Fire Safety Town in Frisco

It makes me sad to know that I have a TON of posts to make and I just can't find the time to do it! If I don't do a post on the same day as an event, etc., then there is no emotion in it. I forget the little things and so on. Each day I promise myself to be better because let's face it, some days I can't remember my own name.

So with that being said, this is an event from this morning! We went to the Fire Safety Town in Frisco. THIS is an amazing place! Our teacher gave us some helpful hints regarding fire and safety with little ones. The kids were able to climb on a fire truck and see/touch some of the tools firemen use:

Then we went outside for the coolest part! And by coolest, I am not talking about the temperature outside (we went at 11:30am and it was HOT!). Our teacher talked about safety on the roads, reading street signs and what to do if you encounter a fire safety vehicle:

And then we were free to explore the "town". This town was a miniature replica of the city of Frisco. There were street signs and signals, stores, banks, churches and lots of other buildings. One of the things our teacher told the kids to do is always hold an adults hand when crossing the street and never run into the road (Parker and Shelby holding hands while crossing the street):

This is a look down through the center of "town":

Once the kids get older we can bring them to an extended class where they can ride bikes and battery-powered cars to cruise the streets. This is a really neat program that teaches kids and adults all about street safety.

We will have to bring Bryan to the Friday Family Night so he can check it out with us!

Snipits of Our Day: Rice

This morning, shortly after STSK was over, Parker went to play in his room and I went to clean up my craft room. I started feeling a little dizzy and remembered that I had not had breakfast. I went to the fridge and grabbed some leftover rice. Parker was immediately at my feet and was fussing and pointing at my bowl. I asked him to use his words and said "you don't even know what Mommy has in her bowl". Parker responded "rice?". REALLY??? Then, out of my child's mouth came the best part, to which I was reminded how much he is like his father who doesn't ever miss a beat:

"Rice-a, Rice-a, a-baby"

A Blast From The Past!

YES, this was my kitchen!!! Can you believe it??? When we bought our house the kitchen was so icky looking but I saw a lot of potential.

Oh the memories of remodeling our kitchen.... I am sure round two is right around the corner :)

Pretend Play

I've been wanting to buy some Wedgits for Parker for some time now so the other day while we were at Tuesday Morning, I found the mini-frog set. He had no idea that I bought it and I waited a couple days to bring them out. Once I got them out of the package (why do they package toys like there is gold inside??!!), Parker was very interested in how they all work. After we built a few things Parker wanted to show Sid how it's done. He proceeded to bring Sid over and set him down next to us on the floor and put a couple of Wedgits in his lap. Parker "showed" and "explained" to Sid how to stack the pieces. It was VERY cute to watch and I did not want to leave to grab the camera because I was afraid it would interrupt his "teaching time".

Bite Update

We did end up going to see Dr. Eastman this afternoon. I called to ask some questions about the medicine that was given by the ER doctor and Nurse Jan (our fav!) really wanted Dr. Eastman to check it out. Dr. Eastman did confirm that he was pretty sure that it was a bite of some kind and not MRSA (infection). He explained that we need to keep a close eye on the white center and should it become darker, we should bring Parker back to the office. We will continue with the antibiotics and steroids and watch his leg closely. BTW, Dr. Eastman did say that the steroids might make Parker act a little crazy....

Note to self: I have a bad habit these days of not recording important things that Parker does and says, other than places we go. So in an effort to be better, I would like to note that Parker said "eas-man" (for Dr. Eastman), "nus-jan" (for Nurse Jan).

Baby, Bouncing, Bite & Berserk

Yesterday I hosted a baby shower for Abra and Baby Ava:
And while I was doing that, Bryan took Parker to the new trampoline park near our house:
And once the shower was over and the boys were home, everyone (except me) took a nice, long nap. When Parker woke, he continued his fussiness from before nap and was limping around. Bryan thought maybe is hurt his leg or something earlier in the day. We ate dinner and then I noticed this on Parker's leg:

I will admit that I freaked a little! We headed straight to the ER and was in and out of there within 2.5 hours. After some x-rays and medication (fyi...Benadryl makes Parker berserk!), the ER dr thought it was a bite. It was very hot and swollen when we got to the ER but after an hour, it wasn't hot. And today it looks like this:

It's more like a bruise or a deep tissue injury. There is no topical rash so I don't think it's from the bounce houses but what in the world bit him? Not sure but as soon as Bryan got home last night from the ER, he totally dismantled Parker's room trying to figure it out. There is no telling....he could have been bit anywhere.

We will watch it close and then go visit Dr. Eastman tomorrow for a check-up. Prayers are appreciated!

SUMMER BUCKET LIST: Dessert First

All around blogland there are Mommies making Summer Bucket Lists for their children so I thought I would make one for our family. Mine is "full of firsts, family, friends and FUN". So since today is the first day of June, we decided to dive into the list....

While we were at the mall today playing with friends, we stopped off at Sugar Queen Cupcakes and bought two for Daddy and Parker (none for me!!!). One was chocolate peanut butter and the other was red velvet. Once Bryan got home I announced that we were having dessert first and then dinner (which to Bryan's surprise was a meatless version of spaghetti). There were no objections!

There are many more days of summer and many more items on our list so stick around for the fun!!!