Freddy went to color camp (at preschool) this week. They made this super cool shirt, a bunch of different paintings, colored play dough, a colorful I Spy jar, and a super cool rainbow hued sensory bin. He had a great time and it was a great introduction to what school will be like in the fall. 

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This is the project I have been working on for the last two days. It is control pad thingy that I saw online. We got to go on a big hardware store shopping spree to get parts. It is tons of fun but we still need a steering wheel. Anyone have a go-cart, lawn mower sized steering wheel they could spare? 

The kids are ordering and making pizzas with it right now. :)

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My new baby!!!!! 

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Adventures in allergen free baking. I guess this flourless chocolate cookie recipe really relied on actual eggs to give it structure. Tastes good and was easier than I thought to clean out of the oven. ;)

Freddy's first indepedent Leggo creation, a set of stairs. He just got a couple of wooden blocks and put them under his stairs so they were tall enough for his little guy to climb up to the piano.  He is an engineerig genious! :)

Lucy is going to dinosaur camp this week at her preschool. 

Thanks Linda! :)

I am on a hot date at The American Hotel tonight. :)

Love that water table!! This morning I got out some wool for a craft project with the kids and it gave me an itch to spin. I haven't used the spinning wheel since last fall I think. The sunshine helps lessen my frustration each time that I screw up my yarn. :)

Last picture of the day: it is thundering right now so Fred can't fall asleep. I hardly ever get one-on-one time with him so I think I won't worry about him still being up. 

Lucy was trying to explain how to have a duel. He wasn't listening, he was just spraying her. :D

Lucy finished her unicorn skirt!!!! Both boys took naps this afternoon so she finally got the chance to work on it again. Lucy sewed this skirt herself on my sewing machine. She is so proud of herself and I am so proud too!!!!!

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We are taking a break from cardboard box house building to enjoy the sun that has finally(!) returned. It is an absolutely beautiful day to visit Conesus Lake!

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Henry is finally moving into a full size car seat. That is not very interesting news, but the box the car seat came in is huge news. This should keep them occupied for large portions of the day. :)

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Process of Elimination

After having slept on it, I think I figured out what caused Henry's breakout. I bought some new rice chips yesterday, they are wheat and gluten free so I didn't think of them last night. They are rice and sesame. Sesame is the only strange thing from yesterday.
I googled sesame allergy this morning and it turns out that in countries where sesame is a more common part of their cuisine, it is included in the list of top allergenic foods. (The US list is: dairy, wheat, soy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish.) In Israel, where they eat a lot of sesame, it is the number 2 cause of anaphlyatic shock in children. Fortunately, I ate the chips not Henry!!! Judging by how bad his reaction is from my eating them, it is certain that he would have a serious reaction were he to eat sesame himself.

Venting

Wine is the answer tonight. Just in case anyone thought everything is always rosy over here, I thought I would set you straight. Today I am feeling very down about Henry's allergies. As anyone who has ever dealt with a chronic illness knows, some days it just gets to you.

 I was feeling a little down already this morning, which I would blame on 4th (or is it 5th?) straight day of rain, and the lack of sleep I am running on (Henry has been miserably teething for a week now). Then this afternoon Henry broke out and I have no idea what caused it. It was a bit worse than normal too, so my melancholy turned to acute worry. Henry was itchy and fussy, I was cooking dinner, yelling at the dog for chewing up kids toys, settling arguments between Lucy and Freddy, and to top it off, Dave had left his phone at home when he was here for lunch, so I could not call him (how did we live before cell phones?) and his phone kept ringing with work people trying to find him. Every time his phone rang, Freddy would come to tell me it was ringing, which I knew because it was right next to me. :D

The kids are all in bed and Dave has gone to work on the house, so I am going to watch TV, drink wine (just one glass, Henry will be up in the night), eat allergen free cookies (to be honest they are almost allergen free, they have chocolate chips in them. I have to have chocolate sometimes!!!) and maybe work on a project (but probably not). Thanks for letting me vent.

Not the best weather for t-ball this morning. 

Henry is 10 months old today. Time really flies by with the third kid. :)