Friday night the kids stayed with So-So and Ray-Ray while we visited with a college friend. They seem to have had a lot of fun - Tyler keeps telling me that So-So let him cook with her (they made pizzas and cookies), and we had a great time hanging out at our old stomping grounds singing Karaoke! Saturday was eventful. Tyler broke out with (and still has) a mysterious rash all over his body. He hasn't had a fever or acted sick so all of the common things you would think don't seem likely. We took him to the doctor and they said it looked like contact with something that he is moderately (skin rash but no breathing issues) allergic to, or a reaction to a bug bite (which he has). He seems to feel fine, still has no fever, and it doesn't seem to itch or hurt (although the bug bites do itch so he thinks he is itchy all over). So, we are just watching it and hoping it clears up. We can't think of anything that he has used as far as lotions or soaps, etc. that is different, or anything that he has eaten differently so it is odd. They napped late, so we decided to do attempt two at a movie - The Smurfs. It was unexpectedly fun, for all the wrong reasons. Tyler did pretty well once the movie finally started (previews were endless), but Katie was scared of the villain (who she called a pirate). Screaming, crying get me out of here scared. So we let Tyler and Lance stay in and watch the movie and she and I went shopping (TJ Maxx) and to get ice cream at Sweet C C's (so yummy and Katie loved making her own). Lance and I both had fun spending some one on one time and the kids seemed to really enjoy it too. Today we opted to go to the Discovery Center at Murfree Springs in Murfreesboro. It is about an hour away, but it was worth it! We stopped at Steak and Shake where kids ate free all weekend and had a yummy lunch complete with milk shakes. We then went to the Center where they had a creek to skip rocks and see turtles, ducks and fish in the wetlands, and they had a firetruck, cars, and a train that you could climb on. They had all sorts of other fun things like a coal mountain the kids could scoop, cars you could put "gas" in, block and train tables, music rooms with bongos and xylophones for the kids to play, and an art room where Katie painted and they could write on the walls, and the hit - a conveyer belt as part of a farmers market/kiddie grocery store. I am attempting to post a video of how obsessed Tyler was with the belt that would put things in a basket. He loved it, and thought it was the best time ever - putting things on the belt, spinning the "driving wheel" to get them to either go to the register or to the basket. The video is long and I can't figure out how to edit, but hopefully I will get the hang of it and can post more! I'll do some pictures next post - they were taken with the ipod same as the video so not very good quality :(. Tyler in his exhausted no nap state kept saying he "had lotta fun," which was primarily courtesy of this exhibit!
Well, I can't get the other video to upload. This shows the belt I was talking about but not how much fun Tyler was having with it, oh well :(!
2 comments:
What does the rash look like? Hutch and Anniston both had a very weird rash a couple weeks ago that no one could figure out. I still don't know what it was but it lasted about a week and then it was gone. It seemed to get worse when they were hot. Weird! Kelly Weaver
Kelly,
It is all over his body and is mostly flat red dots, but some are raised and feel bumpy (it is so hard to describe rashes which is why I took him in instead of just calling the nurse). It does get much worse when he is hot, but his face looks like a teenager with bad acne all the time! It is definitely strange - I would say it looks most like a roseola rash, or a viral exanthum that he has had a few times before, BUT he hasn't been sick AT ALL. It makes me feel better than yours had something similar and it went away - maybe just something strange going around. He has had some problems with eczema, but never on his face and not usually mostly flat!
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