Sunburns Stink!

James and I feel like we deserve "parent of the year" awards. (Serious sarcasm there.) Poor little Ruby got fried this past weekend and it's so sad! We were at a fundraiser on Saturday for three hours and we completely forgot to sunblock our girls. They both got pretty burnt, but poor Ruby's skin has never even seen the sun, so she got it bad. She has a line around her head from her bow so she looks like she's wearing a yamika! Her little head has even blistered. I've been slathering her in aloe vera lotion and burn salve, putting cool cloths on her head, and giving her acetiminophen.  I feel like the worst mother ever, and through it all, she just keeps on smiling.

Each of us has taken a turn being super sick over the past week and a half. I think we're finally at the end, fingers crossed. It's been rough, and I'm sick of the sick! Sadly, my worst sick day was Mother's Day. James and the girls still tried to make it special for me, even though James wasn't feeling great either. It just breaks my heart when my little ones are sick. They just don't know what to do with themselves and you can't know how badly they're feeling. Isabelle was so sick of throwing up and just wanted to get out and play! Ruby just cried and we could only try to comfort her.  I'm so very glad we're all on the mend!

On the brighter side, Isabelle's sunburn covered up her black eye she got on her trampoline! She gave herself a pretty good shiner, though you can barely even see it in pictures. The funniest thing about her black eye was that she and James were at McDonald's and just happened to be behind a member of BACA (Bikers Against Child Abuse) in line, who asked Isabelle what happened to her eye. She told him and he said, "a trampoline, huh?" and looked over at James. Poor Isabelle also, of course, had huge scratches on her arm from her cousin Ike. James couldn't believe the guy would think he hurt his child. I thought it was a pretty hilarious story!

Sunburned Girlies

Cooling her off... I could just eat her!

Me and my beautiful girls. Ruby did not want her picture taken.

I wish you could see her black eye better in this picture.