Sit, Push and Glide - Run Bike

Monday Martha's Run bike came while she was napping. Dan took it out and put it all together for her! When she woke up we took her out for a short ride before dinner. She was so funny at first trying to figure out how to balance it on the two wheels :) It took some adapting and the hand grips gave her a sore thumb but she loved it and was quit upset when we made her come in for dinner.

After dinner it was getting dark so Dan set her with a head light and off we went. She go better and better. We went to a small "hill" down the street and she went down the sidewalk there quite a few times. She even got it figured out balancing with her feet off the ground for a bit. We didn't want to stand in one place so I convinced her to go find more hills in the neighborhood. She was doing great going down a longer hill and picking up speed...welp guess it was a bit too much because she had a little run in with the concrete. After a few tears and a little hugging/ carrying she wanted to ride all the way home and wasn't too happy when we said we had to go in.

Tuesday we went for a post lunch ride around and she got the sitting, push and glide down. Twice I was ahead of her and she came "flying by" me and I said there she goes. After about 10 min she was stopping to have me come up so she could fly by me! We went home for some water and got a rest in...and of course had to go out with daddy in the dark before bed.

Now she got really good went probably 40 feet down the hill from the night before all with no feet. The last time she was swerving from side to side...looking like she was really pushing her abilities. It was so funny to see her come to a "screeching" more like pounding halt at the bottom before going into the street. It has no breaks so her feet have to stop her.

With that amazing balancing I told her I bed she could start trying to put her feet up...she couldn't get them in the right place and they hit her tire and she stopped quite a few times. Then as she got a little tired but didn't want to quite she tried putting her feet up w/out being moving and had another little crash and scrapped knee. Dan carried her I carried her bike (the thing weight like 10# so it's no be deal)...we told her she was missing her hill and after a min she was down off again.

So today we will have to get out again! Man I wonder what she will do today! I have some video and will do some more and try to get it uploaded! I also have hundreds of pics to upload from the last ah ya know month...so be looking for that on our site soon!

God Why?

Do you ever have one of those days where it seems like one event after the next you just keep asking God why? Then a few min later you think we'll maybe ___ or oh ___ was why . Today is one of those days!

The God why events started with Ruth being tired and not wanting to go to sleep. The Fed Ex Man brought Martha's New car seat. So we of course had to get it out and she had to play in it and wanted it put in the car. And she though it was great fun to scratch the foam off a packing piece so I guess the face that shortly earlier Ruth was covered in dog fur from the floor was the alternative reason I needed to vacuum. So all those things happened. And thankfully the rain was on hiatus during the car seat install. Then all the sudden we had to run around fast and get ready for her gymnastics class. We made it into the car just in time to avoid the big drops., and turned out upon getting into the car that the microwave time was fast so we were not late but early! Then the short drive to gym...Ruth still didn't go to sleep so I didn't have to wake her up for that we all "crawled" into front seat to get ready to get out in the rain. We got inside well before the big down poor. No one else was there for class yet so I got to take care of scheduling a make-up and checking on when I signed up for summer class.

Ruth zonked out during class and Martha had a great time playing with a little cohort Megan...they have similar personalities so it can be interesting but it was good :) I sometimes forget that my child has a bit of a aptitude towards the sport until she is listening good and things all click :) I hope she can continue to develop in her behavior so she can keep having fun...because man does she have fun when she's learning and doing great! So the rain lets up and I think maybe I can get Ruth in her seat w/out waking her up...fail! Donno for the reason on this but she is happily out currently!

Home we spend a long time preparing and eating lunch! I love that with removing "problem" foods Martha has started eating good for me again...well at lunch anyway! The world is not aligning for breakfast these days and dinner seems to be hit of miss. Well the down side to this Martha eating thing is that she is so distractable and active it takes forever! In and out bits and breaks. I was done long before her and she started eating before me! So I go about trying to get things done that need done. She goes off outside to push an imaginary child that needed a pushed again on the swing set and I take Ruth to put diapers in the dryer. Zeke promptly comes to steal Martha's food. So I angerly sent him back out side, finish loading the dryer and tell Martha we need to remember to crate Zeke for meals because "I can't handle this"! (A phrase that gets repeated frequently back to me). I put her plate up high on the counter and turn to pull a chair up so she can come get more...didn't realize Ruth was holding onto a glass bowl! Crash...mad mommy glass everywhere...dog and Martha banished outside...Ruth gated into the Living room. Apparently I need to do a better job at keeping my kitchen floor clean because this is like the 2nd time in the last week that God has helped me get it nice and clean.

So now I need to go back and mop when I wanted to be cleaning the unsold garage sale junk out of the garage so I can get the car in there again! Back to life...again doing a lousy job balancing it!

Food Allergy

Words that strike fear into many parents...especially ones with picky eating children. But really when you think about the problems that foods can cause your children and really realize what your getting into...it seems less scary. I've come to think of them as poisons...and I wouldn't let my child eat a chemical poison so why a "safe" food.

So over the last oh year probably I've been gathering info on food allergies, intolerance and sensitivities. Symptoms can range from your typical hives and breathing trouble to tummy upsets and wild behavior. So once I started paying attention I found that goldfish crackers make Martha go crazy...IE wild uncontrolled behavior a crazy look in her eyes. After she started having a dry diaper during quite a few nights I noticed that eating corn caused her to have a flood during the night. Then a few weeks ago she had more cows milk/ dairy than she probably has ever consumed at one time... almost an entire milk box from Panera Bread and a full bowl of potato soup...well an hour later her GI track was obviously jacked up...first plugged...then painful...then had a leaky spout. This is what really tuned myself in and I think opened up Dan's eyes that we might have something going on.

Today I took Martha to Dr. Shaw at JBS Wellness for EAV Testing in addition to our adjustments. Well turns out her digestive system has some serious issues with corn, trouble with cow milk/ dairy, and some issues with grains. So in addition to the general health supplements we were doing with her before we get more specific and some new ones. Look at the pic...seriously what would make a mother want to keep track of this many things for her 3 year old...well not eating, fussy eating, mood swings, refusal to nap or settle down for bed, nursing way more than is normal for a 3 year old and that's just a few... I finally came to the point that making a huge change in our diet no longer seemed as bad as dealing with everything else! That little spray bottle with the blue label is a homeopathic that is suppose to desensitize her body to the culprits.

So today when I quite racing around trying to get to the park I really though about food for Martha and I to eat...we ended up eating a baked potato loaded with olive oil (instead of butter), lots of salt, a little pepper and garlic powder, and some baby broccoli that came from Timber Creek as we arrived home. For a treat she had this really cool applesauce in a squeeze bottle. I know it's not going to be easy but Dr. Shaw said isn't not so bad that it should be permanent and her gut will heal and then she can eat in moderation these things! But for now we will be relearning how to eat for the next 2+ weeks.

Dr. Shaw is our chiropractor but offers much more than just spinal care check out the web site listed above. All us girls have been doing chiropractic care and I personally have old aches and pains that I though I would live with forever that are gone! Martha seems to be sleeping a little better and definably feels better...she was so cute today..."Dr Shaw you need to fix my back right here. I fell down at the spray park yesterday and it hurts. Look at my knee." She did get a nice scraped knee and such from a fall last night! And Ruth got over a nagging runny nose over night...coincidence or not I'm hooked!

Rain Rain Go Away

Rainy day today but it's ok for the morning we had a mom from the attachment parenting group come over to look at diapers I was selling. So I real quick tidy's up a bit and vacuumed the place and finally got the new sheets on the bed! Martha had a great time playing with Gilly and her mom bought a bunch...I recouped $80 YEAH!

Martha spent a little time playing in the backyard today and couldn't understand why we couldn't go for a walk or to the park....I just don't feel like dragging a little baby out and possibly getting drenched on! And again Martha went down for a nap w/out a fuss!!!!!

Now if I could just minister to my hubby and get the kitchen tidy's up for him! One day...the darn thing just exhausts me it never ends!

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