It was hot hot hot today, but at around 4 today some clouds rolled in and cooled things off just enough to play outside a little bit. Rae was taking water out of the pool and pouring it on some flowers and bees. I told her that if she messed around with the bees they might sting her, so she left them alone. It got sunny again and I was ready to make the kids go back in because Claire was getting super hot, but then it started raining (I LOVE it when it rains when it is sunny) so we stayed out and played in the rain.
After a while I put a towel over Claire and I was busy making sure she wasn't getting too wet and all of a sudden Rae started screaming. She ran over to me, swatting at her face, yelling that she had been stung! She tends to exaggerate about everything, so I tried to get her to calm down and figured she'd be fine. Well, she kept crying, saying it really hurt, so we headed inside and I gave her a cold washcloth. In just a few minutes her lip started to swell and I started to freak out a bit. I gave her a popscicle and called Roy to tell him to come home(He was already on his way though) - I was totally scared it'd swell up and she wouldn't be able to breathe or something.
Roy got home and took Claire (who was super fussy at this point) for me so I could call the doctor's office. By then the swelling had pretty much stopped and Rae said it wasn't hurting anymore, so I wasn't too worried. The nurse said to give her some Benadryl and just keep an eye on it. Within an hour so of giving it to her the swelling had gone a lot.
This was about 10 minutes after the sting.
It got just a little more swollen than this but not much more.
Rae said she's a little scared to go outside now -I'm sure she'll be a lot more cautious around bees and wasps. She said she was looking into the gutter drain and something flew out and stung her. It was probably a wasp - we have a lot around our house. We told her that the chances of being stung again are pretty slim, so I think she'll be okay going outside. I'm just glad it wasn't Claire or Isaac - that would have been much harder to deal with!
It's supermouse!
These two have been getting along pretty well lately and it's nice to see Blaise get a chance to be the "big sibling" occasionally when Rae isn't busy bossing them all around.
Babies holding babies
Just relaxing outside
"When am I going to catch something?!"
Rae decided the worms were more fun
When we got home we let them play in the water to cool off.
They love to wear these matching shirts to bed. Rae got the black one two years ago when she entered a cupcake contest, and then Rae and Blaise got the blue ones last year when they did the same contest. It says "Hi. I'm drug free. Bye. I hope you are too"
