Gunner's Party And Chewlee Comes For A Sleepover...or Two...

Gunner's party was a success.  He was really cute.  The best part was watching him attack the cake.  I hope the Princess posts a few on her Facebook page.  Johnnycakes had stripped him down to his diaper before putting him in his high chair.  He KNEW what was coming.  At one point, he had so much cake and frosting on both his hands and face that all you could do was laugh.  He really tucked into that cake when it was put on the tray.  The boy has a very healthy appetite.

It seems his new favorite toy is a little chair/toy that his daddy gave him for his birthday.  It has lights and gadgets on it and he just loves to push it around and to lift the lid and slam it down.  Too cute.

The Princess made fun of the card I gave him.  Since it was pink, she said it was a girl's card.  It did NOT say girl anywhere on it.  What happened was I saw the card and liked it but didn't take the front one.  I took one from behind it so it would be fresh.  After grabbing an envelope from the back of the stack and slipping the card into the flap, I really didn't look at the front any more.  That will teach me.  I was so embarrassed.  

After the kids left to go home, Chewlee came home with me to spend a night...or two.  She packed clothes and pj's for two days, along with three pair of underwear.  She also brought about 7 or 8 stuffed animals, which are all around her as she sleeps.  She always brings a bunch of them with her.  They aren't really toys or something she plays with.  She just has to have them when she goes to bed.

We spent the evening watching Harry Potter movies.  Not in order.  She wanted to see the one that had Dobby, the house elf in it.  That was #2.  THEN we watched #1.  She had to know how old Harry was in each episode.  He was supposed to be 11 in the first one and I was really surprised to notice just how young he was for that.  I watched the last two episodes of the series on Thursday and Friday on TV and the difference in the ages of the three main stars (Harry, Ron and Hermione) from when they made the first one was really a shock in some ways.  It didn't SEEM like it had taken all that long to make the whole series.  But I guess it did.

I didn't mention it yesterday but we hit the 90's.  I think it was 94 degrees that was the high for the day.  I don't know what it was today but when I checked before I left the house to go to the Princess', it was 93.  Needless to say, we did NOT sit outside.  I DID go out with my nephew, Michael, to warm up.  It actually felt good in the shade of the trees.  Mike and I were actually reminiscing about many things.  He asked me if I remembered when he had his allergic reaction when he was climbing in the mango tree.  He wanted to know if he was allergic to mangoes or what.  I told him he was allergic to the sap of the tree, not the fruit.  We had actually given him cut up mangoes from our tree and he had eaten them without a problem.  Allergies to the sap is quite common.  Even monkeys and chimpanzees are allergic to the sap of the tree but can eat the fruit.  They learn to avoid the sap when getting the fruit out of the tree. 

Mike was really surprised at that information since he had been avoiding all kinds of things that had mangoes in it, thinking he was highly allergic to it.  But his reaction was only on his body, where the sap had touched it.  Now he says he is going to try some of the things his wife wanted to make that include mango in it.  He will probably keep some benadryl handy...just in case.  LOL!

I really like his little daughter, Allysa.  She is just beautiful and has a sweet personality, too.  She and Chewlee get along well although I think Chewlee is a bit bossy when she is at her own house.  Chewlee has a sore on her knee from a fall she had the other day.  She kept telling me she got it from a crayon!  I gather she tripped and fell on the crayon and that caused the boo-boo.  I'm not sure how it happened but it bled a little this afternoon.  I put some triple antibiotic on it and covered it with two fabric bandages.  She said her mother doesn't buy bandages like I have but makes hers up with gauze and tape.  The trouble is that Chewlee really hates to keep them on for long.  I made her leave the bandages alone and said she could take them off tomorrow if they still bothered her but tonight they were covering the triple antibiotic and helping it heal the sore.  She wasn't happy about it but she left them alone.

I had washed my clothes from the week this morning but forgot to throw them in the dryer before I left.  I had actually wanted my pajama jeans to wear to the party but Sheepie gave me such a hard time about wearing them at Chewlee's birthday party that I wore my pedal pushers instead.  I would have dressed differently for Gunner's party if I would have realized that the Princess had set her air conditioning to 30 degrees (j/k...but it was COLD!).  The only reason I kept going outside was that I really needed to warm up.  My one hand was starting to hurt (the one with the arthritis in two fingers).  

Even Michael, who is on the heavy side, felt it and he usually LOVES the cold.  He HAS lost 20 lbs so far since he started going to the gym.  I talked to him about how I lost 100 lbs in a year just by eating a better diet.  I should do that again just so I don't start putting the weight back on.  It seems like when I gain 20 lbs, then I start eating a better diet until I drop it again.  I just want to maintain my current 125 lbs.  It's best for my frame, just tough on my wardrobe.  I have more clothes for being heavier...lol.  I really didn't think I would get down to this weight again.  Oh well. 

We are expecting a week of 90+ weather, which is unusual for this time of year here.  We don't usually get that until August and then it doesn't last long.  But our weather all over is changing.  The Beast wants to have a picnic on the lake at this spot he found.  I discovered where he meant when I went to Chewlee's party with Cee.  We drove past it on our way to the RV resort.  In fact, some people had actually put up a tent to sleep in and intended to spend the night.  It made me ALMOST wish we had a tent.  Chewlee is dying to spend the night camping in a tent she told me a couple times.  

This would actually be the perfect weather for that as long as you had a lot of trees around the picnic table and grill areas.  AND, of course, as long as it doesn't rain....LOL.  I really enjoyed tent camping when my kids (and I) were young.  I read somewhere recently that over 76 % of seniors over the age of 50 do NOT camp out in tents.  I gather we are the RV and camper type than we are tenters.  With my back, I can understand that.  Can you take a mattress camping out in a tent??  LOL...j/k.

Time to get this missive posted.  Love you all and I hope you have had an enjoyable weekend so far.  I've enjoyed mine and I have my Chewlee here.  More fun tomorrow.  ***Hugs***