It's my favorite because that gorilla saw Xander and just kept watching him. Without the thick layer of glass there, I think it might have kidnapped him, but you know, creepy kidnapper gorilla motives aside, I thought it was cute. I'm sure the gorilla was thinking, "hey, that kid has awesome hair!"
sniff sniff By the way, I had every intention of doing a "one month post hair cut" picture, but it seems that I was living in a hospital room on the one month mark. Darn skull fracture, screwing up my blogging plans!
They'll let ANYONE fly a helicopter these days!
The kids and I went to Pensacola with Mom, Aunt Becky, and Larry's kids, and all of the pics I got were at the History of Naval Aviation Museum. Oh, and two of the big slides, which Promise, Aaric, and Mikayla all were able to go on, after passing a swimming test. Promise passing was no surprise, that girl swims like a fish. I was sure Aaric could do it, but figured he might struggle a little, but until Mikayla went, he'd said he didn't want to try, as he didn't feel that the orange arm band was manly enough for him. Mikayla was the real shocker though. I almost stopped her, not wanting to go through the drama of her trying and failing. She struggled across that pool, doggy paddling the whole way, but she's determined, and she made it, without ever touching the bottom.
After Pensacola, we returned to GA for a week at Grandma Camp (hanging out at Mom and Dad's with all the munchkins and Aunt Becky), and then went to Myrtle Beach with Merrilea and Charity and the boys.
Then we spent a week being very lazy around the house, doing very very little. But alas, we wanted to go be homebirth advocates, so off we went to Raleigh, and after terrorizing the legislators of the state (okay, so there was no terrorizing, but I was just certain we'd wind up with either a kid falling in the fountain and getting wet, or visiting the ER. But, you know, due to the joys of wild kids at the legislative building or museum...
Here, Mikayla directs your attention to the now extinct giant sloth. Those things were huge. They lived in the Southeastern US, I think. It's hard to remember.
And wouldn't it be great if I could remember what kind of dinosaur is munching on Aaric's head? Ah, the foreshadowing...
There would be pictures of Xander, but he wasn't terribly thrilled with the place, other than the snakes, which were alive and big and creepy. The Diamondback Rattlesnake was as big around as my thigh. Which, sure, isn't a huge thigh, but rattlesnakes should NOT be that big around! He wasn't terribly long!
It was after we got home that he decided to get a closer look at that TV. As our day was winding down, and I figured we'd survived yet another day without seeing the ER. That's all I wanted - an ER free summer. Is that really so much to ask?
And then, we have a few days with no pictures. Partly because my camera was at home, and partly because as much as I may enjoy writing about our life online and showing pictures to the world, I draw the line at taking pictures while my kids have blood pouring from their ears, in ambulances, and while vomiting. And then, if I'd had my camera, I might have taken a pic or two once his tummy was settled and his ears had stopped leaking, because he did look quite normal for a couple days there. But I didn't have it, so I don't have those pictures. And, I do actually have pictures of him after coming home, but I was only able to get them by promising him that I would NOT share them with anyone, that they'd only be for us to compare from week to week. I wish I could show them though, because it's exciting to see how he looks today, compared to 3 weeks ago.
What I do have, though, are berry picking pictures. And yes, there are a couple of Aaric in there. But for one thing, I didn't make any promises about those. And also, they don't show any obvious problems, really.
Xander liked to pick a few, eat one, and dump the bucket.
Aaric thought it would be the most boring day of his life, but he enjoyed it a lot. And then decided that he doesn't like fresh blueberries, he only likes them cooked. That's the ONLY thing that kid inherited from me!
And this is one of the scrumptious muffins that we made the next morning, served alongside some vanilla yogurt. (google "blueberry muffins" and it's the first recipe that comes up. This was my first attempt at blueberry muffins that didn't involve opening a Betty Crocker box.)
And that's as recent as it gets, other than the pictures of Aaric that I'm never allowed to share. So, just trust me, he looks nearly normal, other than the puffy face. Oh, and I weighed him today, and he did indeed gain 3 pounds. But my cousin Hannah works in a hospital with sick kids, and says a 6 yr old there gained 17 pounds in 3 weeks on Prednisone, so I figure 3 pounds is nothing!
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Those blueberry muffins look delicious. Xander is making me hungry! Looks like you have managed to have a really fun summer... all things considered!
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