Do not hold in hand!

The fourth has always been a fun-filled event for us. We spend the day as a family enjoying good food, good fireworks, and fun.

This year however we started it with a run to the ER on Friday night.

A "shall remain unnamed child" was waiting outside with the other children as we lit the punks for them to use to light their fireworks. Their very own fireworks they picked out just hours before.

Despite the rain which had been coming down steadily all day, I walked outside and handed each child a newly lit punk. "Be Careful! These are hot," I say.

The "shall remain unnamed child" walked back over to their spot on the sidewalk and bent over to pick up a package of fireworks. As he/she did so he/she apparently STUCK THE LIT PUNK IN HER EYE! He/She ran over to me crying holding his/her eye. After the teary explanation I took the child inside and put an ice pack on the eye. After a couple of minutes I checked the eye and discovered that he/she had actually stuck the thing IN THE EYE! And the skin in the eye was getting all cloudy and loose as well as the skin in the corner of the eye.

So Billy took the "shall remain unnamed child" off to the ER.

They deemed he/she would be fine in a few days as the eye apparently heals VERY quickly. We have eye drops galore and gauze and tape too.

So far he/she is still pretty miserable and feels like there is something in his/her eye.

Moral of the story: Don't stick fireworks in your eye. It hurts. A.L.O.T.

Happy 4th!

Vacation

Yesterday the kids were outside in the pool and we started talking about our upcoming family vacation. I told them they better hurry up and decide where we are going because I am going to have to start making decisions.

Right now it is up in the air over going to Walt Disney World or Disney Land. Either way we will be flying because we are going in April and I am not driving halfway across the country in winterish weather.

We have been planning to go on this vacation for about 3 years because we wanted our kids to all be old enough to remember it and be big enough to go on all the rides. But if I had known there was a website back then that helps families with small children find kid friendly hotels and other kid friendly experiences I may have re-thought our idea.

But as it is we will be going when our kids are all between the ages of 14 and 7. I am hoping to choose which park soon so I can start planning what we are going to bring and what we want to do.

Moving On

Do you ever have those times in your life when suddenly everything that did interest you suddenly is no longer interesting?

I mean like hobbies, activities, etc.

I am at that point again in my life. I have lost interest in everything I used to find fun and entertaining. I am looking for new things, new activities.

I feel a change coming on. I am excited at what this means!