We are lucky enough to be staying with a family in the ward. They had a couple bedrooms and a bathroom they weren't using, so they let us move in for a really good rate. Sadie's room was filled with toys when we arrived! She has a play kitchen, easel with a chalk board and place to finger paint, a play vanity, and desk. What fun she will have this summer. There is also a trampoline, with the fancy spring cover and netting, outside. Yesterday, Alex and I played with Sadie on the trampoline and she roared with laughter every time one of us bounced on our bottom. :) It was adorable.
The weather will be an adventure too. One day it's 80 degrees and very sunny. The next is incredibly rainy and windy and the news is reporting twisters. Interestingly, the twisters are not my biggest concern, chiggers are.
They are tiny bugs, so small you can't see them, that live in the grass. They crawl up your body and find a nice spot to bit you. They feed on your skin and cause lots of itching and a sore that looks like a welt.
(Not my leg, or Alex's, thank goodness.)
They are related to ticks. Speaking of ticks, they are also a big problem in this area. The other creature to watch out for is this poisonous snake that lives in the water. Yikes! I'm scared to go outside. But the more I think about it, there are little pests to look out for wherever you live. For instance, Utah has it's rattle snakes and scorpions. The East has those dangerously gross spitting camels. You just have to adapt.
We'll keep you updated on all the sites we visit while we are here.
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No one is worried about Alex going to that job...just make sure he comes home!
Congrats on the fun summer! And one thing about chigger bites: put clear nail polish over them. It seals it off, so the chigger dies. (They live in/on you for a while.) One year at girls' camp, the only nail polish anyone had was purple. So we all had purple spots all over our legs. It works, though! So does taking a bleach bath, though that's not my preferred method.
Emily Kate, this is great advice! Thank you so much.
Hutchins,I am starting to think it will be pretty hard to get Alex to leave this job. I'm preparing for a move, if he likes the work all summer as much as he has this week.
So fun! Sadie's not going to be spoiled this summer, is she? ;) And, I think it's hilarious that I seriously picked out the same background again the other day that you have, but I couldn't get my music to change to match, so I changed it back to the one I had before. Great minds think alike! :)
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