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Home safe; great trip
Jul. 15th, 2008 06:24 amWe arrived home this evening from a great trip to visit my brother and his family. His daughter is 9 months older than Amber and absolutely adorable. We went to different zoos in the area both weekend days, and she loves the bears and other animals. The weather was great. The kids were able to play outside in the sprinklers in the evening, yet it was comfortably cool in the morning.
Jon was concerned before the trip because they have a dog and he has allergies, but the place was *spotless*. I have no idea how they manage to keep a house so clean with both a toddler and a dog.
Amber's fever finally broke on the trip. I think Sunday morning was the last time I gave her anything. On Saturday her doctor's office called as promised and informed me that the lab results came back, and no, she doesn't have a urinary tract infection. We have no idea why she had a 7-day fever that spiked to 106 last Monday night. I hope it really is just a generic viral illness and not a sign of something more serious.
They introduced us to the wii after the kids went to bed. At first we played wii bowling, which was fun, but not something I'd go out and spend money on. The second night as we were putting things away I said "what's this?" pointing to a white case-like object.
"Oh, that's the wii fit" my brother replied. "Want to see?"
An hour and a half later, I'm hooked. The snowboarding was my favorite. It steers even better than the simulators they have in arcades. In the morning Peter gave it a try. He was adorable shaking his body to the hoola-hoop game. He tied my best score on the marble-ball tilt balance game the first time he tried it. (Cleared 4 levels.)
Peter was sad the trip was ending so soon and me too. It was nice to be able to just hang out with family and I hope we do it again some time.
--Beth
Jon was concerned before the trip because they have a dog and he has allergies, but the place was *spotless*. I have no idea how they manage to keep a house so clean with both a toddler and a dog.
Amber's fever finally broke on the trip. I think Sunday morning was the last time I gave her anything. On Saturday her doctor's office called as promised and informed me that the lab results came back, and no, she doesn't have a urinary tract infection. We have no idea why she had a 7-day fever that spiked to 106 last Monday night. I hope it really is just a generic viral illness and not a sign of something more serious.
They introduced us to the wii after the kids went to bed. At first we played wii bowling, which was fun, but not something I'd go out and spend money on. The second night as we were putting things away I said "what's this?" pointing to a white case-like object.
"Oh, that's the wii fit" my brother replied. "Want to see?"
An hour and a half later, I'm hooked. The snowboarding was my favorite. It steers even better than the simulators they have in arcades. In the morning Peter gave it a try. He was adorable shaking his body to the hoola-hoop game. He tied my best score on the marble-ball tilt balance game the first time he tried it. (Cleared 4 levels.)
Peter was sad the trip was ending so soon and me too. It was nice to be able to just hang out with family and I hope we do it again some time.
--Beth
