Camping

Two weekends ago we went camping with the Scouts. It was a raining, winding, and cold weekend to go camping. We get to the campsite on Friday evening. Rob and I set up the tent we just bought that day. It was not fun setting up a tent in the wind. All the boys ran around the campsite, splashing in mud puddles, and having fun. Rob had to leave that night because he had to work early the next morning. When it was time for bed, the boys go all comfy in their sleeping bags and I tried to on the air mattress. I’m not a fan of the air mattress but it’s better that the hard ground. I laid there listening to the gale force wind blowing, hoping I would get some kind of sleep. Somehow I fell asleep but only to wake up an hour later. I was cold and had to use the restroom. So I put my shoes on and walked to the bathroom. When I got back to the tent I added more air to the mattress and grabbed some more covers. Fell back asleep to wake up an hour later to the rain coming down, the flap hitting the tent right by my head, and had to use the bathroom again. I sat there weighing my options. I could walk to the bathroom in the wind and rain. No. I could go right outside the tent in the wind and rain. Um No, didn’t feel like peeing all over myself. Then I remembered I had a reusable water bottle. Needless to say I don’t have a water bottle anymore. Had to add more air to the mattress before laying down again. The boys slept all night. I woke up on a flat air mattress. The campsite had a small indoor kitchen for cooking. We were the first ones up so we hung out there to warm up. We ate breakfast and lunch in my van because of the wind. I had the boys take off their shoe and I put them on the dash of the van and blasted the heat to dry them. I called Rob and told him on his way back out to by some rain boots for the boys. We played volleyball in the wind, went on a hike, and fished. The only time it wasn't windy is when we went on a hay ride. No one stayed Saturday night. Our new tent had torn in two places. Almost everyone has something broke on their tent’s cause of the wind. I got home Saturday night and I was worn out. I felt like I’ve been in the sun all day. I had wind burn on my face. The boys fell asleep on the way home and slept all night. It was a good time even with fighting the wind. And wouldn’t you know it Sunday was a sun, non windy day.


Drying the shoes


Playing volleyball


This is how hard the wind was blowing.
If you look close you can see the outline of Rob laying on the airmattress


Warming up in the van

Wear A Raincoat When Collecting A Urine Sample

When Adam was a baby,he was circumcised. A few days after we got home his foreskin covered his penis again. I talked to his doctor about this. He said Adam had extra foreskin and that he will grow into it. With having the extra foreskin came a few problems. One is that ever once in awhile Adam would complain that his penis would hurt. It would be a little red and look like it was a little raw. I put some A&D on and by the next day he would be fine. Adam came to me the other night complaining that his penis was hurting. While putting some A&D on he said it was the top that was hurting. As I looked at where he was saying I notice it look liked, it had a small cut on the opening of the urethra. Don't know how that could have happened and he's a boy, I've seen things, and I didn’t really want to know. The next morning the boys were getting ready for school and Luke came into the Living Room saying Adam is having trouble peeing and he can control it. I went into the bathroom and Adam urine was coming out in a very thin stream. When he got done, I took a look. The opening of the urethra is almost covered by a puss scab. I made an appointment for Adam to see the doctor. He wanted Adam to pee in a cup to make sure there was no puss in the urine. I went into the bathroom to help Adam out because it was painful for him to urinate. So here I was squatting on the bathroom, holding a paper cup, and I find out what Luke meant by Adam can't control it. Never knew it was possible to pee up and sideways at the same time. As a good mom I put my other hand over the cup and told him to stop peeing. Adam said, "told you I couldn't control it". We just laughed while this as going on. We had a mess on the floor and I was a mess. Dr. Harrison called another doctor in to take a look. They both agreed it was some kind of an infection on his penis. Dr. Harrison said this could have happened because of the extra foreskin. He gave us some cream to use. It worked wonders. Adam came home from school that day and in a very excited voice he said, "I went to the bathroom at school and it hurt only a little bit". Later that night he came running into the Living Room to let us know that it didn't hurt anymore when he peed.