What are Smarties?

If you want to understand this post.... you must read the previous post first!! Go ahead I'll wait!!

So.........

Last night before bedtime we took J.J.'s glucose reading and we were contemplating how to treat it. He was at a 74....o.k. number, but not for going to bed. Jason was throwing out Smarties as a good treatment. I, however, thought something slower acting would be better.

At any rate hubby and I are discussing the possibilities when our Smarties Suspect says:

WHAT ARE SMARTIES???

(Ummm.....hon, don't you remember eating 15 rolls of them??:-)

Smarties Suspect......

15 Smarties wrappers!! 15!!

J.J. called me from his bedroom, "MOM!! MOM!! Look at all these wrappers!! Where did they come from?"

Since he has learned to be dramatic from his sisters, I didn't immediately catch on to his excitement. When I finally did see what he was hollering about, my eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"You did NOT eat those, did you?"

"NO!!"

"ARE YOU SURE?".....he has a propensity for "tricking" me (as he likes to call it)!!

"No, Mama, it wasn't me. I can't reach that high."

"Everyone in my bedroom!!"

The three "youngers" were in hearing range....I figured my two older girls could be excluded from the "interrogation".

"Who ate all of these?"

The look on one of the girls' face was full of fear.....and guilt!! When she confessed I asked her when she ate them.....

"Yesterday and today."

It was really hard to keep from laughing....but I didn't.....because this was serious. What if it had been J.J.!!?? I've drilled it into him that he can't eat ANYTHING without me knowing.....but he's a kid.....ya know!!?? It could have been him! I do keep his special diabetes items on a high shelf in our bedroom.....but now I'm thinking..... LOCK AND KEY!!!

I suppose I also have to talk to J.J. about making his sisters jealous. He reminds them often of all the "special" things he gets to have because of his diabetes. I like to view them as "medical necessities", but the girls?....I'm sure they only see CANDY!!.....and why wouldn't they??

Thankfully, this time I only have to deal with the Smarties Suspect....she's already making her plea for leniency as we await Dad's sentencing. She just posted this outside my bedroom!!:-) Ahhh.....kids do make life interesting!!

It's All Worth It

I was up late last night, and ended up waking at the 3 am check because J.J. was "low" and needed juice. The extra moving around, lights being turned on, etc made it hard to sleep. My normal 6 am wake time flew past, and before I knew it....8 am was here. I was awakened by a slight movement in the bed. I sat up a little to see if anyone was in the room, but no one was.....so I thought. I laid in bed trying to wake up, but something seemed strange. I took out my earplugs, and then I heard it. Something or someone was in my room!! The slithering sound was getting closer to my side of the bed. I didn't move, I didn't make a sound....until.....a blond little head could be seen just beyond the covers. I sat up quickly and said "BOO!!".....which made the slinky, slitherer startle, jump and scream!!:-) We both laughed!!! J.J. says "I was trying to trick you Mama!". Which was quickly followed by "O.K.....it's time to get up, I need to eat."

This set the tone for the whole day!! How much fun it is to have him make me laugh so easily. I eat up those times now. It's these moments that make me say "It's All Worth It!!!" All the finger pokes, all the shots, all the calculations, all the decisions about treatment, dosages,etc....all the care, all the worry, all the _______!!!.......IT'S ALL WORTH IT!!!