We had another lovely day here, visiting my sister and brother in law. The plan was for a home day, and for the most part, thats what we did. We played outside on the deck, ate a delicious brunch that seemed to go all morning, and kept very busy having fun. When the kids went down for their nap, the four of us got some snacks and drinks together and we sat out on the deck for a while. Caity and I stayed out for quite some time, but the boys wound up going inside for some brother bonding time of video games. I got a sunburn. It is incredibly evident where my shorts ended. Ouchy!
When the kids woke up, Brady and Stefan took Dekker and Laela to his parents farm for a bit of a tour and a ride on the tractor. The kids had a great time there, or at least thats the impression I’m under.
Ok, just kidding. The uploads are taking way too long. Maybe more farm pictures tomorrow.
Caity and I stayed back with Rowan, who napped most of the time, so we actually just grabbed some snacks and watched a bit of tv. She and I both appreciate a bit of down time when we can get it, so it actually really hit the spot.
We had a super yummy meal of barbecued chicken and mashed potatoes for supper, in honour of my recent birthday, and spent the last chunk of the day out on the deck. Or at least that was the plan, until this happened.
Laela was going down the deck stairs and, from what we can mostly assume happened, she tripped on the bottom step, bowled over, and cranked her forehead on the concrete pad at the bottom. This picture doesn’t do it justice even, but it is easily the biggest goose egg we’ve ever had in this house. But, back in the day, I spoke to our doctor about head bonks, and she gave me a bit of a criteria to follow. But those standards, Laela was more than fine, but I was a bit concerned with putting her to bed immediately after such a big head bonk, so we got everyone ready for bed and turned a show on tv. She seemed to get more upset when we wanted her to sit still, but suddenly, she was just crying and crying and was SO sad. It was then that we discovered that we had no Childrens Tylenol on hand. We had stuff for Rowan but nothing for Laela. So Stefan rushed out to a nearby gas station and bought some. I can’t imagine how much her head must have hurt but Tylenol was really out best option at that point, to at least take the edge off.
It took the kids a while to fall asleep, but that actually did my heart good. The rest of us pulled out a game and played a few rounds before we decided to have one last fire outside. We put together some delicious snacks (seems that snacks were the theme of the day) and spent close to two hours outside around a fire. It was so lovely!!
However, I am now quite chilly, and I have that sunburn chill going as well, so I’m all cuddled up in bed, ready to snuggle in with my husband and freeze him with my feet. Its been a really wonderful day, but home will be good tomorrow too. Pray for good travelling weather!!