September 22nd-28th

Sickness was a BIG part of The Fan Five's week...

Saturday:

I spent the afternoon learning more about the benefits of

Young Living Essential Oils,

with my Mother-in-law as my teacher.

She hosted a few classes at our church,

including using the oils with your kiddos and

what oils to keep on hand for emergency situations.

I am REALLY enjoying using these oils more and more,

and YES, Tricia,

I WILL write all about them someday soon... ;0)

After the classes,

the rest of the family joined us and we went and ate

at perhaps the BEST Italian restaurant in AMERICA-

seriously,

the owner takes 5 DAYS to make his

Bouillabaisse sauce...

Yummmmm....

Later in the evening,

when we were all watching TV in the living room,

Super Dad noted that Little Wild Man

seemed rather warm.

Yep,

he had a fever.

So I "put my oils where my mouth is"

(so to speak)

and began putting

Peppermint, Thieves, and Purification oils

on the boy every 15 to 30 for the rest of the evening.

His fever did finally break about an hour and a half 

into this regimen,

 but was up a little again before he went to bed,

so I ran the diffuser in his room

all night...

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Sunday:

The girls and I went to church,

but Super Dad stayed at home with Little Wild Man

and continued to "oil him up."

By the time we got home,

I would say he was a lot better,

and by the evening he was "normal."

(Please note:

I never gave him Tylenol or any other

"traditional" meds during this time.

That's a big deal for me-

I was very happy to have "success"

with the oils in THIS case...)

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Monday:

Smiley B, Mad Max, and Girlie V

were all at the house.

The kiddos did get a lot of their 

independent work completed,

included Smiley B,

which I will post more about later...

 In the afternoon,

the Little Wild Man, Smiley, and Girlie

all made a fantastic mess in the garage

while playing 

"Construction Workers."

(More of which I will post on later...)

Their mess encouraged me to sweep out the garage,

which needed to be done anyway,

despite my allergies giving me

FITS throughout the day.

Again,

I am not on any allergy meds now

because of the oils

(mainly Frankincense and Lavender),

but the ragweed was especially STRONG on Monday,

so I made certain to use the Neti pot an extra time or two

and put on extra oil applications also...

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Tuesday:

During our school Science lesson,

we discussed the Biosphere and Biomes.

The kiddos remembered when I helped our friend

Mimi with a project she made in Middle School

all about the Rainforest habitat,

so we have decided that next week 

they will create their own 

shoe box habitats-

I just LOVE hands-on Science projects!

In the evening,

while we were all watching TV together,

Baby Girl

(who was laying next to Super Dad on the couch)

started complaining that her stomach and head hurt.

(Deja vu, anyone?)

I started applying some Thieves and Purification oil on her,

as well as a little Digize oil for her tummy troubles.

She really looked peaked,

so I told her at bed time

that she would need to stay in her room 

all day on Wednesday 

since i would be taking care of Mad Max and Smiley B.

She did not contest this decision AT ALL...

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Wednesday:

Poor Baby Girl.

She woke up with no tummy ache,

but her head and now her throat were killing her.

I oiled her up,

(including spreading a wet cloth

with Peppermint oil across her neck and forehead)

gave her the iPad,

tucked her in bed,

and she pretty much slept on and off

throughout the day.

Poor, poor Baby Girl.

I got Tonsillitis A LOT as a kiddo,

and I do believe she is on track to be like her Mama...

Once I had her settled,

I got the other kiddos to do a minimal amount of school work

and I began making

a meal I was taking to a family at church

in the evening.

I spent a lot of time in the kitchen,

cooking the dinner,

and our meals,

and grinding up kool-aid slushes for

Baby Girl.

In the evening,

when our "crochet ninja" friend

arrived for Jungle Girl's lesson,

I took the meal over to our church family

and had the honor of gushing and cooing

all over their newborn baby born-

so sweet!

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Thursday:

Baby Girl was not much better,

so I called our

friendly neighborhood physician assistant

and made her an appointment.

After dropping my other kiddos off

at my parents',

Mr. Jim was pretty convinced she had 

strep throat or another kind of infection.

He called in an antibiotic for her,

and after sending Jungle Girl

home with a friend and picking up Little Wild Man,

we headed to Target for the meds...

Poor,  poor Baby Girl...

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Friday:

Super Dad woke up with some kind of version

of Baby Girl's illness,

so he stayed home.

Baby Girl started making an improvement

by the third dosage of her medicine,

which I found interesting,

since I spotted little pockets of puss

on her tonsils this evening

that were not there yesterday.

I am just glad she is no longer 

dizzy and feverish!

She and Netflicks have become  

best buddies over these past couple of days,

and that is totally fine by me

if it keeps her resting... 

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May I make a quick side note about the oils?

PLEASE do not think I am a millionaire

since I use these oils!

Yes,

some of them are pricey,

but I have been slowly adding them to my

medicine cabinet.

AND I have a lovely mother-in-law

who gives us some every now and again

out of her personal stash.

AND these oils are HIGHLY CONCENTRATED,

so I am often mixing just a drop or two

with a carrier oil

(like V-6 oil),

which makes the oils last a good amount of time.

I also use "modern medicine"

(as you can see from Baby Girl's situation)

if the situation calls for it.

I am a firm believer in balance,

and the oils a lovely,

but it doesn't mean I don't discredit

western medicine.

I just try to use it as more of a "last resort"

instead of running to it first.

Does that all make sense?

If not,

please leave a comment and I will answer

any questions you have about the oils-

as soon as everyone recovers 

around here... ;0)

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of the above collage,

please click HERE...

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