Halloween was nice.? I bought Gage a Superman costume, and he wanted absolutely nothing to do with it.? So I took him to Walmart and showed him the costumes.? He took a fireman costume off the wall and said “may I have red?”? So he was a fireman for Halloween.? He had a blast trick or treating.? And this was the first time ever that he picked out his own Halloween costume.? I was so excited.
Thanksgiving, was the same as usual.? He avoided? all of the usual? dinner items? and ate mac and cheese.? But he did play with his cousins a little, which was nice.
Christmas was an interesting time this year.? We went to pick out the tree with mom, and Gage walked right up to one tree and said “Christmas tree.”? Well after searching through all the other trees it turned out that the tree Gage picked was indeed the one we were going home with.? Even better, it was the most perfect tree we’ve ever had.? The right size, the perfect shape, no holes except for the kind that you hang large ornaments in anyway… it was PERFECT.? After we set it up, we had to give it a couple of days to fall,? before we decorated it.? Gage wasn’t having that, apparently.? He got out a basket of jingle bells mom uses for decoration and hung them all over the tree (where he could reach, anyway).? We had to distract him so that we could get the bells off to put the lights and stuff on.? Then he helped put the ornaments on the tree.? It was the first time he’s ever helped decorate the tree.? It was really special.? He had a blast Christmas eve and day, got lots of presents.? He got something really special from his grandparents… a train and a donkey kong game that belonged to his daddy when he was a kid.? It was awesome.? The train especially.? When he unwrapped that, he grabbed the box and ran like he thought we were going to take it away.? It was so cute.
I got a book called the Kid Friendly ADHD & Autism cookbook.? It has a lot of GFCF recipes in it as well as tips on slipping more veggeis and proteins into your kids food.? Some I’ll never try (like putting pureed meat into muffins — sorry, that’s just wrong), but some ideas are pretty interesting.? Actually, I’ve tried one already.? I put pureed cauliflower in his mac and cheese last night and tonight.? I’ve been reducing the amount of gluten in his diet a bit lately, and it’s made a bit of a difference in his behavior.? So I’m going to try going a little further.? Tonights mac and cheese was actually gluten free.? He’s going to start getting only gluten free mac and cheese and spaghetti.? Bread I think I’ll keep as is for now.? But I might start making gluten free muffins for his breakfast, something I can slip some grated veggies into.? He’s also started eating eggs.? A 1 egg omelet with a slice of bacon folded? in.? Of course, currently he’ll only eat it if it’s been cooked using bacon drippings.? I’m working on gradually phasing that out.?
He’s doing great in school and being more social.? He’s always trying to play with his youngest cousin.? He likes to run around holding her hand and laughing.? He likes to spin around with her and they have a good time when they’re getting along.? It’s so cute.
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