HI!!
New Years Eve came and went. Ricky ended up having to work late. While we were waiting on him to get home, I washed all the kids' sheets and blankets. The girls walked into (Gracie is walking now!!!) their room to watch me and when I was done both girls put themselves to bed. It was around 6:45 but I wasn't going to argue. It was raining when Ricky got home so our plans of doing sparklers were nixed. I think we were in bed by 10:30. We are young and crazy around here... can you tell?
Yesterday marked day 1 of potty training. It's the most maddening, stressful, disgusting thing to date. We immediately put big boy underwear on Brody and asked him if he needed to potty. Not 2 minutes later he peed his pants. He then got to sit on the potty for 45 minutes until he went again like a big boy. We asked them every 10 minutes if they needed to potty. Even set a timer. Madi went and peed in the hallway. It's like training a dog! She did end up using the potty like a big girl three times. Gracie went once peed in her pants once. We've been giving jelly beans as rewards and cheer like crazy when they do what they should. It's so easy to give up on this but the kids are officially 2.5 and have got to be 100% potty trained by their 3rd birthday for school reasons. Please, if you know of a potty training fairy, send her our way!
And can anyone believe we have 2.5 year olds??? They are doing some pretty amazing things. Madi wrote an M for her name last night! Gracie is walking - very cautiously but walking! Brody has decided to start jumping off things for fun- like the couch, recliner, step stool, etc. which gives me a heart attack! It's been such a great break from therapy and school but I'm really looking forward to getting back into the swing of things. Mornings just aren't the same without our therapist... it's too quite around here!
Juicing- Day 1
So Ricky bought me a juicer for Christmas. I watched the documentary Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. It's got my attention so I asked for the juicer and luckily got it. Yesterday I ate no food only drank juice. Before anyone freaks out, you get every bit of nutrients and all the other things you need to survive through the things you are juicing. And it's all healthy stuff! Since I have PCOS which affects a number of things but one biggie is that you are automatically pre diabetic, I've decided I should probably change my diet around before I am diabetic, etc. Anyway, I woke up today feeling great! No swelling, no bags under my eyes, energized, and I lost a little over a pound! I'm consuming things I would have never eaten otherwise and it's not terrible. It takes getting use to "drinking" the flavors but doable. By juicing fresh fruits and veggies you get everything they offer which you don't when they are cooked. On another note, I might go vegetarian. If I do decided to consume meat or dairy it will only be organic by local farms. I strongly encourage everyone to watch Food, Inc. to see where your food is actually coming from. It's out of thin air that there are so many new diseases and illnesses and obesity these days. I plan to totally change the kids' diets as well but realize I need to do a lot more homework before doing so. I for sure will be eliminating gluten from their diets. Ricky and I feel that Brody's stomach issues are because of gluten. My goal is to address some health concerns we have for them in the kitchen first before doctors that never can figure out what is causing XYZ.
So here is a couple juices I've had so far so no one freaks out thinking I'm starving myself :)
1 mango, 1/2 cucumber, 1/4 yellow pepper, 1/2 jalapeno, 2 green onions, 1/4 cup cilantro, 1/2 lime
All fresh and raw, thrown in the blender, poured over ice, drank with a straw
My favorite: 1 green apple, 3 handfuls spinach, 6-8 kale leaves, 4 large carrots, 1 piece of ginger
2 large cucumbers, 4 cups cilantro, 1 lime, 1 poblano pepper, 1 golden apple
1 green apple, 2 cups spinach, 2 cups kale, 1/2 cucumber, 4 celery stalks, 1/2 lemon
See??? Would you have consumed these fruits in veggies in one day? I know I would have never! And because my body doesn't do what it should with glucose, I have to have a very small fruit ratio in each juice.
Anyone else want to juice with me?
Brody and I are going to order his much needed new glasses in a couple hours. So excited for him! His glasses have been bothering him so much the past couple weeks where he hasn't wanted to wear them at all... poor mister.
Hope everyone is having a fabulous 2013 so far!
KP
