November 3, 2024

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• Last night I ended my blog as the boys' were driving home from their evening of playing at Raymar and their friend's house nearby. When they walked in the door, Graham had his shirt off, and his whole everything was covered in hives. He was bright red!
• Apparently, while they were playing hide n seek, Graham and 2 other boys laid down in the grass. The other boys weren't bit by ants, but Graham has over 50 ant bites all over his legs. I guess after this, their playtime was over, and they walked back to someone's house about a mile away.
• Anderson said that Graham looked even worse back at the house-bad enough for the kid to call his mom a nurse. She instructed them to dope him up with benedryl and some creams which they did. When he came in the house, we sent him to the shower and gave him more benedryl after his shower. By bedtime, his hives were gone, but today his ant bites are incredibly itchy. 
• Even though we had an hour of extra sleep last night, I had a hard time waking up all of the boys. The girls were all up-Keaton had a friend spend the night, and they were dressed and ready when I went to check on them, and Campbell was sitting up in her bed. 
• We did the church thing this morning-Robby and I had missed a few Sundays because of camping, and it was good to be back at church. It was also good to be back in our Sunday lunch routine at Grannymom and Grandpa's house. Dana and Cash were there, and after lunch everyone visited for a good while before we headed home. 
• Before heading home though I dropped Robby off at Sams and Walmart, and I drove the van and all the kids to Old Navy to pick up sweatpants for Campbell. Then it was back to pick up Robby. Then we did get home, and I promptly had my Sunday afternoon nap.
• Soon it was time for the kids to leave for Rock Creek. Tonight was a special evening-costume night: Anderson and Graham were sporting their Storm Troopers costumes that we have worked so much on this last weekend. Whitman made fun of them yesterday but did admit that he would happily wear them for halloween. Keaton and Collyn were Campbell and Keaton's cow costumes. 
• Keaton and Collyn made it to the championship for middle school and lost against a much older team. Anderson and Graham were pretty close to winning the costume contest but did lose to another team, and they also made it to the championship. They all did come home in a decent mood  despite the losses.
• The Wilsons came over for supper this evening-Robby made quesadillas and a cinnamon cake. It was all good. We visited until it was time to call the weekend to a close. 
• The kids must be tired because they have been throwing down laundry and even straightening their rooms this evening without anyone asking them to. Actually, I'm pretty tired myself despite that extra hour of sleep.