Summer has FINALLY hit Utah. After four straight weeks of rain and cold we finally have hit the 90′s here. For some reason we seem to have bad luck. When the weather is yucky out the kids are healthy and ready to go out and play. When the weather is nice and warm, they are sick. Yesterday Gavin woke up with a weird pustule under his finger nail. After John inspected it he decided it was just an ingrown fingernail. I was going to cut the nail down, but of course Gavin wanted nothing to do with it. So I just let it be. Well this morning I woke him up to get ready for school and he was feverish and complaining about his thumb. The tiny pustule was now 5x’s bigger and his entire thumb was swollen. I showed it to John and he immediately thought it looked like a staph infection. He decided to drain it and see if he could relieve the pain a bit. I have never heard Gavin scream like that. It took two of us to hold him down and when he finally wiggled free he ran upstairs and hid.
Monthly Archive for June, 2009
The other day my sister Kara and I decided to venture up the canyon for a picnic. We pulled off to the first picnic spot we found, which just so happened to be feet away from a very full and rushing river. We figured it would be fine and we’d just keep an extra eye on the kids so they wouldn’t wander in. We started setting up the picnic and while I was opening bags and putting straws into juice boxes I suddenly realized that Gavin wasn’t right next to me any more. I jumped up and asked Kara where Gavin was, we both looked frantically around and he was no where in sight.
I completely panicked. I was screaming his name in that shrill voice that is formed from the panic in your stomach. Kara was screaming too. I couldn’t see him anywhere and I started to freak out thinking he went into the water. Its strange the way you go from calm to hysterical in 11 seconds at the mere thought that something might be wrong with your child. I am not sure I’ve ever been so scared in all my life. I couldn’t stop myself from thinking “what if I never see him again”. Yes, dramatic, but true to how I was feeling that very second.
Just when I was about to lose it and jump into the water to search for him, I see this bright yellow shirt emerge from the outhouse that was about 50 feet away. It was Gavin and he was shimming back into his shorts after testing out the potty. I ran to him and I felt so relieved that I can’t even describe it. I wanted to spank the crap out of him for going off without telling me. Instead I just hugged him and tried to keep myself from crying.
I wish I could raise my kids in a bubble sometimes.
I know, I know, I have been neglecting my blog. Its just been such a busy month. My brother Danny is getting married on Saturday so my entire family is out for a visit in honor. My sister Kara and her two girls are staying with us and I’d rather be out having fun with them rather than blog. My mom and aunt will be here Friday, and my brother Jason came in on Monday. So its been a little crazy to say the least. Throw in tux fittings for preschoolers, finding a dress that doesn’t make me look fat, and nearly getting killed by a moose while doing bridal photos for my soon to be sister in law, I am spent.
Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way I’d now like to bitch and moan all about how mad I am at Gavin’s school. First i have to say that their summer school program is completely lame. Its only 2 hours long, 2 days a week, for 5 weeks. And although I am thankful they have something to stimulate Gavin for the summer, part of me thinks it is not worth it. Anyway, back in April while we were visiting Texas, Gavin’s teacher emailed and asked me if I wanted to send Gavin to summer school. I let her know that we definitely wanted to send him and told her I would fill out the paper work when I came back from texas. When I got back I sent her a message and asked her when I needed to sign the papers. She let me know that she already sent them in for me and filled out that i had agreed over email. Cool and cooler.She then let me know that she would not be teaching summer school this year. Not only that but it was being held at a different school all together. Okay, that’s fine, Gavin will adjust I thought.
Yeah its pretty sad that I haven’t posted for a week. I have a lot to update on and I will write more soon. For now I will leave you with a photo of how I punish my kids when they’re naughty 
