A few things I've learned...

• Never, I repeat NEVER, refuse the help of a child. If you do, they won't be as anxious to help in the future. I know what you are saying, 'It takes 10x longer!' 'You don't know my child!' 'They make a huge mess when they help!' Yes those things are all true, but in the grand scheme of things, you will be thankful you taught them someday. And they will be too.
• Accept a compliment. Don't belittle your self by saying you aren't worthy of someone's praise.
• Treat strangers with respect & politeness. You just might be the only 'Jesus' they meet that day.
• When the still small voice whispers a command in your head, Do It! It might not make sense & you might not understand, but the Lord knows what He is doing.
• Do something crazy with your kids once in a while... declare a PJ day, eat ice cream for breakfast, invite them {with a hand written invitation} to a slumber party in your bedroom... just enjoy your kids!
• Let your friends know you appreciate them.
• Love your husband, even in the unlovable moments.
• Keep perspective. Everything has a season.
• SmILe
  

Organization is

a beautiful thing.
I will be doing several posts on organization in the upcoming weeks.

Several things which help me stay organized are...

The Laminator.
I've used it recently for recipe cards, ABC flashcards, game pieces, and math tables.

These are Ashlynn's (my 2 year old) ABC flashcards.
She is madly in love with penguins, thus the reason for penguin themed flashcards.

The Label Maker
A sweet friend gave me this beauty.
Let me tell ya'
.Best. Toy. Ever.
I am slowly replacing all my handwritten labels with nice, neat printed ones.
You can even buy cloth label tape. How awesome is that!
Look out kiddo's, your camp clothes will be fully labeled.

And on extremely challenging days, you can even label the kids.
Brilliant!

I also L.O.V.E....

*Storage Boxes.
Labeled of course

*Hanging Files
Labeled & important documents Laminated.

*Calendar/Planner
Keeps me at the right place at the right time.

*Weekly Lists
I love crossing off things!

Attitudes

God doesn't judge the labor. He judges the attitude {of the heart} of the one laboring.

Do you realize that?

Our worth is NOT in what we do, but in which attitude we do it with.

So today when you are...

wiping little noses
mopping dirty floors
opening a door for the elderly
filing papers
cleaning out closets
filling out patient charts
correcting papers
getting coffee for your boss
picking up toys
baking a bazillion cookies
serving your husband
scooping snow
running errands
paying bills...

Whatever it may be,
Do it ALL for the Glory of the Lord!

Hold On, Here We Go

My 'To Do' list for the week is a mile long.
Some of it is not 'do or die', but I would like to get as much checked off as possible.

• 3 Basketball games, attend all.
• Dentist appointments for all.
• Hearts in Touch
• Just Us Girls Conference
• Finish transferring desk items to different desk
• File old papers, store
• Create new 2012 files
• Bake 12 dozen cutout cookies for conference
• Make frosting, buy items for cookie decorating activity
• Work on Game cupboard
• Regular daily cleaning
• Wash Sheets
• Clean Car
• Figure out what to do with all the cords under the desk.
• Call a speaker for Hearts in Touch
• Go through boys clothes to give to a family in need
• Breathe...
  

What's on your agenda for the week?

It's Monday

whether you like it or not.


'Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. '
1 Thessalonians 5:15- 18

Land of a Million Sprinkles

The icing bags were filled and ready to be squeezed.

While the cookies sat drying
No one was at ease.

The children were bouncing
pony tails flouncing.
Little fingers waiting to start to squeeze.

At last, the time was here!
The waiting had ended.
The sugar high was near.

Squeeze
Squeeze
Squeeze
The frosting was flowing.
Little children's eyes were glowing.

Details were added with tender care.
Some even ended up in little girls hair.

Then, Out came the sprinkles

Adding more joy to the day!

Cookies
Frosting
Sprinkles

Bouncing every which way.

Yes, it was a good day!

Top 10 things that *almost* cause me to lose it in December

10. Children side swiping the car with clean winter jackets.
9. 30 minutes to clothe children in winter wear, 5 minutes of children outside.
8. Toys magazines galore in the mail.
7. Wet snow clothes flung all over the garage.
6. The store clerk asking my kids if they were good enough for Santa to come.
5. 'Happy Holidays'
4. Wrapping gifts. I am terrible at wrapping!
3. Cookies, my biggest temptation. I would gladly skip a meal for a 1/2 dozen cookies. Real good example to my kids huh?!?
2. Trying to fit all the extended family Christmas's in without going in sane
1. Children on a Happy Sugar High, anxiously waiting for Christmas morning, who are low on sleep due to extra activities of the season.

This made me smile

Yes, I took this picture 2 weeks ago...

Even my Heart Rate Monitor knew when it was my birthday.
And it's not even on Facebook.

It gave me a little extra get up and go during my morning workout.
Just what I needed.

A Day in the Life

• 5 am - feed baby
• switch laundry/fold
  
• 5:45 am - Elliptical then Pilates or Shred (no running for me due to an injury, soon though!)
  
• 7 am - shower, make bed, put away laundry
• 7:45 - start bkfst, drink coffee, eat a lg handful of almonds, correct books done by 12 year old who starts school @ 6 am
• 8:15 am get little girls up/bkfst
  
• 8:30 feed baby while reading family devo's
• 9 am schoollaundrySCHOOLschoollaundry
  
• 11:15 am start lunch
• 11:30 am feed baby
• 12:00 lunch, then clean up
  
• 12:30 pm finish school
• 1:30 pm clean up & put school books away laundry
• 1:30 pm chores, work inside/outside, play
  
• 2:30 pm little girls to bed, fed baby, play with baby
• 3:30 pm dinner prep, chores, tidy house, laundry
• 5:00 pm little girls get up
• 5:30 pm feed baby, chores, laundry, set table, make hubby lunch for next day, shower
• 7 pm dinner, clean up, family time
• 8:15 pm bed time snacks, feed baby, pick up
• 8:45/9:00 pm children to bed
• 9:00 pm time with hubby then lights out.
• 5 am wake up, Repeat :)

This is life scattered with baking, house cleaning, laughter, tickle time, impromptu crazy fun, bill paying, check book balancing, gardening, appointments, and friend dates.

I am Lovin' every minute of it.

It is just that

A bad few weeks for electric things at our house.

First my 5 year old washing machine bearings went out. We had to get a new machine...
Then I went to get meat from the deep freeze in the basement, apparently it stopped working days earlier. I was greeted by smelly, defrosted meat. They can't get a replacement thermostat for our 15 year old freezer. ..
Next, the reverse osmosis water in the refrigerator door started leaking from the hose running under the refrigerator. It wouldn't stop...
Finally, Friday, my computer was infected by a BAD virus. It returned from the computer doctor last night...

I am wondering what will go next.

However...

I live in a house with heat & air conditioning.
I was able to buy a new washing machine.
I have shoes to walk in, clothes to wear and a warm jacket for winter.
The computer documents were fully recovered.
The refrigerator hose was easily fixed.
I can buy more meat.
Next year, I can freeze more corn.
My trees will produce more apples for sauce.
My kids are healthy.
I have been given a Godly husband.
Nothing exploded or started on fire.
My personal information was not stolen.
I could go on and on...

My list of positives, far outweigh the negatives.

.I am blessed.

Thursday Thoughts...

• It is hard to believe we've started school already. Summer went flying by.
• I don't like the spelling program I decided to use. I am planning on switching.
  
• We are going through 'Who is God (And can I really know Him)' published by Apologia. I like what I've seen so far!
• I have never been this pregnant before.
• My suitcase has been sitting packed for quite a while. My hospital clothes are going to have permanent fold marks by the time I need them.
• I can't help but wonder how this birth story will go.
  
• This baby is quite the mover!
  
• I wish it would rain, the yard is so crunchy.
• I really should clean my SUV today.
  
• Yoga, some days I love you, some days I despise you.
  
• I wrapped a package to be mailed in cameo duct tape, my mailman laughed when he picked it up.
  
• I am thankful my 2 year old is basically potty trained. It was one thing I wanted to get done before the baby came.
• When will this baby come??? Any guesses? I am due the 27th.
  
• I am looking forward to Church Family Camp!
  
• What should I make for dinner?
• The Youth Leaders at our church are AMAZING!
• I'd really like a bowl of ice cream for breakfast, maybe if I put blueberries on it....
• I am thankful we choose to homeschool again this year.
  

What's on your mind this morning?

On my mind...

• It's hot. Not because I am pregnant, but because the heat index has been over 100 8 out of the last 10 days. The air is thick. Swimming isn't even fun.
• We have a big weekend.
  
• I am ready for August.
• I really want to decorate the walls of the girl's bedroom. However I am chicken to start painting the design I want.
• We've had the best watermelons lately from a farm stand. I get a delicious one every time I stop. So good!!
• Our sweet corn is amazing this year.
• My cucumber plants are going bonkers! I picked a gallon of pinkey sized cuks today and pickled them.
• I didn't get the mail yesterday. Oh well.
• I wonder how long I will make it this pregnancy.... I really hope I go another 3 -4 weeks.
• The ultrasound tech totally upset me.
• I am getting the school books organized and ready.
• There is a crazy mole digging up my yard.
  
• I would love to go on a 'babymoon' before this little one arrives, although, I don't see it happening.
• Our garage is a mess. Drives me nuts every time I walk out there.
• Baby's crib is all set up and ready to go. The clothes are all washed too.
  
• I made a list of things I need to remember to take to the hospital. I won't pack until it's time to go.
• I look forward to meeting this new little one.
• This new school year will be fun! I am excited for all our our activities to start.
• I didn't proofread this and I have no plans to. :)
  

Friday

It's been another busy week.
At one point this week we had electricians, roofers, and carpenters here, at the same time.
Let me tell ya, it's a challenge to find a place to nap children when there is banging on the roof, electricians going in and out of the main floor and basement, and carpenters pounding on the walls.
I know I will enjoy the end results, however getting there is always stressful for me.
And for some reason, we always have a big project going on when I am in my final months of pregnancy.
I will admit, last time it was far worse, we were putting in Geo heat and air. They had to redo all the duct work in our 100 year old farm house. Basement to 4th floor. It was quite the homecoming after giving birth :)
But, I survived.
I know I'll survive this as well.
It's all in my perspective.

On another note, my kids crack me up.
I am so thankful for each one and their unique personality.

The almost two year old talks non-stop. Her communication skills and comprehensive skills amaze me. Yes she wears me out trying to translate her rapid chatter, but her sweet humor is irresistible. Plus, she likes my hair. Yes, she tells me this multiple times a day. Too cute.

My 4 year old is clever, witty, & sharp as a whip. She doesn't miss a thing. On our way to the big city this week she asked to play the spelling game. She told me to close my eyes while she spelled a word and then I would tell her what the word was. I responded by telling her I couldn't close my eyes while driving. Without skipping a beat she replied, 'I'll watch the road for you mom. Are your eyes closed yet?'
My father in law (let me tell you he is one good man!) took two of my children out for dinner last night to a Chinese restaurant. He blesses me like this frequently when my husband works loonngg hours. My 4 year old was very concerned she wouldn't like China. Ends up, she 'loves China', or at least Chinese food.

My 8 year old is the most tenderhearted, giving, willing to help anyone, boy I know. He has stepped up this week as oldest child because my 12 year old is at camp. He ate 7 mini pumpkin muffins, and a large, unpeeled, raw carrot for breakfast this morning. He shaved, used deodorant & sang quite loudly while doing it. He just makes me laugh.

My 12 year old has been at camp since Sunday. He will get home tonight. I have missed his help and our conversations greatly! I am looking forward to hearing about his week, listening to him sing, as he walks around the house, in his off key adolescent changing voice, and having him back under our roof.

Yes, the Joy, or lack of, in being a mom is found in perspective.
My Perspective.

In fact, I'd say, the Joy, or lack of, in life, is found in perspective.

The Path I Travel

Is tranquil & quiet.
Many thoughts fill my mind as I journey along the winding path.

*Hardships of Family*
*Joys of Parenting*
*Challenges of Life*
*Anticipation of What's to Come*
*Tears of Joy & Sorrow*

Have all been felt in my footprints.

My pace has changed as this season of life has evolved.
My legs which once were able to run swiftly, now walk.
My mind looks to the future, sorts through the day & prays for those who desperately want to be walking in pregnant shoes.

I feel incredibly blessed to be given the privilege of carrying another child in my womb.
There was a time I didn't know if I ever would have the opportunity again.
The emotions of infertility still sit raw in my heart.

Much of life is like this path.
There are steep hills to climb, rocks to cross, mud to dredge through; all while journeying through the beauty of God's great design.

I don't know what is around the next corner or up the next hill of my life, but God does.
For that, I am thankful!

The 4th

was filled with...

Family time
Friends
Food
Fun
which was apparently too much for this young lady.

July 4th, 1776

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

Pinch me, Is this for real?

I'm pregnant.
Well duh.
One look at me and you'd know!
Yes, to many this is not new news. However, each day I wake up and think, is this for real? Unless you know me personally, or have been reading my blog for over two years, you are probably scratching you head in bewilderment right now.
In a nut shell, we struggled with infertility for 10 years after our first was born with the help of Clomid in '99. July of '09 I gave birth to a healthy little girl, who was a complete miracle in our eyes. God had opened my womb, and without any western medicine, we had miraculously conceived.

Only God!!

Today I sit, 27 weeks pregnant, just a minute I need to wipe the tears from my eyes... humbled by God's blessing.
I need to rewind a minute, during those ten years of infertility, we had two beautiful children placed into our arms through adoption. Had we not experienced infertility, I would not have two of my miracle children.
Honestly, I will be forever grateful for our struggle with infertility. Adoption was not easy for us, but that is another story as well. If you would like to read about our story, you can start at the beginning here. Currently, there are 8 parts. I hope to add Ashlynn's part of the story in the near future, then this little one's after his/her birth.
I sit, humbled by the many blessings God has given me. I am soon to be the mother of five. There was a time I didn't know if I would be a mother to two.
God is good!

My heart still breaks for those who are where I once was; hurting, frustrated, angry, yearning, questioning... why am I not able to conceive? What have I done wrong? Why were others who, in my opinion, were horrible parents, allowed to have babies and not me?
I didn't get it and still don't.
Looking back, I can say God used that period in my life to teach me, mold me, and guide me. Every struggle He allowed because He knew what it would take to get me to where I am today.
He longs for a relationship with us.

I pray every morning for 5 friends who are currently struggling with infertility.
I don't know God's plan for their lives, but I do know, God HAS a plan, something wilder than they will ever imagine.




"Indescribable"

From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea
Creation's revealing Your majesty
From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring
Every creature unique in the song that it sings
All exclaiming

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God

Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go
Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow
Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night
None can fathom

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
You are amazing God

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
Incomparable, unchangeable
You see the depths of my heart and You love me the same
You are amazing God
You are amazing God

Busy Weeks Ahead!

I flipped the calendar to April, then laced up my running shoes.

We are diving in to a busy, busy month!
Doctors appointments, the BIG 20 week ultrasound, finish cheese invoices for Co-Op order, cut& vacuum seal plus shred & freeze my 38.5# of cheese, dentists appoints, meetings, church activities, school projects, outside projects (hopefully!), inventory kids clothes then purchase purchase Spring/Summer items, Easter preparations for services at church, Easter, AND I hope to get my paint figured out for a few rooms in the house, and get the painting done? might not happen, but I am setting my hopes high!

Can I take a nap?

Just kidding, it will all be good.
April will fly by and then it will be May.
Yes, the warmth of May, I can hardly wait!

We will start doing this

These little gems will be popping in late May

Summer is on the horizon.*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-

This week I have easy meals planned.
I will be grilling, plus throwing in a few other crock pot items.
I personally think grilling has to be the easiest meal ever.

On my grill you will find...
Standing Rib Roast
Chicken Breasts
Steak, for Steak & Spinach Salads
Brats
Tilapia
Veggies
French Bread

In my crock pot you will find...
Chicken Soft Taco Filling
All day Baked Beans
Black Beans

Sides:
Fresh Fruit and Veggies
Green Salad
Oven Baked Fries

Sounds pretty easy, and yummy to me.
Hope you have a great week!

FDA, Food dyes & Hyperactivity

From The New York Times...WASHINGTON — After staunchly defending the safety of artificial food colorings, the federal government is for the first time publicly reassessing whether foods like Jell-O, Lucky Charms cereal and Minute Maid Lemonade should carry warnings that the bright artificial colorings in them worsen behavior problems like hyperactivity in some children. Read full article here.

Just what are all those food colorings anyway?

• Blue #1 (Brilliant Blue)
  

  An unpublished study suggested the possibility that Blue 1 caused kidney tumors in mice. What it's in: Baked goods, beverages, desert powders, candies, cereal, drugs, and other products.

• Blue #2 (Indigo Carmine)
  

  Causes a statistically significant incidence of tumors, particularly brain gliomas, in male rats. What it's in: Colored beverages, candies, pet food, & other food and drugs.

• Citrus Red #2
  

  It's toxic to rodents at modest levels and caused tumors of the urinary bladder and possibly other organs. What it's in: Skins of Florida oranges.

• Green #3 (Fast Green)
  

  Caused significant increases in bladder and testes tumors in male rats. What it's in: Drugs, personal care products, cosmetic products except in eye area, candies, beverages, ice cream, sorbet; ingested drugs, lipsticks, and externally applied cosmetics.

• Red #3 (Erythrosine)
  

  Recognized in 1990 by the FDA as a thyroid carcinogen in animals and is banned in cosmetics and externally applied drugs. What it's in: Sausage casings, oral medication, maraschino cherries, baked goods, candies.

• Red #40 (Allura Red)
  

  This is the most-widely used and consumed dye. It may accelerate the appearance of immune-system tumors in mice. It also causes hypersensitivity (allergy-like) reactions in some consumers and might trigger hyperactivity in children. What it's in: Beverages, bakery goods, dessert powders, candies, cereals, foods, drugs, and cosmetics.

• Yellow #5 (Tartrazine)
  

  Yellow 5 causes sometimes-severe hypersensitivity reactions and might trigger hyperactivity and other behavioral effects in children. What it's in: Pet foods, numerous bakery goods, beverages, dessert powders, candies, cereals, gelatin desserts, and many other foods, as well as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.

• Yellow #6 (Sunset Yellow)
  

  Caused adrenal tumors in animals and occasionally causes severe hypersensitivity reactions. What it's in: Color bakery goods, cereals, beverages, dessert powders, candies, gelatin deserts, sausage, cosmetics and drugs.

For more information...
Freedom Food Network, Food Dyes: Toxic Situation
Food Dyes A Rainbow of Risks

Last week in pictures

Mix cheesecakes - 3 for church

Don't forget to put blender lid on tight.
Melt chips.
Make crust.

Playdough.
Lego.
Finish Hair Clip Holder.

Laundry.
Pull back out the boots.
Laundry.

Shred 20# of cheese.
Cut veggies.
Buy more milk.
Package 20# of cheese.
Encourage veggies & fruit for snacks.

Laugh.
Smile.
Love.