The Bunch Get Sick AGAIN!!!

 

Our ginormous 10 month old kitten!

Well, for what feels like the 1000th time this year our family is one by one going down with a cold like virus. I know for a fact it is NOT COVID again. I tested and was negative, which makes sense since we have just very recently recovered from it, though my sense of smell and taste are still only at about 80% of where it was. I am starting to think it might be permanent. Last month D missed out on our 2nd round of illness, but this time around he was the first one to have it. Now T has also contracted it. Basically, the boys are just very snotty and tired. So far the girls and I have avoided round 3, but I did have to reach for a Kleenex a couple times today so I guess we will see what happens. 

The weather is finally typical for a Texas summer. Hot and Humid. It is harder to get use to since it has been fairly mild for a Texas summer this year. Fortunately, it will only last about a week and then ANOTHER cold front comes through to knock us back into the low 90's, which don't get me wrong is still hot, but low 90's in August in Texas is a rarity. In fact, this summer is on track to be one of the coolest summers ever! 

Our garden has FINALLY been very productive. It only took 4 years of trying to get it fertile!

I have no idea what to do with all our squash. We have it at every meal in various forms!

One day's haul. There is onions in that box.

The next day's haul. I have cucumbers and squash EVERYWHERE!

The two youngest start back to school on August 9. They are NOT excited at all. It seems like summer just flies by and then school drags on and on. I know how they feel. I remember thinking the same things when I was in school. We have passed our time by watching the Olympics. We bought SLING just to be able to watch the Olympics because we are tired of never being able to see some of the other sports that aren't swimming, gymnastics, track and field, and swimming (yes I know I already said it, but it seems like there is 10x more swimming than anything else).  This year we have been able to watch archery, equestrian dressage, and the entire gymnastics rotation not just the highlights. We also plan to watch the rhythmic gymnastics which we NEVER get to see on regular tv.

D and I ate at a new Cajun restaurant I have been dying to try!

He had the butterfly shrimp and loved it!

I don't do seafood so I had the blackened chicken and red beans and rice. I haven't stopped wanting more yet!

This week we drew from the fun jar: Go swimming at the lake and recreate old pics. Apparently, both L and A had put recreate old pics in the jar unbeknownst to each other. I don't let anyone see what goes into the jar so that way it is a surprise as to what we are doing. We have fun trying to recreate old photos so we were fine with doing it again. The lake was not as refreshing as we would have hoped. Even though the overall temps have been historically low, the lake still felt very warm except in a few cold patches (which I really don't want to know why some spots are still so cold). We swam for about an hour and a half and then headed home hot and tired, at which point T told me he thought he might be sick! I really wish he would have mentioned that BEFORE we left to spend time outside in super hot weather being active! He will never admit he doesn't feel well until he feels horrible so for him to admit he is sick all on his own speaks volumes as to how bad he is feeling.

A set up in the shade to read her book since she hates outside and lake water! If she didn't look just like me I would swear we had gotten the wrong baby at the hospital! 😂

L trying to help me recreate A's pic since A refused to get in the lake.

T totally nailed his picture!

L did a good job of recreating A's pic.

A did do a good job of recreating her first day of 1st grade though.

L really got the facial expression she had for her graham cracker. I have no idea what was going on in the original picture, but there were several of her making faces at her cracker. 😂