A rough weekend

Here's our little dude in perfectly good health but the previous weekend was a rough one.  Evan told us he had some "itchies" at dinner on Friday evening and he had a few bumps that looked like mosquito bites on his chest.  We gave him a dose of benadryl and put calamine lotion on and went to bed.  Well, by midnight he was unable to sleep, thrashing around and the "itchies" had spread to his entire chest, up onto his neck and down on his thighs.  We spent the next 2 hours at the new hospital's ER.  By the time we woke up Saturday morning the symptoms were 90% gone so we thought we were in the clear.  It was not to be because by 3pm, the redness and hives had appeared on the back, the face, more of the legs.  Things changed so quickly that one area would clear up and new hives would pop up.  By Sunday night he was scratching his hands, scalp, and feet (making it painful for him to walk).  Talking about the "itchies" being gone by Monday for school, Evan said "I don't want the other kids to see my red".  Oh, my poor little boy.

4 year old class

Evan was very excited about starting in the 4 year old class.  He will be having lunch there 2 out of 3 days per week so of course, we had to get a Lightning McQueen lunch bag.  Most of the same kids are in his class as were in his 3 year old class last year so he felt right at home.  He should learn some Spanish this year so maybe he can teach his mommy and daddy!

Lots of warm weather fun

"Driving" a car is what boys' like, right?  So here they are driving and bumping at the county fair.

We were lucky enough to do a last minute trip to the Dells.  Here is Evan in the safari themed lobby.

What's wrong with the above picture?

Evan's new favorite thing to do in pictures.  This one is actually not bad, ususally there is head tilting, tongue showing, eye scrunching.

Evan could have stayed at the water park all day, he has to be reminded to eat and go potty.  These slides were just his size.  There were huge slides that require an inflated raft that the whole family went on together. Couldn't exactly get a picture of that.

Fun with the cousins

Here are the cousins getting reacquainted, actually it took all of a few seconds.

These Bey Blades were something Evan first saw at Josh's house so it's appropriate that they do this together.

Museum fun for all.

Grandma and Grandpa are here!

Evan was so excited to see Grandma and Grandapa.  Here we are at the IL Railway Museum.  We weren't sure what to expect but there were many real functioning engines to see inside and out.  Above, Evan is not a fan of the loud engine sounds.

Our ride in a caboose.

Here's Evan showing Grandpa how to play Playstation.  Notice how he has to sit in the same chair, there is a loveseat, couch and another chair, all empty.

Off to the races.  Look who got the best seat in the house?  Evan was surprisingly interested in cheering on his horse and when his horse won, it was like he won the lottery even though Daddy only won a few bucks.

Here he is checking out his winning horse.

MN visit

Evan really liked visiting his auntie Suzie and "that man".  It's so hard to keep everyone's names straight.  Evan wanted to do everything Reid and Suzie did from cooking, pulling weeds from the garden, letting the dog out.  We also got to visit Suzie at work.

Independence day 2012

 Getting into the spirit of the holiday.

 Here we are at the parade with our friends, ready to collect candy.  Note Daddy and Evan's matching hats.