*~*FAMILY*~*

JANUARY

Family Night #1

     So 2011 has busted through the door, welcomed itself into my life and I hardly noticed. I suppose with laundry, dishes, scrubbing floors, paying bills, feeding the dog, changing diapers, wiping noses, vacuuming, missing Ian like crazy while he was with his father, and trying to get Kash to sleep through the night all while fighting a horrible cold I must have missed something... But any who, Its HERE!! 

     Now I have thought hard about new year resolutions I made in the past, and cant think of a single one I've truly stuck with so this year I made it something that I KNOW full heartedly I will enjoy as well as my boys!! 

Family Night <3 

     Once a month we do something (outside of the house) together, YEY sooo exciting!! Maybe you think I'm crazy but I honestly don't get out much. So we started off our first family night with TRON in 3D (Ians choice) and it was amazing! I couldn't believe how neat 3D is, wish they would have had that when I was a kid, could you imagine E.T. in 3D hahaha! 

Next month holds a new adventure!! 

* Special THANK YOU to Grandma and Grandpa Crosby for watching Kassius, since he's still too little for movies <3

A PRISON CALLED A.D.H.D.

Ian Aleczander

My first love, the reason I'm where I am today, my hero. He's everything a mother could ask for and a little more. Ian is a super hero, not just any super hero but one who can suck the energy right out of ANYTHING thats near him ;) He has more energy than the energizer bunny if you can believe that, haha. Ian was diagnosed with ADHD at 6 years old and to be honest it was no surprise to me. 

He's the reason I started this blog, like him I'm starving for answers, compassion, understanding, ideas, and friendship through this battle. I wanna know that I'm not the only mother out there that has to tell her child something 5 times very slowly only to feel like I'm talking to a brick wall, I'm tired of feeling alone. The few mothers whose children have ADHD that I know and have talked to have only made me even more confused, mostly for the simple fact that their children have multi-disorders such as anger issues and other behavioral disorders. All I want is to understand HOW TO GET THROUGH TO MY SON... 

 For the last 6mo he has been taking Aderall, I'm semi-pleased with its results. I have had many people question his apatite and how thin he is. He is thin BUT he has always been a thin kid, what can I say the kid was blessed with my thin genes, we eat whatever we want and hardly gain a thing!! Another thing about the Aderall that concerns me how ever is that we started with 10mg a day and are now up to 30mg.. 20mg in the morning and 10mg at noon. He still sits away from the other children in his class room, by choice, because he knows that he CAN'T help but be disruptive. It breaks my heart knowing that even on the Aderall hes struggling.

I've been on a journey I never thought I'd be on but God doesn't give us anything we can't handle right??  

Mmmmm-monday ;)

     A little something about me that you'd never guess is that I LOVE Food. I'm not sure why, but its a huge huge part of my life. Not healthy food but pizza, grilled hamburgers, steak, corn on the cob, ice cream, chips, i like it salty, chocolatey, fruity, SPICY, heck i like it all.. Today as i watched the snow fall, I thought to myself about a time in the first grade when we made Snow Cream and HAD to google it!!  I cant wait until tomorrow when I can share this with Ian because he is also a FOOD LOVER just like his mama!!


SNOW CREAM 
Ingredients: 1 gallon snow, 1 cup white sugar, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, 2 cups milk 
Directions: When it starts to snow, place a large, clean bowl outside to collect the flakes. When full, stir in sugar and vanilla to taste, then stir in just enough milk for the desired consistency. Serve at once.

*SNOW* mix in with ingredients and ENJOY!!