The night of Mikey's birthday party, we headed to Panera for dinner.
It was Mikey's turn to pick where we ate and that's his go-to place.
Katie asked to eat a cucumber off the salad I had ordered.
I said sure.
Within 5-10 minutes she was complaining that, "Something smells bad! EWWWWW! It smells like nuts!"
We thought she was insane. Until she broke out in hives. Then came the sniffles. Then came the throat clearing and coughing.
It was an allergic reaction.
We were quick to dose out the Benadryl and cross our fingers that it's progression would stop. And, it did. All that from less than a 1/4 teaspoon of dressing that had hydrolyzed soy protein in it.
So, we had some fro-yo to make it all better.
Fro-yo makes everything better.
After shaking that off, we went camping again at Deception Pass State Park.
It was Mikey's turn to pick where we ate and that's his go-to place.
Katie asked to eat a cucumber off the salad I had ordered.
I said sure.
Within 5-10 minutes she was complaining that, "Something smells bad! EWWWWW! It smells like nuts!"
We thought she was insane. Until she broke out in hives. Then came the sniffles. Then came the throat clearing and coughing.
It was an allergic reaction.
We were quick to dose out the Benadryl and cross our fingers that it's progression would stop. And, it did. All that from less than a 1/4 teaspoon of dressing that had hydrolyzed soy protein in it.
So, we had some fro-yo to make it all better.
Fro-yo makes everything better.
After shaking that off, we went camping again at Deception Pass State Park.
Just us this time.
We put those kids to work!
The kids went exploring and found this hollowed out tree.
They came up with a whole story about who lived there and why they left.
It was complicated - as most of their stories are. So, I can't remember all of it.
After setting up camp, it was time to head to the beach.
First, we had to climb up the rocks and bushwhack our way through the scrub to get there.
On orders of Hike Leader Mike.
Katie and I had to take a slight detour as she refused to push through
a pricker bush that hobbit-sized Mike could walk underneath.
We all ended up making it to the same place though and then the hunt for forts was on.
Meanwhile, Huzbend busied himself with carving a wood shiv and shoving it up his nose.
As is typical for him.
Seems like the only time I get cuddles is
when it's time to sit and eat some kinda food.
We headed back to camp to make some dinner.
This time Katie wanted to lead.
Mikey wasn't too excited about that.
"Kaaaaaayyyyyyytttttttiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeee-UH!"
It's hard to see, but here's a picture of the famous bridge through the fog.
Do you see the resemblance?
Again with the food involved cuddles.
I'll take what I can get.
The calm before the marshmallow toasting.
Notice the looks of extreme concentration......
And the payoff is oh so sweet!
And then this is what happens post-marshmallow.
Hyperness.
And an asthma attack because she ran all the way back to camp from the potty.
Sigh.
We were up early and did one last hike along the coast.
We saw some otters and a bald eagle.
Katie and Mikey collected LOTS of rocks.
I mean lots.
Mikey was tired and decided to hitch a ride.
When we got back to camp it was time to pack it all up.
The kids busied themselves in various ways.
Katie sat quietly at the picnic table and drew and colored some pictures.
Mikey went exploring and got himself stuck in a rotted tree trunk.
One last family photo before hopping in the truck to head home.
We had something important to do.....
....celebrate Mikey's actual birthday!!
Next up, we do lots of stuff.
Did you know my kids love water parks and I do not?
