There is a great place here called Christian Way Farm. I heard about it a few years ago when a friend invited us out there in the fall where they could see animals, grind corn, go through a corn maze, play on a hay "playground" or in the back of an old pick up truck filled with corn kernels, and pick a pumpkin to take home. It's a huge thing and we do it every fall; Becca's school went this year too. Well, I just discovered that they do this a program for the spring and summer as well. I liked it just as much if not more. They do a different program every year; this year is was, "Who grew your breakfast?" She had the kids help her make pancakes. She had the kids go pick some wheat, then she had them grind it up to make the flour. She had the ingredients "hidden" around the farm: the milk was by the cows, etc. They then made the pancakes. She then told them that they were taking the pancakes to feed to the pigs. Barrett had a good time climbing around during the presentation. Before we went to see the animals, she had the kids plant corn. Covering up the seeds And then of course watering. Even Barrett wanted to help. We then got on the back of the tractor and headed out to feed the animals. This is the part of the farm that we don't see during the fall; maybe there is too much to do during the fall. But they fed the calf his bottle. They fed the pig the pancakes, they fed the chickens bread, and they even got to pick up eggs from underneath the chicken who didn't want to get off the eggs. We then headed back and they were able to plant sunflower seeds to take home. We had a picnic and then the kid's favorite part: playing in the corn kernel truck. The kids had a great time and we will definitely make this an annual event. Here they are on the way home. Not long after this picture, Becca was out too.

Sick

It's no fun when your kids are sick; it's really no fun when you don't know what's wrong with them. When they're not old enough to tell you if anything hurts, I get more concerned about what's going on in their bodies. Barrett started with over 103 fever on Sunday but it seemed to stay down with tylenol. Monday morning he wakes up with around 101, still not too bad. But then, he wakes up and the ear thermometer says 104.7 and the temperal one said 105.2 I have NEVER seen a reading this high on either one of my kids and it worried me, especially because, as I said, he can't tell me what' wrong. Because it was Memorial Day, the doctor wasn't open so we decided to take him to convenient care, which doesn't take kids under 2, so we had to go to the ER. I might have tried waiting it out a little if I knew this but we were already there so we just waited. They couldn't find anything really wrong, even with a chest x-ray so they almost sent us home saying it was viral. They came in for 1 last temperature reading and after having tylenol 3 hours before and ibuprofen 1 hour before, his rectal reading was still 102.3. So, they came back and said since his fever was still up, they figured it was probably bacterial so they prescribed amoxicillin.

Tuesday afternoon Barrett wakes up from his first nap with small red dots just on his upper chest...I wasn't sure if it was a rash or an impression from his blanket/bed. I figured it wasn't a rash and give him more medicine. He wakes up from his second nap and it's a little worse so I decide not to give him more medicine. As the evening progresses, it spreads to his face and back and just gets red and splotchy. So, we call the after hours number and find we can give him just a little children's benadryl. I sleep with him in the chair, very restlessly as he is a squirmer, until 2 a.m. and realize he's not getting worse and it's not effecting his breathing so I put him to bed so we both can get good sleep. So, now we now he's allergic to amoxicillin, I'm allergic to ampicillin and Darren's allergic to pencillin; Becca's the only one that doesn't seem to be allergic to any medication, how funny is that?

These pictures don't show you how red and spotchy it was, but you can see a little bit.