This boy wants to explore.
I'm sure she'll be right there soon too!
August was everywhere and we'd been walking in grass looking at other houses that back up to the park. He got filthy and so had a bath when we got home. When I was doing his ear q-tip swabbing I saw something black that wouldn't wipe out. And pretty soon I realized with horror it was a tick. So I'm yelling for Doug and eventually he pried it off. He had a little blood in his ear so we put it in a little baggie to call the health dept.
So we put him to bed and as I'm wondering how he didn't feel that, I roll up my pants and see this:
AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! Cue more screaming and leg shaking.
Doug tweezed that one off my leg, I didn't see any blood, but that one went in a baggie too.
So Doug googled, and a friend sent this handy tick diagram.
We both had a female Dog Tick, which aren't associated with Lyme disease but can carry Rocky Mountain Fever. Anyway, the Health Dept wasn't very concerned - they said keep an eye out for fever which can happen anytime in the next month (!).
Anyway, got to be more careful with tick checks and bug sprays. We have this natural stuff that says it repels ticks so lets hope it actually does.
In other goings on, my brother-in-law turned 40 so we made him this fun little Butterfingers party hat made of 40 mini-butterfingers :)
On Sunday we went out on a little family hike. August had fallen asleep in the car so the first part of the hike started with him being carried, and the last part ended with Jeanie asleep :) It was a beautiful day and a beautiful hike.
So pretty.
The other 'adventure' of the week was I took the kids to my parent's new house build to watch the driveway get put in and hang out since Doug was off camping with his buddies. It was nice to hang out and put a little break in the middle of a long day with the kiddos and fun to see the progress on their new house. Jeanie's first 4-wheeler ride!
