Unfortunately now I'm sick too. Justin is STILL recovering. Lord willing we will have this beat by next week--we're getting excited about a visit from the newlyweds for Thanksgiving! Please keep them in your prayers...they are still trying to work out Devin's employment and status in the States.
Took Justin to the doctor today--he has strep throat. So, it's off to the pharmacy to pick up the antibiotics to kill off the infection. Unfortunately that stuff also totally upsets his tummy, but I figured out that adding acidophilus to his applesauce really helps while he's on that stuff. So Lord willing he will be feeling better very soon. It has been a very difficult weekend. Thanks for all of the prayers! Now we just have to keep the rest of us from getting it. :)
Just the other day I said to my mother, "We have been so blessed with overall health in our family (besides the headache problem) for the past year! Why, it's been months, maybe even a year since I have had to take the boys to the doctor!" Wouldn't you know that as soon as those words are spoken--I mean just the DAY BEFORE!--that Justin wakes up at 4 AM with a fever, the croup, and vomiting...completely unable to go back to sleep? I know he will be fine in a few days, maybe a week or so--he does tend to hang on to these things rather badly, but it is so heart-breaking to watch him struggle to breathe and to see him cry when he coughs because it hurts so badly.
One encouraging thing I learned yesterday though, I went to a class on Building Language for Autism here at the Blue Ridge Autism Center. (They offer a 2 hour workshop on a different topic every month now for $10! Mom and I have been going.) The BA said to NEVER give up on our child learning to talk. She just dealt with an 18 year old who was non-verbal who just read a whole letter to his parents! It is never too late. I nearly started balling right then and there. But I managed to hold myself together. It was a very valuable workshop. I have another training on Pivotal Response coming up at Virginia Tech next Tuesday that I was looking forward to. This one is supposed to last all day. (Dad is going to help with the boys. Oh dear! I pray that Justin will be feeling much better by then! Well, I will deal with that when it comes.)
Anyway, a little prayer or two for Justin (for more than one reason) would not be unappreciated!
Someone asked me to post this on another group, so I thought I would post it here too...if you'd like it, feel free to copy it down. Otherwise, I'll have it here for myself for posterity! :)
I recently fixed these chicken enchiladas for my family here at home and they were quite the hit--especially with my boys. Even my son Justin (the one with autism) who NEVER eats leftovers, wolfed down a helping of leftovers the second day! Wow! This one is a keeper, at least in our family. Anyway, I calculated it at 8 points, WW, and the serving is HUGE. SO if you are short on points you could eat half and be quite satisfied for only 4 points. Here ye are:
1 can Sweet Sue canned shredded chicken (12 OZ)
1 1/2 cups 2 % milk shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup part skim ricotta cheese
5 burrito size flour tortillas (you could use whole wheat or low carbs to reduce points even more)
1 packet Old El Paso Taco Seasoning, Low Sodium
1/2 cup mild Taco Bell sauce
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Empty canned chicken into large bowl, do not drain. Mix in taco seasoning, 1 cup cheddar, and ricotta. Prepare 9 X 11 in baking dish with spray. Add one large spoonful taco sauce to bottom of dish and spread around. Divide chicken mixture evenly on each of 5 tortillas at one edge, and wrap, enchilada style. Lay each long wise, with the seam underneath, in the baking dish. Lay each enchilada beside each other--they should all fit snuggly together. Pour remaining sauce over each enchilada, covering all exposed parts, spread around with a spoon. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese on top of all enchiladas. Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 - 30 minutes. Serve with desired toppings.
, Seth did something a little different this year--he dressed as an Egyptian Warrior. Here he is doing a Pharaoh pose. He was going to be a half cobra Egyptian warrior by wearing this really awful huge cobra mask that Eric had, but I suggested that he try the crown on this way and the cape and see which looked better and which felt better. Success! (Shew!) Justin wore his pumpkin shirt that they made in his school. (He's not much for costumes!) We took them to the mall (our area is not conducive to trick-or-treating), where Seth felt a bit overwhelmed by all of the children crowding around--and that was at the less popular mall! (Tanglewood) Then we went to my parents house, which is in the middle of nowhere, practically. We thought surely he would be too tired to walk all up and down those hills with his cousin Jeremy. But no, he and his Papa and Jeremy went out for an hour and came back with TONS of goodies. He had MUCH more fun doing that than he did at the mall...probably because he was with his buddy. Sigh...Jeremy's getting too old though! Well, except for some non-tempting suckers and smarties and such, I sent the candy to work with Eric so I can have a temptation free zone here at home as I plunge back into the world of trying to be good about my eating habits. Wish me luck!
ummmmm...I wish I could say I did as good as you with the candy! That's a neat constume! I got to see all the wedding pics while I was at Lisa's. BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!
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