Spring Break

This week is spring break for the younguns, so I probably won’t post much.  Right now they are both busy with their own things, Noisy is playing in the bedroom with her fairies and Nosey is in the living room building planes and such from legos.  I have a had the last 30 mins to myself which is amazing when they are home. 

I love it when they are home, I don’t worry about where they are, what they are doing, and if they are getting in trouble.  But sometimes you just have to sneak off for a few mins.  This is of course only the second day, but I am still glad they are home. 

We are supposed to have some pretty bad weather here this afternoon, and I feel better when they are with me in case it gets really bad.  It’s a mother thing I think. 

 When they are home, I try to get all my work done early so that I can spend sometime with them instead of passing them all of the time and saying things like, ” Yea, that looks great.”  Or, “I see”, or um, “just a minute”.  So this afternoon, we are going to sit down and watch a movie, what yet I don’t know.  But I am going to sit and relax, not do nothing, but watch a movie. 

The rest of the week is play by play, we’ll see what happens.  Nothing really planned yet, so I’ll let you know what happens..

The Patch

 

In my last post, we were about to try the Patch, Daytrana.  For Noisy, ADHD has been pretty hard to deal with everyday.  The little girlie and I have been working really hard for a long time trying to find the best way to do things.  Her teachers have been a really big part and have all been very supportive.  Our family has been equally understanding and helpful.  The patch has been a last ditch effort to help her.  Since we’ve been through most other meds, and tried other things, I was hoping this might give her a little more to work with.

We started on a monday, at 5:30 in the morning.  One patch.  She didn’t do well at all.  Her teacher called me around 12:45 and said things weren’t going well.  She was very erratic, and having trouble concentrating.  She went Up and then Down.  Very quickly,  not gradual but from one extreme to the next.  Good ole doc said to try two if one didn’t do very good.  So the next day, we did two.  Nothing but good from everyone I talked to.  Finally she was like all the rest of the children. 

I noticed she was different when she came home.  She was able to eat, she told me she was happier than she had ever been and told me “thank you Mom”.  I was actually able to have a conversation with her where she wasn’t running off every two minutes.  It worked great.  Except for one thing.  The things itched, and grabbed her clothing and pulled her skin.  So I read on the internet, that you could put Band aids over them to keep them in place.  Great Idea.  That works. 

I also read that alot of people were having trouble opening the packages or getting the backing off.  I use scissors to cut open the packaging and haven’t had any trouble getting the backing off.  The only thing I don’t like is having to get up at 5:30 to put them on.  But I am getting used to it.  Except for today.  I turned off the alarm and didn’t wake up till 7 am.  Bud and I both slept in a little today and things were hectic.  But all is good now.

Last Friday we had some snow.  Real snow.  First time we had Real snow was in 2004.  I got out with the kiddos and took some photos.  If you want to see them, check out my flickr at the right. 

Next post will be on Nosey since Noisy has gotten the spotlight the most here lately.