Poor Hazel

Hazel has an ear infection and has been fighting a tough fever. She had a febrile seizure last night and went to the ER in an ambulance. She is fine and home now, but her fever keeps going up and down. The motrin is working much better than the tylenol but when it starts to wear off, the fever creeps back up. She is happier today, playing and drinking plenty of fluids. She is sleeping peacefully right now!

Sickies

Morgan was home from school Wednesday(she was throwing up). Thursday she was better, but stayed home anyway, just in case. She is better. But now Madison and Hazel are sick. The both have a fever too.

The Reading Festival

On Saturday we went to the  Reading Festival
  It was downtown at Centennial Park right on the Caloosahatchee river.



We had such a good time. There were crafts to do and story time.  Every child got a book, too!
Even the Cat in the Hat was there reading some of his favorite stories.

Our Trip to the Slough

Yesterday we went to Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve

It was such a nice day.  We walked and walked the whole way around it!
















It was so beautiful all around!  We saw pretty flowers and interesting plants.

Sometimes you can see an alligator sunning itself out on this raft. There wasn't one there today though.

But we did see lots of birds!

And fish

And turtles


















And even a bunch of wild pigs!






And then there where the clues along the trail...

First you see some animal tracks...

Then you get a clue to help you out...

Then you make your guess and open it up...

It was such a gorgeous day!  You could hear so many birds singing and the sun was shining. 
It wasn't too hot out either!

Hazel is crawling!

Yes! On her hands and knees now. She has been doing what we called her "sniper crawl" for awhile now, but she is finally started to crawl the "real" way. She is still faster doing the sniper crawl though.

Introducing...Penelope!

Here is our new puppy, Penelope. She is Chihuahua and Poodle mix, called a Chi-Poo. She is very friendly and loves to cuddle and be held. Penelope is not going to get much bigger than she is now.