More pictures of the guys that makes Kali say "Oh, brothers!" If you ask Kali if she loves her brothers, she will say yes, followed by a "but". I feel her pain because I was in the same situation-I had three brothers. I survived and so will she. The boys are wonderful together. Cole is chicken pox free. They shrunk and disappeared. Yeah!
We went to Surfside Beach on Monday for our family fun day. We really like this beach and there's less traffic getting there. We can actually drive our car onto the beach, but I recommend that you not drive your car into the water. The kids had a blast and we will definitely go back. If you're wondering (and I know you are) why there aren't any pictures of me, Jared or Kade. The memory card and the internal hard drive on my camera were full. At least it wasn't the batteries this time.
Ton Ton is a part of the family and this planet so he had to tag along. Enoch also brought along his light saber. It was a Star Wars beach party! I think Enoch said "there are other humans here" when we first got there. That's our boy- a BIG Star Wars fan.It was a typical warm Houston night, and we were on the way home - consequently almost home - from a baby shower for my office manager, Jamie. It was at this particular time, not too far from home, yet not close enough to it, that in the rear view I saw a small black car smash into the guardrail, then bounce across two lanes, and slam into the concrete divider, temporarily coming to a halt. As a concerned citizen, I pulled my car over to the right and dialed 911. While describing the scene to the operator, the pinball car began to slowly creep forward, picking up speed to a steady 5-7.3 miles per hour, rolling right past our van. At first I thought whoever was inside was making a run for it, but as it passed I noticed the airbags had been deployed, but I couldn't see anyone sitting in the seats. The car came to an abrupt halt when it hit the guardrail (for the second time now), and I began to pull the van forward, wondering if perhaps my emergency services may be needed, all the while talking to the 911 operator. As I nudged the gas, Dara yelled, "Don't get too close, it may blow up!" There was, of course, no smoke and no fire. I stopped the van, got out, and, hoping to be a hero, went up to the passenger side window. Peering in, I was astonished to find no survivors in the car. I found noone at all in the car.
I went back to see if someone had been thrown from the train (like mama), but there was no "red pavement." At this time, 2 young african american gentlemen began approaching me from a grassy area between the highway and the feeder, one said the car was his friend's, who consequently, even though hurt, was able to make it several hundred yards ahead of us unnoticed, and could I give them a ride to find him. "Hmmm." PoPo's comin soon, I told them, ask them for help. They left faster than their "friend's" car hit the guardrail and boomeranged.
So here's the fun part. Soon after, the police arrived, and while we were writing a statement, 2 firetrucks arrived. The officer who gave us the statements came over to our car and said, mockingly and waving his hands, some crazy person had said the car was on fire, was going to explode, it was the end of the world! The poor firefighters had been woken up (it was late) and had to put on all their gear for nothing.
We agreed it must have been some crazy person. Turns out, it was.
As I rolled up the window, I turned to Dara and said, "The 911 operator heard you yell, 'it could blow up!'"
It was confirmed Friday that Cole has chicken pox. He is in the later stages of it where they are just scabbing over. My apologies to anyone that may have been exposed to him. How did we not know this, you might ask. In the last month or so Cole had ant and mosquito bites and hives, therefore, I didn't think the spots on his head, legs, and arms were anything but bug bites. Jared and I haven't seen or heard of anyone with chicken pox in a very, very long time. He doesn't go to daycare and we don't know anyone who has chicken pox.
We don't know when or from where he got it. It's a mystery to us. We think he may have been exposed to it when Jared took him to the ER for his hives. You never know what you will bring home with you from the ER.
He is doing well besides the occasional scratching of the head. We rubbed cream on his head and that has eased the discomfort. The older ones have been vaccinated, so we will see if it works. Kade had the first part of the vaccine when he was one and will get the second when he turns four. He had a fever two nights ago, so we will be watching closely for spots. Spots, spots, we don't want to see spots.
