Ok, well that didn't go quite as planned....

As has been mentioned Tara has a variety of food allergies. Besides the big ones, she had a few mild reaction allergens(rice, chicken, turkey). We had been given the go ahead to reintroduce these items this past winter but decided to hold off.

Now Mike's latest visit to the Dr included a request that despite his daughter's meat restrictions that he needed to look at added more fish and chicken to his diet and to cut out ground meat/pork and stick to lean red meat. Ok, so we made the decision to add chicken back hoping to avoid separate meals for Mike and/or Tara.

Test night was last night. She devoured her chicken and quickly asked for more. This was supposed to be one of her allergens that causes some itching at worse case. So it was quite a surprise when her face turned bright red moments after getting her second helping so around ten minutes after her first helping. A quick dose of benedryl and taking away her plate she was fine, but confused why she couldn't have more of the yummy chicken.

Guess we'll give it a week or two and try rice which shouldn't be a problem as she has had a few things with rice flour.

Looks like turkey is still off the menu for Thanksgiving.

Happy 'Happy Day' Baby Girl!

Tara's Second Birthday!
Originally uploaded by blue lady studios

My baby turned two today! A happy but bittersweet occasion as my final baby gets a wee bit older.

Quotables from Anna......

Katy is reciting nursery rhymes. Current one on her play list, Hey Diddle Diddle. She had just got to the end with the fork running off with the spoon and went in search of a fork and spoon. When she found one of the many tea party forks she turned towards where her sisters were playing and we hear:

Anna: 'I can be a spoon, my head is kind of shaped like one.'

And so it begins..............

The second day of school and we have our first birthday party invite. May the festivities begin!

:D

One more baby leaves for school.....

My middle girl Anna had her first full day of school today. She started Pre-K yesterday and so now I am the mom of two school age kids.

The house is really quiet without Anna. Unless pulled into playing with Anna, Katy all in all is a pretty quiet child. Turns out Tara is much the same, content to look at books, watch her shows and play dollhouse without much fuss.

Tara is missing her sisters though, she has called out to them several times today. Wondering where they are and asking if they are hiding, then wanting me to help her find them.

I should be reveling in the quiet and the ability to get a bit more work done during the day, but am finding myself with a lack of motivation. Guess Tara isn't the only one who will have to adjust to the new status quo.

As for the big school girls, they are loving it so far. For Anna its a big new world and she is enjoying having others to play with and getting to try new things. Katy just loves to learn and so school is one of her very favorite places to be, though she was disappointed they didn't get to do any math on the first day. She hopes they will do some today. She must get that from her Dad! :)

Just your friendly neighborhood glass inspector,

Praying Mantis 3
Originally uploaded by blue lady studios

Literally moments after the glass repairman moved my van back into place after fixing the windshield this little lady/gent popped up onto of the car and proceeded to climb all over the new glass. We joked that s/he was inspecting his work.

Katy and Anna were positively fascinated and wanted to bring it inside. The girls who freak out if a fly is within 10 yds wanted to take the pretty green bug for a pet.

What a nice surprise...........uh, yeah.......

Bad day for the car
Originally uploaded by blue lady studios

So Monday night Mike goes out to retrieve our IKEA purchase from a couple days prior and as I'm looking at the car, I think it looks just a wee bit off. A couple, no, couldn't be, must just be the dark playing tricks, I open the door to confirm that yes, my rear view mirror has fallen off taking a large chunk of glass with it. Joy!

Today, the very nice glass repairman came out and installed my new windshield so she's all fixed. Which leads me to my next blog post.