For those of you who are long time readers you’ll know that every Christmas Beth becomes obsessed with Here Comes Christmas candycanes. Before you ask, it’s from a My Little Pony story. And no, it’s not possible to get one. Or to make one the way she wants. But… it still doesn’t stop her from asking constantly for one. every. single. year. When she was originally doing art with Ash Beth asked and Ash and her made a fabulous large paper mache one with glow in the dark glitter and Ash filled it with goodies for Beth for Christmas. There was a lot of planning and thought went into it. None of it mine mind you! The issue is that we can never make the real deal because it’s magic!
Yesterday Beth had cooking with Lochie again and of course she asked to do something along the here comes Christmas candycane idea. So they made chocolate muffins with sprinkled candy canes on the top. Of course I forgot to buy the peppermint extract. And the icing sugar! I found a packet mix for cupcakes so they used that icing instead and, the muffins tasted delicious without the peppermint flavour. When Lochie went to move his car I found Beth licking the spoon and bowl with it all over her face! She looks really happy with herself here!
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Beth enjoy herself as much as she is in this photo. She loves doing things with me such as pedicures or going to the movies or taking the dogs for a walk. But if I take a photo she forces herself to smile. She used to sing songs and dance around and as she’s gotten older a lot of that enjoyment seems to have gone from her. That’s why I was so excited when I asked her to smile and she let out that beautiful beaming one. Hopefully things are on the up for us all. I want her to feel like smiling more, not just because I’m telling her to.
On the supplement front I truly believe that her Omega Q brain health tablet has been helping. Her mood has been so much better since beginning it. I have only been giving her one a day, even though it says 2, so I will up that when I get the new delivery next week. Her conversation has been better, she’s been asking me questions and truly wanting clarification in the answers. She is suggesting things we can do and really looking into them before suggesting. And she’s been great at work by all accounts. So it’s a big tick for that one! I’ll increase this one and assess before I add other supplements but so far this one’s a winner!
Please let me know if you are keen on trying any of these out and I’ll send you a link. As always, every supplement and treatment is different for every individual, just as all of our kids have individual personalities and reasons that they are the way that they are. All we can do it trial and error at times but so far so good for us with this particular product.