Kids of EB

[snickerd3]

minisnick is awesome! Now that he is almost 7 when we ran out of the childrens chewable claritin, we switched to the full strength redi tabs that dissolve on the tongue.  He said Mommy those are  nasty, how many more are in the box?  He groaned when I said 9.  This weekend we tried the regular swallow-able pills.  He got it down on the second swig, the first and second days.  This morning he got it on the first try.  So proud.  It took me forever to learn to swallow pills, although to be fair, my allergy pills when I was little were HUGE!! (like the size of mike&ikes candy)  Claritin is smaller than a tictac.  

Now that we now both take the same allergy meds, the cost will go down because I can get 350 count at Sam's for $15.  instead of that plus the $38 for 50 of the childrens version.

 

[snickerd3]

he did manage to crash and burn on the gravel driveway this weekend.  They just recently chip and sealed our road and the bike tires must have slipped on the transition from the small black gravel road to the larger white gravel driveway.  His knee took a few gouges but stopped bleeding right away, no bandaid required, but the scrap on the arm near the elbow is much shallower but bigger and bled and requires big ass bandaid.  It is at that liquidy stage as the skin tries to grow back but the moist retention from the bandaid is there so it is oozing and gross.    

 

[Supe]

Junior was batting a thousand last week.  

First she decided to wear a jacket on a 95 degree day.  It was one of those where there are thumb holes, so part of the sleeve goes over your hand.  She then decided to try and impress her friends by doing a handstand on the slick gym floor with said jacket on.  She had a nice duck lip where her tooth poked a hole in it as she faceplanted.

Then she got in trouble at day camp for being part of a group of kids that thought it would be "funny" to stick their hands through/try to open a shower curtain on another 9 year old.  Of course, she didn't quite see the problem with what she had done until we "offered" to "call all of our friends over and have them tease you and open the shower curtain for everyone to see."  Suddenly the light clicked, and all the "private parts" talks her mother had with her flashed through her mind, and the water works ensued.

Then, as I'm in the kitchen, I hear thump-thump-thump-thump-thump.  She tried going downstairs holding something without using the railing and went tumbling down, end over end.  Of course, despite the fact there she sustained about an inch of rug burn as her only injury, she really milked it, avoiding all her chores, and choosing to sleep on the couch and watch TV all day because she "hurt."  And it was quite the performance too, with the fake grimacing and wincing (a new part hurt every five seconds, but only when she knew you were watching), and a few "oh, I meant this side, not that side" thrown in for good measure.  On Sundays, she usually likes to go to a church group with the older couple down the street who usually take her out to lunch/ice cream afterwards.  Magically, she was healed first thing Sunday morning, and proclaimed she was ready to go, upon which I informed her that since she was too "hurt" to do her chores on Saturday, that she would be staying home to do her chores instead.  I think the fake water works lasted about 2 hours after that one - you know the kind where she inches closer to her door way to really make it echo, as though we would change our mind the louder it got.

I shudder to think of what she's going to be like as a teenager, especially if she's anything like her mother...

 

[Road Guy]

I don't think Jesus is going to be none too happy with you for not letting her go to church!

 

[snickerd3]

he will be fine with it, isn't honor thy mother and father one of the commandments?

 

[Supe]

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

guest_Supe coming right up.

 

[MetsFan]

I'm a bit late on this, but congrats Matt!  

My 5 year old son started riding a bicycle for the first time this past weekend.  I'm hoping we get to take off the training wheels soon so we can go riding together.

 

[matt267 PE]

Thanks mets.

I finally got my 9 y/o biking without training wheels this summer. We spent an hour yesterday riding around the neighborhood playing pokemon go.

 

[matt267 PE]

CODE BROWN!!! ALL HANDS ON DECK!!!

 

[Supe]

The poop deck?

 

[Freon]

Dropped my youngest off at UT over the weekend.  She has "Gone to Texas" as we say...and I have an empty nest.  

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

Awww, Texas is so warm and friendly.

Here they say "I'm not from Texas, but I got here just as fast as I could".

 

[FLBuff PE]

Today is mini-Buff 2's first day of PreK. Mini-Buff 1 starts 3rd grade tomorrow.

 

[matt267 PE]

summer went by too fast. My 9y/o isn't too happy about starting 4th grade next week.

 

[snickerd3]

minisnick was glad school was starting.  he was getting tired of spending the whole day at daycare

 

[matt267 PE]

some kids told my daughter that the 4th grade teachers were mean. She doesn't want to go now.

 

[envirotex]

Dropped my youngest off at UT over the weekend.  She has "Gone to Texas" as we say...and I have an empty nest.  

Hook 'em. 

 

[Supe]

some kids told my daughter that the 4th grade teachers were mean. She doesn't want to go now.

My fourth grade teacher was merciless.  Mrs. Fedornak...

 

[snickerd3]

my 4th grade teacher WAS mean.