Rylan got his full bed back on May 19th. He and Carter had fun trying it out after I got sheets and a quilt on it.
I've still been using the pool noodles to prevent Rylan from rolling out. Unfortunately they failed twice. But I have since put only one pillow in his bed (in the middle) and, so far, no more falls.
We went to Chick-fil-A for Kids Night a few weeks ago. I think the Minion that Rylan got is my favorite balloon from the Balloon Guy so far.
Carter got a pretty cool dragon.
We met Missy and her kids at the downtown library storytime. Rylan loved the sunglasses he got from his teachers the day before on the last day of school. He wore them all day (until they broke).
We found Charlotte in an interesting sleeping spot ...
About a week and a half ago we went the splash ground at Cumberland Park for the first time this summer. It was still fun!!!
We went back two days later with Brian and that is where Rylan got his black eye (the bruise is much smaller finally but it'll still be a few days until it's completely gone).
Last Monday we went to a playdate for Carter's class at Lyla's house. Lyla was sick on the last day of school and missed "Water Day" so we recreated it for her in her backyard.
Last week was the first week of a lot of our traditional summer activities. We went to the first summer program at the Brentwood Library on Tuesday. We got to see Professor Greybeard do some science experiments for us. One of the last experiments required a balloon. Professor Greybeard handed them out to the kids that were there early and we had to hold on to them.
Carter got to help with one experiment when the Van de Graff generator wasn't making anyone's hair stand up. Carter got to send metal tins flying instead. (Professor Greybeard was the second person to nickname Carter "Red" in as many weeks - his swim lessons instructor also called him that. Surprisingly, Carter had never been called that before even though everyone comments on his hair!)
I think everyone's favorite experiment was sending smoke rings across the room.
On Thursday I took the kids to the first summer movie at the Cool Springs theater - Epic.
We used to go to a lot of these 2 years ago. We never made it to one last year because they overlapped with the boys' gardening class (which was moved to Tuesdays this year). The price has doubled, but it's still a pretty good deal. It costs $4 per person and that includes admission, a small popcorn, a small drink, and a fruit snack.
The theater was much less crowded than it was two years back. We got there only 5 minutes before 10 am and the lines were not bad at all. It still took 15 minutes because we picked a horribly slow line but it worked out perfect because another theater opened at 10:15 am. Plus, this year, there weren't any previews - woohoo! We used to get to the theater 45 minutes early just so we didn't have to stand in line for an hour and then all our popcorn was eaten before the movie even started. I hope we can continue to have this work out so well the rest of the summer!
On Thursday afternoon we went to the Franklin library for a summer program. They had Terry Hedges, a magician, performing. He kept the kids entertained the whole time. It was so insanely crowded though that I didn't get to actually sit with the boys!
Before the performance we had stopped in the children's library and turned in the boys' summer reading logs that'd already completed. They each got to pick out a book and also got water bottles and coupons.
Super early on Thursday morning, Carter had woken up complaining that his ear hurt. I wasn't sure if he might have an ear infection or swimmer's ear. I assumed the latter because we'd been swimming a lot lately and I had finally just bought drops the day before. He (and I) eventually got back to sleep. He didn't complain about it again that day but on Thursday night, Carter was not himself at all. He fell asleep at dinner (we were at a restaurant!) and had a fever of 100F when we got home.
So on Friday morning I made an appointment to see our new pediatrician. I had just requested our records to be transferred on Monday. Our old pediatrician was fine but I never really connected to her. Especially with a new baby on the way, I wanted to find someone I love. So we are seeing the pediatrician my friend Ashley uses. And I was not disappointed! He seemed great! He has 3 young boys of his own and seemed to be really involved with them so had a realistic approach and expectations (something our last pediatrician lacked because she doesn't have kids of her own). Our new pediatrician reminded me more of the one we used in Knoxville who had 5 kids of his own and we loved.
Anyway, Carter was diagnosed with a double ear infection - poor guy! He had a cough for a couple of weeks that he caught from Rylan (both are still coughing some) that must have led to the infection.
How did I not know until recently that Publix has FREE medications for common prescriptions like antibiotics!!!
The powdered sugar doughnuts sure are messy!
Brian's birthday was also on Friday so he joined us midway through our doughnuts. We weren't going to see him that evening because I was taking the boys to a birthday party at the zoo so the doughnuts were our little celebration.
We did however make Brian cupcakes that afternoon and left them out for him to find when he got home from work!
Carter drew this picture this weekend. Apparently kids still draw houses like I did when I was young - however, they are now 3 stories tall instead of 2!
The boys and I met Jen with Chase and Sutton at the Adventure Science Center today (we had planned on swimming with them but the weather did not cooperate!!!). We had fun checking out the Robots + Us temporary exhibit. One exhibit was a computer that recognized faces and there were some props to try out to see if it could still find a face.
It was apparently Mohawk Monday at bathtime tonight :)
