We are on the mend

at least I think :-) So Jeremiah and I had strep, the girls...well I'm not sure. They had fevers, aches, sore throats. With some TBA remedies, plus a bunch of other things (garlic, ear oil, apple cider vinegar and the like) we seem to be on the mend. The boys have a cough and runny nose. Everyone seemed to have something a little bit different than the next person. My throat cleared up, but then I came down with a secondary infection...an ear infection. So along with the above, I pulled out a big gun idea. We are currently only consuming raw fruits and veggies. So there is a lot of apple and orange snacking going on over here. Plus big salads for meals, along with some hefty smoothies. Today's smoothie was packed with the following: apples, pear, banana, strawberries, blueberries, celery, spinach, red leaf lettuce, carrots, cucumber, and a yellow squash-oh and some good bacteria, stevia and some ground flax seeds. I am hoping to stay with this all fruit/veggie diet for the next five days. That should knock out any remaining buggies! From there we will remain on the extra immune boosting "potions", and then add in other types of foods (like beans). A bit at a time, letting our bodies heal from the onslaught.

We were able to keep up with school this past week. The laundry and dishes were attended to, but other than that......hmmm well it got a little bit out of control. But today while I got to sleep in :-) the girls cleaned up the house. With the food prep that needs to be done, this made it a lot easier with things clean. Anyone with a juicer knows that a juicer can not be 'left for later' to clean. We will attempt to go to speech therapy tomorrow. It's been a while since Jed has gone.

On Jed news....he's been eating a whole lot!!! He almost attacked a bag of animal crackers. He also at a ton of chicken the other day. I was a bit worried that he wouldn't eat any of the raw foods, or the smoothies. But he totally surprised me and downed some fresh juice and drank up all his smoothie! Then he also ate some apple slices. Amazing! He is still getting his homemade formula during all of this. His system is not up for a huge change, so instead I am making sure to give him all the immune boosters.

I am looking forward (that would be an understatement) to getting back into the swing of things. The time down has afforded me a bit more time to crochet, and read. Not much....little boys, unless seriously sick, don't seem to lack any energy. Speaking of energetic boys, we have crying Jonah that needs attending to. He might be running all day, but he has been conking out earlier come bed time.