Shop in the Wind

Today was a day for shopping. I didn't want to go alone so after a few calls my sister agreed to go with me. My GPS took us the 'scenic' route, but we finally made it. I LOVED IT!! Trader Joe's is AWESOME! Except they stopped carrying the Irish Bangers. My sister was kind of confused about the store. Was it a grocery store or a health food store or what? Well, yes it is.
We spent some time and some $$$ and then moved on to Whole Foods. They had http://www.izze.com/ on sale. Since Serenity isn't drinking soda this is a good alternative for her. She has one a day because it is kind of costly. Anyway at our local grocery store is is 7.29 a four pack. At WF it was 4.99. I bought 8 four packs for her. At 1 a day it should last. I also saw these http://www.cavemancookies.com/. They looked wonderful. There were 2 varieties Original and Tropical. Totally natural ingredients:Original Caveman Cookies: honey, almond meal, walnuts, raisins, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon.
Tropical Caveman Cookies: almond meal, honey, unsulfured coconut, macadamia nuts, ginger. UGH I was so tempted but at over $9 a package I just could not justify it. I have heard really good things about those cookies and we may have to try them in the future. Even though I passed those up I still managed to find some good things.
Now it is off to bed to get some rest for another day at the office.

I'm just tired

But at least I am home and have tomorrow off. But as you may know a day away from the office for mom means catching up on all the things you didn't do while you were at work.
For me the top of the list is grocery shopping, so tomorrow I am going to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. (Thank you Lord for GPS on my phone!) Thanks to a really great blog http://www.thespunkycoconut.com/ I am armed with some great recipes for Serenity and the rest of the family and cannot wait to try them. I wish Serenity could go with me but she really should not miss school. She has a quiz and a spelling test tomorrow.
Speaking of school, tonight is math night at the school. We have been to a couple of other events like this and it is always fun. It starts at 6 with a pizza dinner for the attendees and then they break into small groups and do fun math activities.(PSST come over her, closer, lean in. Don't tell anyone but I do not believe fun math activities exist. Don't tell Serenity I said that, because I will deny it.) We are skipping the pizza and going in a little later armed with some snacks she can have in lieu of cookies.
And after that tired mom goes to bed.

Blood and Sugar

Sweet Serenity had blood drawn on Saturday morning. They are running a full Celiac panel and checking a few other things. She was less than thrilled. She was so not happy that we had to bring in the big guns. DAD!! He was able to talk her thru it when I could not. Poor kid, Poor dad....
Anyway back to the Celiac issue. It is not common in Asians, but shows up some. She has a less common symptoms so it is worth a shot. The more I read a gluten free/dairy free(gfdf) diet is thought to help with ADHD. We already know that dairy and sugar are problems for her so if she tests positive for gluten dinner just got a whole lot more complicated. I hope she likes lettuce. Just kidding #1 I know there is lots more to eat and #2 she does like lettuce.
My girl takes after her mom in being an adventurous eater. On our last cruise the waiter stopped bringing her the children's menu after she confidently ordered sushi telling him she liked the salmon the best. Like any other American kid she will miss MickeyD's but the world her oyster. And yes she will eat oysters but they have to be cooked.

Bad, Bad Mommy.

Ok I am a huge slug. I have gotten totally lazy with Serenity's sugar free milk free diet and we have backslid into our old habits. And now Serenity is once again struggling in school.
Well that is just the kick in the pants we need to get back on the wagon. Bye bye sugar, bye bye milk/casein. Once more into the fray......