The End and the Beginning

Wow, it's already the end of 2012!
It's been a long time since I posted on this blog, and life has kept us whirling and twirling around with new diets, curriculum, assessments, schedules, trying new sports, losing and gaining some furry family members......but we are still living by the lamp over here on the mountain.

My little one has been diagnosed with autism (spectrum) and ADHD, but he's doing fantastic with his cyber-schooling, with a little modification and a lot of visual learning -- I TRY to make it fun -- and he's still as happy, friendly, and as social as ever (telling every, and I mean EVERY person we passed in the grocery store on 12/24 "Merry Christmas!") He's been on a gluten-free diet for months now and I am noticing an improvement in his ability to focus on schoolwork. However I was just handed the Gut and Psychology Syndrome book and am going to give the diet a try! The idea is to heal the gut, introduce good bacteria through  probiotics (homemade, of course), and after about 2 years he might be able to eat most foods except sugar and processed ones.

I'll be posting pics and notes about our journey with this diet. I'm really looking forward to cooking with all natural ingredients and getting a garden started once again!

I hope you all had a fantastic and blessed holiday season!