What a busy day we had !

Today was quite the busy day. Chad had a friend spend the night last night. They were wound up and noisy. I do not enjoy sleepovers when we are all sleeping in the same room! I made the mistake of letting Chad have HALF a slushy and a small piece of chocolate yesterday. He had the slushy around 3 pm and a real small piece of chocolate around 5. I thought it would be ok. I am still experimenting with what effects Chad more and what doesn't. I have been doing research. I really don't want Chad on meds. I know that certain dyes can effect him and stuff. Well whatever was in that slushy I think is a definite no-no ! That is on our MOSTLY do not touch list from now on! I say mostly because slushys are Chads favorite and I feel bad thinking that I will never ever let him have one again. I can't even describe how he was last night though. He just gets to this point where he is crazy but NOT like just a hyper crazy. Most people who haven't a clue what I mean just say well that's children with sugar. But it is beyond that. I use to not understand it so much myself but after being encouraged by a christian counselor ( who is also a friend ) to do research on the matter I now understand it better. She explained to us that we should not get mad at Chad but understand he really can't help a lot of these things that we find to be a struggle. Anyway, I cried myself to sleep last night cause it was so bad. I know some people feel and even have suggested I just put him on meds but I just really don't want to resort to that. I was told that with a lot of patience and by watching his daily activities and diet we can have better control of things naturally. I figure when he is older if he decides to go on meds that is up to him but as for now I don't want him to. I just pray that when we get into a home with a yard it will get better. To have him in one room just adds to the daily struggles of the whole thing. I think we will be moving soon :) Hopefully tonight he can lay still and get his brain to slow down. I took him and his friend to the $1 movie this morning. Then we went to the warehouse nearby to meet up with more friends of ours and play. It has "indoor" soccer fields, volleyball, basketball,boxing, jumpy houses, slides, ext. They were running non stop for four hours. But the place only has huge fans and big garage like doors they open. Chads friend got sick from heat exhausting and we had to leave then so I could take him home quick to get in a cool shower. Anyway at the warehouse I realized that one of the other boys gave Chad a soda. I realized it to late though...arhhhh. One thing I am extremely thankful for : plans that have not been approved yet ! Eugene is actually going to come home tomorrow night. The next set of plans have not come back approved yet so they get the weekend off :) YAY !!!!!