Events from 22 thru 25 Oct

Friday Mom, Grams, Logan and Delenn went to Playgroup, where they played
with Holly and Bradon. Evidently the next morning we found out that
Holly got sick and threw up last night. Melissa and Bradon had also
been sick with the rotavirus a few days prior. Seems sickness is
circling around us like vultures... but we haven't been hit with it
yet... yet. With Delenn being only a little over one week old we can
only hope it doesn't get us!

Saturday Mom, Dad, Logan and Delenn went on our normal walking route.
It was scorching hot, but we were quite delighted with the huge
permanent shade 'metal mushroom umbrella' that was installed at the
little playground park. Only problem was that they installed it about
ten feet away from any of the playground equipment. So Logan and Dad
got burnt touching the metal playground equipment and had to wince in
the sun on the swings. Hmm, strange they put it up over plain open
grass where no one generally plays. At least Delenn and Mom caught a
break from the heat.

After naptime was the 'Crusty Demon' show. At least 5500 people
attended this big motorcycle stunt show, in which crazy guys with
suicidal tendencies jump off of ramps and do flips and other deranged
stunts with their motorcycles, quads, and even a snowmobile. Dad,
Logan, Jesse, and Bradon went to witness the shenanigans in person
(after all, isn't that what men do?) At the front entrance, after
shelling out $60 per adult, Dad was unallowed to bring him umbrellas in
and had to return them to the car. Once in the arena at the open-air
park, we all started to feel the extreme heat and humidity (it had just
rained a bit earlier but now the sun was fully blaring with barely a
cloud in the sky). While baking in the sun waiting for the stunt ramps
to dry, and noticing the fact that others had umbrellas and could shade
themselves with them, we witnessed a rock group play a few songs for
us. It was super loud, but the boys still managed to get down and shake
their booty without the need for our prodding. About a half-hour
later, and with constant liquid nourishment being squeezed into us, the
event started in force. Only they kept interspersing the event with
little interviews with the stunt riders and how they were riding with a
broken neck, or a broken this or that, but they were there for us and
wouldn't stop the show from happening for anything. Again, it was all
very loud and a bit draining on the ears just from the sheer volume.
Dad and Jesse were coping well, but after about 2 hours of being there,
the little boys had pretty much had enough and were overwhelmed. It was
time to go home.
At night Dad and Logan took a bath together to try and get the sweat off
from those Crusty Demons. While in the bath, Logan did his usual
thing and said things haphazardly and abruptly that make Dad laugh, like
"Where's my willy?" and "I got Daddy's nipple wet in the bath."

Sunday Dad took Logan to the town pool, where they played with Bradon
and Jesse for about 2.5 hours. They even went on the 'Atlantis' blow-up
15-20 meter long water obstacle course again just to see if the little
boys would like it better this time. Logan seemed to like it more, but
Bradon chimed, "Daddy, let's not ever do that again." On the way home
from the pool, Dad started feeling ill. It seemed Dad would not escape
the rotavirus that had been going around everywhere. For the rest of
the day Dad stayed in bed and remained close to the porcelain throne.
Amazing that Logan, Mom, and Delenn have not received it, especially
when Dad and Logan had been sharing the same food over the past couple
days. Heck, even Grams was in bed all morning and a bit into the
afternoon, albeit she doesn't believe she was really sick, as she
believed it was because she hadn't been able to sleep the past couple of
nights (awake from 2 AM onwards).

On Monday Logan and Grams went to the town pool again and Grams pulled
the boys Nicholas, Bradon, and Logan around on a flat flotation device,
which they all seemed to get a big kick out of. Grams was also able to
convince Bradon that his fear of drains was unfounded.
When putting Logan down for a nap, Mom read stories to Logan and
suddenly Delenn had a serious problem with a low fluttery noise
emanating from her nether regions. Perhaps because of this Logan
proceeded to purge himself as well. Maybe both kids have gotten in sync
with eachother already and have created a loving bond of some strange
sort (we can only hope right? :-). Mom then asked Logan if he wanted
to be changed first or after Delenn. Surprisingly enough, he did indeed
wish to be changed first. This was a surprise because Logan generally
doesn't want to be changed at all.
In the afternoon Logan helped make halloween decorations and they all
put them up around the front door. Dad arrived home from work to see
the decorating in action and was very pleased to see Logan being so
helpful, communicative, and friendly. Throughout the evening he mostly
listened to the 'adults' and was well-behaved. What a treat! He even
asked Grams to read him bedtime stories, a shock considering his bias
towards Mom and Dad when they are around.

Tuesday Grams took Logan to Kindermusik and Kindergym. Thanks Grams!
Just before nap time Logan walked into the bathroom, closed the door,
and proclaimed out loud "I'm going to school!" Guess that was today's
daily excuse for 'how to try and avoid nap time'.