Forts & Food

Peter and Katharine slept last night in a fort I made yesterday.

Peter was ON me for this - he wanted to make a fort Saturday night. He started it, then it all fell apart and made a huge mess, he asked for help, I said it was too late, plus his room was too messy and we need to clean up to find space for it. "Well do it tomorrow after we get home from church." But then after church I was busy making dinner and company etc. At 10pm Sunday night Peter wines "YOU SAID WE COULD MAKE A FORT!" He tries to do it himself usually, but usually gets frustrated and wants help (cause the books will just slide off when the blankets get pulled at all). I said I could do it while he was at school, which I didn't do - honestly forgot. Yesterday I set two alarms so I would not forget, and I cleaned his room and I got some toy chains and did a pretty good one. It was strong enough that it didn't collapse on them as they rolled around last night, so go me. 

I went to pick up Daniel today. This was kinda funny to watch their experience from a distance. This morning it was way easy getting Owen and Peter off to school. Daniel is often very reluctant and non responsive, and if he is conscious, he is indifferent and disobedient. So Ethan got to deal with that last night and this morning. (and Bella too, sorry Bella!) Ethan sent 4 voice messages sharing his frustrations with Corey. E thought D was ungrateful and had a few other complaints. It was his least enjoyed experience of the kids that have gone down so far, although E said he originally got the idea to do it from seeing a pic of Daniel and wanting to have a better relationship with him and have a fun time. But, among the many little things - D peed on the toilet seat and refused to wipe it up, said it wasn't him, lol. Ethan "Well I KNOW it wasn't me!" D eventually did it. Also this morning, Daniel said he was so hungry at breakfast, he said he could eat 10 pancakes. Ethan was in the shower and Bella started cranking out the pancakes. D took a bite of one and might not have liked the pure/natural maple syrup, so took one bite then said he didn't was done. E wasn't having it. Ethan told him no food if he didn't eat the pancakes, so poor D didn't get any food on campus. No cheetoes, which was the highlight of the whole trip for Peter. As we were meeting up, Ethan called and said in Spanish that he didn't want D to be starving, but he/Ethan had ALSO said "no other food without eating the pancakes" and D didn't eat them, E wanted to be a man of his word and make good on his threats but also was worried it wasn't going to end up being a good experience for Daniel. I said it's ok for him to be a big brother and not a "dad". So then they bought him a slice of pizza at Costco. I met them there to pick him up. "Daniel! I missed you! How was it?!?!" 

"Awesome!" Daniel only had good things to say. Luckily their memories are malleable.

Ethan took a few videos, one of their pancake standoff... Ethan had to go to class and wanted to take D but D hadn't eaten and E knew he would be hungry but said he wasn't going to buy him anything and he checked with D "Is that ok?" to which D shook his head "no". He also sent this pic - 

Looks like Daniel slept in his clothes... I believe Owen and Peter both did as well, even though I packed a change of clothes for all of them. Thank you Natalie for wearing pajamas and changing your clothes. 

On the drive home I listened to some Dr. Berg videos about Post Nasal Drip and Reflux. I think Corey might have GERD... He has an appointment with a gastroenterologist next month. We'll try to find some natural cures if we can. I, for one, have done great so far this week helping my good gut bacteria. I've been eating my new "sauerkraut salad" everyday so far this week since Sunday: beets, saurkraut, and avocado. Today I also added onions and cauliflower to my salad. 

I stopped by Good Earth and bought some radishes and a few supplements (like Betaine Hydrochloride) that, according to Dr. Berg, could help Corey's reflux and both of our post nasal drip condition. 

Abi had a concert downtown tonight. Wayne went, Corey too. I'll get those pics from Corey later. I'm in a bit of a funk, but overall was another good mortal experience day.