So Child #2 started to complain during the trip to the beach last weekend that his mouth hurt. Well come to discover he's got an abscessed tooth. It didn't get ugly until the other day when I had to pull him out of school to go to the ER and get antibiotics when his gum started to swell.
After getting the antibiotics and an appointment at the end of the week to see the dentist. We find out we are going to have to pull the abscessed tooth. It is too badly damaged to save it. Yuck. The dentist wants Child #2 to be on the antibiotics for at least a week before doing the extraction.
Fun times ahead.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Annual Beach trip to Padre Island
So Hubby decided we needed to try to do our beach camping trip earlier this year before the heat of the summer started to roll in like last year.
We decided to go camping Easter weekend because the kids would be out of school on the Good Friday. Last year we were driving back from Utah Easter weekend, doesn't seem like its already been a year.
So we planned to have everything packed up and ready to go when the kids go out of school Thursday afternoon. Yeah, right. Best laid plans so didn't happen. At least Hubby did put up the tent and clean it really good the weekend before. Unlike when we went camping at Pedernales a month after last year's beach trip to Padre Island and the tent was still covered in sand. Yeah that was pretty miserable with everything coated in sand. Yuck.
So at least we didn't have that issue. All in all it really only took us about 4 hours to get everything organized, packed and loaded. But it was still waaaaaay later than we'd planned to leave.
Hubby found out there is NAS (Naval Air Station) billeting down near Corpus Christi, so we'd already arranged to sleep there Thursday night. We'd just planned to get there by 10 pm... instead of leaving the house around 10 pm. Four+ hours later we arrived at the "hotel". It was really nice sleeping on fairly comfortable and clean sheets.
Camping was fun... but also miserable. It was soooo windy. Everything became coated in sand. Not just "sandy" like caked in sand. It was horrible sleeping in what felt like a layer of sand in the air mattress bed... which ended up with a big ole hole in it the second night and lost all it air.
We took Roger the puppy with us. We made an interesting discovery, He didn't handle car trips very well. He didn't bark... he just yacked. Often. Thankfully he was in a pet carrier the whole time. He also didn't enjoy the beach very much. He was most pathetic about being in the sand. Don't think we'll be taking him on the next beach camping trip.
The kids had a great time. Played in the water, made lots of sand castles, looked for seashells, and found a few Man-O-War jellyfish. No one got seriously burnt this year. Child#1 had a few red spots that have already turned to tan. I only got slightly burnt on my back/shoulders during the two hours we packed up camp. Not bad since I didn't remember to put sunscreen on. Nothing like last year!
I think we've decided that while it seems all wonderful to camp on the beach... we'd really like to maybe stay at the NAS again and come to the beach for the day... going back to hot showers and clean (sand free) beds... maybe sleeping on the beach for one night with the last night definitely at the NAS before heading for home. I think if Hubby and I could have figured out how to quickly pack up the camp that second night we would have and just driven home that night... that's how miserable we both were feeling.
Honestly I think I'm more of a park camper and not a beach camper. Perferably in moderate weather. LOL!
We decided to go camping Easter weekend because the kids would be out of school on the Good Friday. Last year we were driving back from Utah Easter weekend, doesn't seem like its already been a year.
So we planned to have everything packed up and ready to go when the kids go out of school Thursday afternoon. Yeah, right. Best laid plans so didn't happen. At least Hubby did put up the tent and clean it really good the weekend before. Unlike when we went camping at Pedernales a month after last year's beach trip to Padre Island and the tent was still covered in sand. Yeah that was pretty miserable with everything coated in sand. Yuck.
So at least we didn't have that issue. All in all it really only took us about 4 hours to get everything organized, packed and loaded. But it was still waaaaaay later than we'd planned to leave.
Hubby found out there is NAS (Naval Air Station) billeting down near Corpus Christi, so we'd already arranged to sleep there Thursday night. We'd just planned to get there by 10 pm... instead of leaving the house around 10 pm. Four+ hours later we arrived at the "hotel". It was really nice sleeping on fairly comfortable and clean sheets.Camping was fun... but also miserable. It was soooo windy. Everything became coated in sand. Not just "sandy" like caked in sand. It was horrible sleeping in what felt like a layer of sand in the air mattress bed... which ended up with a big ole hole in it the second night and lost all it air.
We took Roger the puppy with us. We made an interesting discovery, He didn't handle car trips very well. He didn't bark... he just yacked. Often. Thankfully he was in a pet carrier the whole time. He also didn't enjoy the beach very much. He was most pathetic about being in the sand. Don't think we'll be taking him on the next beach camping trip.
The kids had a great time. Played in the water, made lots of sand castles, looked for seashells, and found a few Man-O-War jellyfish. No one got seriously burnt this year. Child#1 had a few red spots that have already turned to tan. I only got slightly burnt on my back/shoulders during the two hours we packed up camp. Not bad since I didn't remember to put sunscreen on. Nothing like last year!
I think we've decided that while it seems all wonderful to camp on the beach... we'd really like to maybe stay at the NAS again and come to the beach for the day... going back to hot showers and clean (sand free) beds... maybe sleeping on the beach for one night with the last night definitely at the NAS before heading for home. I think if Hubby and I could have figured out how to quickly pack up the camp that second night we would have and just driven home that night... that's how miserable we both were feeling.
Honestly I think I'm more of a park camper and not a beach camper. Perferably in moderate weather. LOL!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Hanging out with the family... laying in the grass at the Austin Farmer's Market at the Triangle.
The sun was shining, the brick oven pizzeria was making wonderful (though expensive for the size) pizza. The kiddos were running around enjoying the weather and the grassy area... and eventually the fountains. I of course totally forgot to pack some towels... they were all soaked to the skin once it was time to learn.
We really need to do this more often. Especially before the blistering heat comes on.
The sun was shining, the brick oven pizzeria was making wonderful (though expensive for the size) pizza. The kiddos were running around enjoying the weather and the grassy area... and eventually the fountains. I of course totally forgot to pack some towels... they were all soaked to the skin once it was time to learn.
We really need to do this more often. Especially before the blistering heat comes on.
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