Buggy's Bee Sting

Today was the most wonderful day.

We woke up (a little later than planned), got ready very quickly, and headed off for another play date at the splash pad. This is definitely Benjamin's new favorite thing.

Then my friend, Kristine, so wonderfully volunteered to take Will and Kirstine home with her! Benjamin and I had lunch, played in the living room for an hour, and then Ben went off to bed. I was lazy and played on the computer and watched Suits.

After the kids got home we got ready to go out again. We were having a picnic at Veteran's Park with all the preschool ministry workers at church. I picked up Subway and met Scott there.

We had a wonderful time. The kids were great and we all had fun. At about 7:30 the skies started turning black. Shortly everyone was hurriedly packing up and leaving. Scott and I both parked about forever and a half away, so he took off to go get the van.

Then Kirstine started SCREAMING! That nasty bee that had been bothering her during dinner finally got the best of her. Twice. He stung her in her right arm, and then she grabbed him with her left hand to pull him off and he got her left thumb. my poor, poor baby.

I write all of this just to tell you the randomness of her wails on the way home. I immediately put Psalty on and she immediately responded by being silent and content. She loves her some Psalty.

A few minutes later she screamed out loud while crying, "I want to sleep with you and daddy tonight!" I told her we would see... and the screaming continues off and on for a few minutes. Most of the time including the words, "It's BURNING!"

Then came some words I never imagined hearing out of her mouth. So I know now how badly it hurt.

"I WANT YOU TO TURN PSALTY OFF!!!!"

Really? I did and it worked, for a bit. She continued to scream off and on the rest of the way home. But her randomness came in full a few minutes later when she asked me out of NO WHERE,

"Mom, who gave you this car?" And she was not crying at all. I explained to her that I bought it at the car dealership (over 2 years ago), and then she asks me, "If it's so big, how did you carry it?"

For those of you that don't know Kirstine, know this... A way-too-oftenly used phrase in our house is, "It's a good thing she's so pretty".


In other news, as I type this at close to 4 am, Bethan is wide awake but with no smiles. And then I started to sing to her, "When I See You Smile" and she just lit up like firecrackers. I love this baby!

4th of July

Today could have easily been a very sad and depressing day. My mom's 60th birthday. Huge party. And I'm not there. Trust me, I've done my fair share of crying about it over the last month. But I'm okay now, and we had a great day.

We began the day by doing my favorite thing these days... sleeping in and being lazy. I was up with Bethan from 6:30 - 7:30. Which is perfect because then I made the older 3 breakfast and went back to bed. Scott got up soon after and hung out with them while I slept in til 9. or maybe was it 10??? :)

We went to Aldridge Gardens for a picnic lunch and had a great time. There was hardly anyone there, and there was a nice breeze due to the storm coming in. And thanks to the threatening skies we headed home a little earlier than planned.

Then a little more lazy time while Benjamin napped.

Finally we had a small group 4th of July party. Bethan and I went for a little while and then came home while the big kids walked up the street to see the fireworks. Jealous I didn't get to see them, but there's always next year, right?

Here are some pictures from the park...