....

THIS QUOTE DOES WHAT A REALLY GOOD QUOTE IS SUPPOSE TO DO, IT ALLOWS US TO DREAM, TO EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR LIFE, TO FLY.  WE MAY NOT ALL BE HARRY POTTER BUT WE CAN ALL ACHIEVE BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS!

OH BY THE WAY, HERE IS THE HARRY POTTER TAG I DID ON YOUTUBE! YOU CAN WATCH IF YOU ARE INTERESTED...

HAVE A MAGICAL AND PEACEFUL EVENING!!!

Quote of the Day

Today quote is something I heard the first time in high school.  I loved my high school it was a terrific mix of people, and as far as I was aware of there was very little bullying because people had the ability to be who they were. 

It was during those years that I met my best friend, we have been through many event in our lives at the same time, we were married the same year and we both gave birth to our first children (2 sons) with in our first year of marriage. (unfortunately her son did not survive, but I truly believe that it has assisted in the close bond that she has formed with my son.)

Before I met my best friend I had never heard of the Baha'i Faith. and when i first heard about it I was quite confused. 

Given there are some beliefs in the Baha'i Faith that I don't subscribe to, but one of the basic principles is earthy unity.  I find this idea spot on and a beautiful thought.

So today our quote comes from that faith tradition....

This quote exemplifies the way she should treat one another regardless of political ideas and religious believes.  We are all human beings and part of the same earth.

HAVE A PEACEFUL DAY!!!!

Quote of the day!

It has been a few days since I did one of these but I really wanted to do one today...yesterday we had 3 inches of snow where I live ( On EASTER no less) today it is 70 degrees....

Even with the crazy weather I LOVE this time of year, it just seems like there are more possibilities

So todays quote is.......

This quote is attributed to Robin Williams and I love it1 Of course I am a sucker for spring and for Robin Williams so all around this is really one of the most awesome quotes ever!!!

Hoary Spring, and have a great day!!!!

What's in my kids Easter baskets

Easter is a big holiday in our house we have a pretty regular schedule that we keep to on that day, which usually includes church, lunch, Easter egg hunt and clues to find their Easter baskets.  (The Easter bunny makes you sing for your supper unlike Santa), but we try really hard to not go too crazy with it....The kids get one gift from mom and Dad (this year it was books)

This is what Liam (8 years old) got, he can't quite read it himself yet,but usually we have him read one page and then we read the next.  The Goosebumps books are good because the chapters are really short! Plus he is getting to the age that he LOVES scary and gross stuff!

This is what we got for Cole (5 years old).  He really loves star wars and is doing pretty well with his learning in preschool, but I have noticed that he has a little trouble with his colors, he gets grey and silver and stuff like that mixed up, I liked this book because it features every color you can think of.

Plus he can pretty much read it himself, so that is a plus

and we got this one for Caroline (age 2) she is getting to the age that she LOVES the Disney princesses, and I am working with her on learning her letters and new words.  This is a lift the flap book with all kinds of new words...Plus she calls Repunzel "hair" as a nick name which is really cute!!!

Then we have what was in their actual Easter baskets.  All three got another book.  Liam got a mincraft chapter book, Cole got a dinosaur book, and Caroline got a bundle of sticker books for Farm, sea, and house) They also each got a stuffed animal, which I don't usually get but this year I allowed it because they were hanging around my parents house and deserved to be played with. and they each got a SMALL toy..Liam got 3 tiny minecraft toys, Cole got 3 transformers, and Caroline got a sesame street bus that holds Elmo and Abby)

Here are the pictures

Coles "lovey" is not pictured, it is a white bengal tiger which he refuses to let go of. :)

They also each got some candy which I didn't take pictures of...

I have easter egg hunt picture to to post tomorrow...

but I hope everyone had a great easter!!!!

PEACE!!

DIY Easter eggs

Everyone loves doing easter eggs with their kids, this year my kids really wanted to participate, so we decided to make "characters" from some of their favorite movies/ shows.  I found online that you could make minions, and ninja turtles pretty easily.  Those we compiled a list of what we would need.

with eggs, my husband got a couple dozen and blew out the yoke...you wouldn't have to do that though you could just hard boil them

and an egg dying kit. we wound up getting a star wars one because we thought the kids might want to use some star wars stickers to decorate with.

We also made sure to have ribbon, google eyes and scissors

After spending a LONG time letting the eggs sit in the dye we ended up with this.......

we used the 4 bright green ones in the middle to make the ninja turtles

so here are the finished products, my husband figured out a way to leave the middle of a few of the eggs white so we could make care bears for my daughter Caroline....You may also notice that the minions are a little orange on top...that is because Caroline knocked over the yellow as she was stirring it...awwwww life with a 2 year old

They took quite a while to do and the kids ran out of patients about half way through so my husband and I ended up finishing them up....Here is a few pics of when the kids were involved though :)

Hope everyone had a happy EASTER!!!!!

PEACE!!