Summertime

The last day of school was last Friday, and it was a bittersweet ending to the year for both boys. They grew attached to their teachers and classmates and were sad to see the year come to an end. But, of course, there was the prospect of all the beauty of summer vacation looking them straight in the eye and they got over the sadness fairly quickly. The weekend started out fantastic - the kids got to spend the night at their aunt and uncle's house. Chris and I took them to see Kung Fu Panda 2. We hung out together and enjoyed the three-day weekend.

Then Chris decided he should mow the grass. A chore that needs doing regularly. The kids love to chase the riding mower around and they followed Chris out to do that. However, the allergens in the air packed an unexpectedly fierce punch and it was a short time later that the kids came inside with swollen, red eyes that were having a terrible and violent allergic reaction. The swollen eyes have taken their time going down. We've shut the house up and turned the air conditioning on in an effort to reduce the allergens indoors. Declan's developed a consistent, low-grade fever and headache that don't seem to be responding to any of our medicines in the house and Logan is still sniffing and wiping his eyes constantly. We're headed to the doctor in a couple hours in the hopes that he'll be able to give us something better for managing this crap.

So hopefully this is not an indication of how our vacation will go. I'm crossing my fingers that our pediatrician will help us get this under control and the kids can run and play and enjoy their various trips this summer without another allergic reaction like this. Apparently it's bad in the area this year - when Chris went to the store to get some Benadryl, he said the shelves for the allergy stuff were nearly cleaned out. So we're not the only ones. But I think I speak for all of us when I say that after a couple days of this junk, we're over it.