Of bug bites, bee stings, and runny noses

Sophie's foot is much better. By Saturday morning it had returned to normal. Me? I'm still afraid that whatever creature decided to munch on her Wednesday night could still be lurking in her room somewhere, even though I've removed all the bedding and even crawled under the crib with a flashlight looking for spiders and such with no luck!

However, Sophie's nose started dripping on Saturday and by Sunday was running like a faucet. It seems a little better today, but she had trouble sleeping last night. So, she was in our bed from midnight on, which means we didn't sleep too well. Let's hope tonight goes better. I plan on retiring very early this evening...just as soon as I bake a birthday cake and finish icing the cupcakes for her birthday tomorrow!!!

On Sunday afternoon, in the midst of the glorious sunshine and lovely late-summer breeze we were enjoying, K decided to prune the overgrown forsythia shrubs in the front yard and the jungle that is our landscaping off the back porch. He got through about 75% of it before he came running in the house for an ice cube. Something had pursued him and stung him in the forehead, just above his left eyebrow. I didn't see a stinger, so he thought maybe a small branch or rock had kicked up, but he was sure that whatever it was (even an inanimate object) was pretty ticked off at him! He had a small little goose egg on his forehead that was there all day yesterday.

However, last night at 3 AM, as we were both lying in bed awake while Sophie was flopping around between us, he said he needed to get up to take one of his allergy meds because he felt like his left eye was swollen shut. Sure enough, by morning, it was about 50% shut, and even the other eye looked really puffy. It hasn't gotten any worse all day, but he's not happy about it!

And another little boy at daycare had his birthday today, so Sophie is now fully trained for what she should do tomorrow. She has been running around for the last few days announcing "I two! I two!" Cute.

EJ is in the full swing of real fourth-grade homework this week, and she also started dance tonight - ballet and hip hop! I got there a little early to watch on the closed-circuit TV, and she looked like she was having a blast.