Late Night Blatherings

William and I just finished watching a sweet movie called "Beginners"....got me in a thoughtful mood ;-)

Iain just came home from an overnight field trip to Fort Ross, which was (I think) the main southernmost Russian outpost in the early 1800's in California.

Iain left the house before Ria was awake on  Thursday morning.  On Thursday before we left for school, Ria wanted to check on Iain in his room.....then this morning (Friday) when she woke up she went straight to Iain's room to check on him, but he wasn't there.  She was sad he was gone, but OK with it.

Tonight, after a special (gluten-free) pizza and movie night, as Ria went up to bed, Iain called to her (quietly) "I love you", and Ria said "I love you" back.  It was so sweet.....Iain NEVER says "I love you" to Ria, he shows it, but doesn't say it anymore (those silly teen hormones are starting up!  Its such a cute little baby moustache!), so it was so clear that he had missed her too.

I like that my kids miss eachother.  Not all siblings like eachother, so its lovely that they do.

Gluten Free:  We're doing some "Biomedical" work with Ria -- many autistic kids have, shall we say, odd biochemistry.  The research is still working on it, its not quite figured out yet.  Her gut has clear markers as being inflamed, so we're trying to "heal" her gut, make it happy.  Inflamed guts don't absorb nutrients well, etc., etc.  Gluten and Casein irritate inflamed guts, so we're taking her temporarily (6-12 months) off gluten and casein to help her heal up.  The goal is to reduce sound sensitivities and, hopefully, get her off the Miralax she's been on since 10 months old.

Cold.

I had to buy an ice scraper for my car.

Yep.  We've had the car for almost 9 years, and this is the first time I've needed an ice scraper.  Admittedly, pre-elementary-school-children I wasn't usually up so early, but still....

I wish I could show you....

I wish I could show you how cute the kids are right now.  Ria is working on a Highlights Top Secret kit that she got from a classmate, and Iain is helping her.  They are very cute.  But I don't get to show you because, as usual, they are clad in nothing but their underwear.