Yikes!

Sheesh! I just thought last week flew by until this week came along! HA! Katie had her speech testing for the school district yesterday, which was very stressful on mom. She was admitted without hesitation or problems. I don't know whether to be happy or sad. With Zachary it was such an enormous fight. I had to get the state and county agencies involved, had to request an independent evaluation when he was initially denied and had to threaten legal action. When he was admitted, it was such a relief and yet there were so many bad feelings that it somewhat overshadowed the feelings associated with the recognition of my child not being "perfect". Katie's on the other hand has thrown me for a bit of a loop. We knew her speech was bad, we knew she was grossly behind other children her age, and we knew she needed help. We also just went through testing through Easter Seals and have had her in speech therapy since February. However, Easter Seals knows how to sugar-coat so it doesn't freak the parent out - the school district either does not - or doesn't have time for such frivolities. When they presented her goals, I actually laughed out loud out of shock. She'll be fine - like Zachary - it is just going to take a lot of work on her part, my part and the school's part to get her where she needs to be. She's a smart cookie though and she's picking it up fast and at her age - she'll be telling me how the cow ate the corn before we know it.

I have started trying to walk to gain some energy and lose some weight. Why is it that when you decide to start exercising, your body decides it needs ice cream, chocolate and fried foods? I have cut back on Sprite and I'm down to 3/4 of a bottle a day and am trying to drink water. Why is water only really good when it is 100 degrees and you are hot, sweaty and needing something to chug. Why doesn't it taste that good when you're hanging out cooking dinner and vacuuming?

Ok - now the part of my week that caused my heart to stop. Zach, Katie and I are in the car coming home from Zach's school when Zach asks me "Mom, how do you grow a baby?". My heart stopped beating and I'm pretty sure my guardian angel drove the car for 30 seconds as I tried to not hyperventilate. I said "I'm sorry?". He repeated his question. I sat for a minute thinking "Holy cr*p! He's 5 - you've got to be kidding me?!". I guess my angel spoke in my ear and reminded me of my mom's response to questions of this sort - which I then used. "What do you mean son?". His reply "How do you make a baby grow up to be a grown-up?". WHEW!!! I started laughing almost hysterically while my brain said "Thank you Lord!". I then said by feeding babies healthy foods like carrots, broccoli, meat, milk, etc.. That worked but by that time I was already sweating profusely......................of course, with hot flashes and sweating I've been doing lately, the kids couldn't tell anything was up. Thank you Lord yet again!