Mondays can be hard for some people. I get that. I, for one, love them. Starting this Saturday I will be going to school full-time, and Monday will be my day off. You know what this means, right? Spending the day with my princess.
This morning we woke up a little after 9:00 and shared a breakfast of apple cinnamon Cheerios...and when I say we shared it, I mean I fed The Princess and she let me exist in the same room with her and the food. This kid was hungry!! Naturally, her hunger couldn't be fought off with a mere gigantic bowl of cereal. To help combat that little hunger monster I gave her a strawberry fruit-n-cereal bar as her breakfast dessert.
What...you don't have dessert with breakfast? Who are you people?
After breakfast we came into the living room to watch what was left of Playhouse Disney (not much by that point in time!) and play for a while. The Princess had a ball picking up handfuls of rocks and dropping them back in the bin, and mixing them all together by plunging her hands in and getting crazy.
Somewhere around lunch time The Princess started getting a bit cranky so into the bath tub she went. We tried out the bath finger paints (ripoff...they're colored soap and you can't paint with them - not liquidy enough), and The Princess practiced splashing for a good long while.
If you know my little girl, you know she is not a big fan of meat. It's funny, actually...give her a piece of meat and she'll eject it with enough force to injure any innocent bystanders who are unfortunate enough to step into the path of the flying reject.
What's not so funny about this is the fact that it's not totally obvious (at least to me) what other foods contain enough protein to substitute for meat. Peanuts, I know, are high in protein...but what is there other than that?
After a bit of web searching I came across a good site that was easy to navigate, and found that protein is in a lot more than I knew about. Milk, eggs, bread, cheese, chick peas (yay hummus!) and baked beans are all good sources. Knowing this, I feel much better.
The Princess feasted on honey graham crackers with peanut butter for lunch, and after that we hopped in the car for our appointment with Sakina. If you're just tuning in, Sakina is The Princess's once-a-week in-clinic occupational therapist. She went home to India for vacation shortly after we met her, so it's been three weeks since our second - and most recent - visit.
Unfortunately, everything we did in those two sessions seems to have been lost over the long gap between visits. The Princess was bouncing off the walls in the gym again, and unable to concentrate in the therapy room. No worries, though...we have a standing appointment for every Monday in the foreseeable future, and I'm sure things will even out as our schedule becomes more normalized.
One thing I'm proud to report from today's session is that The Princess signed "potty" to me. It took me a minute to realize what she was doing, but once I got it she was so happy. She dragged me across the hall to the potty, went, washed her hands, and returned to the therapy room. She also signed "play" almost perfectly more than once today.
On the way home from Sakina's clinic, The Princess and I stopped to get the oil changed and to pick up some necessities from the local grocery store.
Now we're home, it's dark out, and the TV is calling. And that pizza smells fabulous. See y'all on the flipside.
How funny because Kaitie isn't a big meat eater either. I can get her to eat small bites of Chef Boyardee meat ravioli and beef-aroni but that's about it. Give her a piece of chicken or beef and it's prompty spit out. Can you send me that link for the protein alternatives? I always worry about that too. Love ya Sis!
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