One Day at a Time

I had some really great pictures to add to this post, but for some unknown reason they are not appearing in my post. Someday I will figure out how to do this blog thing a little better, or maybe not, who knows?

I just wanted to give a family update. Nes has lost his two bottom front teeth. He had two teeth pulled last summer when he had his big mouth makeover, so he is looking a little sparse on the bottom. Soso lost his bottom tooth as well, so they make quite a pair.

Jubilee got to make a salad her own way, and it made her very happy. She had a great weekend, and was very cheerful the whole time. This morning she left with Lisa and Honeybee to go to Seattle for a few days. She will get to do some fun activities with a bunch of other girls, and gets to miss school for three days, what could be better? I am learning to chill out and not get to anxious about her education. It will come, and I need to remember that God has a story all written out for her as well.

BK had her play performances, so we can cross one activity off the list. She did a great job. She remembered her line, and did an amazing job screaming, it must be the years of practice. Now she can focus on running.

We are doing lots of playing with our diet. K-man has had eczema for years, and I have just hoped he would grow out of it. He still might, but there might be more to it than that. He has also had ringing in his ears from time to time, so I suggested he go on the allergy free diet. He really likes desserts, so it will be tough. We did find a brownie mix that he and Mads like. It isn't quite what we are used to, but it takes care of the chocolate fix. We also found a baking mix that makes bread that is very good. It's coming along, and all of us that are doing it feel much better. I did it for the last week. Yesterday we went to a friend's for lunch. I am determined not to be a pain in the neck about my diet so we ate what was there. It was delicious, but I paid for it all night. I don't know if I always felt like this when I was eating whatever I wanted or if it is worse once you get it out of your system for a time. Whatever the case, it is not worth the temporary pleasure of a donut, or ice cream to be up all night with stomach cramps and trips to the bathroom. I know there will just be days that it will have to be, but thank goodness there are days when I will feel MUCH better. Allergies are very complex. I had no idea. It is making me realize more and more that the older I get the more I know that I don't know.

I'm hoping to get some planning done while Jubilee is gone so that when she comes home we will have a plan to act on. I also need to figure out what we are doing for Easter. I am not an elaborate celebrator. I need to work on that. I am hoping someday that my extroverted children will take on the party planning and I can just stay in the kitchen and cook. It's times like this I really miss Brant and Rachel. At least we will color eggs, go to church in our Easter best, and have ham. Happy Holy Week.