Thursday

Ella seemed fine yesterday and was quite proud of her battle wound. She and Brooks played yesterday morning, so I guess all has been forgiven. :-) That Ella- she is such a cutie and quite grown up for 3! Ryan said that the whole time they were "fixing" her up at the hospital, she constantly talked about Sadie. Those girls do love each other!

Yesterday's heat shocked me! I was used to the cooler/no humidity days that we had been having. The heat returned with a vengeance yesterday. In the morning, we ran to Target, Meijer's and Bumblebee's to search for soccer cleats, school supplies and a birthday present for Jake Onstott. Julie is having us over Thursday night to celebrate his birthday- he will be 6. We got some cleats just so Cobe would have some that fit, but he has such a wide foot, that I am sure he'll claim they don't fit come Monday night when he has to put them on for his first practice. All of the cleats do seem to be very narrow in fit. Of course, I am not willing to buy expensive ones because he has needed a new pair every season, as well as a new pair of cleats each baseball season, so we own quite a few pair of cleats in multiple sizes. I hope I won't ever have to buy a pair for Brooks when he starts sports next year.

Chase came over when we got home from running errands, and after Sadie's SHORT nap, we headed to the pool. Sadie does much better when she goes down for her nap at 11:00. She always sleeps for 3 hours. But we were gone, so I put her down at 12:30 and she was still awake by 2:00. She was a bear at the pool. After we got home, I laid her down again around 4:00, and she slept until 6:45!!!! So I knew she was still tired.

Brooks and Cobe had some kind of allergic reaction to the chlorine. Brooks came home and immediately, his eyes swelled shut. He cried and cried and could barely open his eyes. I put Visine in, helped him take a shower to wash off the chlorine, put a cool washcloth over his eyes, and he slept until 9:45 last night before waking up. He stayed up for an hour or so and went back to bed. Cobe's reaction wasn't quite as strong, but his eyes were puffy and really red. The chlorine didn't effect me, Sadie or Chase, so I assume it was because both boys already suffer from allergies?????

Chase and Cobe hung out playing gameboys and trading Pokemon cards because it started storming. Ryan called a few times for me to check the radar because they were driving up north right in the eye of the storm it seemed. I talked to him around 11, and he said they were finally out of it and had been for a little while. So it was a very quiet night. I expected to wake up during the night since other storms were predicted all night, but if they came, I slept right through them. I could tell it had rained though.

Today we have the fair and the street performers on the agenda. So far it doesn't look very promising weather-wise. Still raining. We'll have to see!