Update on Twirly Girly. She is 10 now!!!

I really thought I would be blogging more than I have...four posts this year is pretty sad.   I have to say many things have happened since May!!  There are so many funny antics from Sarah.   I need to keep up with my blog!!!

Sarah started horse lessons at Copperwood Training Stables in Clovis, CA.   She absolutely loves it.   Her favorite horse is Jade, but she can't ride Jade.  It is someone else's horse.  Her favorite horse to ride is Smoke.   Smoke is fast and my heart skips a beat when she starts loping.  She asked Kasie (her instructor) if she could learn to do trick riding.   No!  They don't do trick riding.   I guess watching Heartland was not a great idea.   She asked Kasie, "When can I wear spurs?"  Kasie told her when she was 16.  Sarah stated, "I'm only ten...that is like in six year."   I guess she learned something in math last year.



Sarah's new doctor put her on a cocktail of supplements.   I can't believe how many supplements she has to take.   She swallows four at a time.  We did see the benefits before school started, but now she seems to be more hyper.   We found out her autoimmune is really high.   The doctor is trying to lower it with iodine.   This is the first priority.   She is also on a gluten free, dairy free, and sugar free (HAHA) diet.   I don't even think I could stick to this and we are expecting a 10 year old to stay on this eating plan.   Sarah looked at the doctor and said, "you expect me not to eat cheese, ice cream, and yogurt".  She went the next morning and ate some cheddar cheese and then confessed.   Poor baby!!!  She does cheat and begs me to cheat.   I wake-up every morning and make her smoothie packed with supplements and make her lunch.   She can basically have meat, fruits, and vegetables.   There are gluten free options, but they are still processed.

This is a patch from the eye doctor.   Sarah decided she wanted glasses again.   The doctor put the biggest letter up and she said she couldn't read it.  I told him we were not dilating her eyes again like two years ago because we were going swimming.   So, he used his magic and told her he was going to put numbing drops in her eyes...miraculously she could read all the letters.   We were at the doctor for 2/ 1/2 hours because of me.   They kept bringing different contacts for me to try on, so in the meantime Sarah conned the doctor out of this patch.   She is very resourceful and went and sweet talked the nurse into giving her tape, so she taped it on her eye.  She just cracks me up!!!

The first day of school I had her come to my classroom and pick-up her lunch and then bring it back.  Secretly, it is so I can see what she ate.   Well, she brought her lunch back and I looked in it.   I found an empty chocolate milk container.   She just looked at me and said she really wanted it.   It is hard to get mad at her, other than I wake-up 45 minutes earlier to make her eggs, smoothie, and get all her supplements ready.   I have to watch her eat or she throws it away, gives it to the dog, or acts like she spills it.   All in all she has been doing pretty good and we have seen some benefits of the meal plan.

Here is Sarah in her military outfit from Costco that is two sizes too small.   She said it would fit her and she was right.   She is pretty tiny.   Anyway, she says she is going to enlist in military school.   I'm thinking...ummmm...ok!!   Actually I didn't.   I told her she could decide that when she was 18.   Today she wore it to Sprouts and took her walkie talkie to be on a covert mission in the store.   She corrected Kyle and said she was in the military when he told her she was in the Army.   He set her straight with all the branches of the military.



Garlic Festival in July.   What a nightmare and a money trap for us?   Sarah had fun riding the bull, rock climbing, sand art, rides, and wax hand.   Unfortunately, there wasn't too much for her to eat here that was gluten, diary, and sugar free.   We however love garlic....just might get a sitter next time.

I took Sarah to see CMT Shrek.   She always want to go get autographs with the cast after the show.  I keep trying to talk her into trying out for a show, but she always tells me NO!!!

10 Year Old = ears pieced.    I finally talked her into getting her ears pierces.   She told me that it didn't hurt (she had to sit in my lap) and maybe now I will stop bugging her about it.   I probably ask her once a year around her birthday!!!

Twinning at Thomas Elementary!!   Well, we were twinning until recess and then Sarah decided to throw herself in the mud.   Luckily, I had a change of clothes in my desk drawer.   Since then I brought in another change of clothes, socks, and shoes.