Bad burn

On Saturday Trevor had a track meet.  He was dropped off at 8:00 am, then we joined him at 9:00am. When we got there it was pretty chilly, and stayed that way for several hours.  Finally around 12ish it started warming up.  I didn't even think about sunscreen.  We were at the meet until about 2:15pm, then we drove over to Griffin's soccer game.  While at the soccer game Trevor slept in the car.  By the time we were finally driving home for the day around 5:20pm I could tell that we had gotten pretty burned.  Griffin & Savannah both fell asleep on the way home, and their cheeks looked pink.  We all felt nauseous from too much sun. 

I had everyone take showers, and then had them get pj's on.  I put aloe on their faces and on Trevor's shoulders and chest.  By morning Griffin & Savannah looked fine, but Trevor not so much!

His shoulders got baldy burned!  Blisters appeared and a few days later popped.  Now, they are just open sores that are extremely painful. I talked to the school nurse where I work, and she said I was doing all of the right things Neosporin, draping with loose gauze, Motrin etc. 

I feel terrible for Trevor.  We've been extra vigilant this week even though he's been inside most of the time during the day.  He skipped track on Monday as well.    My chin is super sunburned, it's still very red and painful.  My lips actually have blisters on them.

Just a reminder to all WEAR SUNSCREEN!!!

 

 

 

Pretty girl

Savannah's friend gave her this adorable dress for her birthday.  She wore it to Church last week.  She also gave her flower seeds that Savannah planted in these planters in our front yard.

Chalk paint fail?! And stong boys!

Our piano has been sitting in the garage since before we put our new floors in.  I had been wanting to paint it and bring it back in for a long time.  I missed hearing the piano playing in the house.

I saw some chalk paint re-do's a friend of mine did, and I got interested.  She told me all about it and directed me to the blog where she got her homemade recipe.

I figured the piano would be prefect to try it on because it looked bad anyways.  We had started stripping it a few years ago, and never finished.

Well, I bought all the stuff I needed and got started one Saturday.  Griffin even helped me.  I must say it was going very well.  I fell in love with the chalk paint.  I love how it coated the piano so evenly.  It looked great and so smooth after two coats.

 

The next day it was time to wax.  This is where I ran into trouble. I think I used too much wax.  I couldn't get it all off.  Parts looked shiny, other part dull.  I spent a long time trying to fix it. 

No matter what I did I just couldn't get it to look good all over.  It was a bummer.

 

 

 

I left it alone for a week or so then asked the boys one night if they could help me bring it into the house.  They completely took over.  Trevor made a simple lever complete with a fulcrum.  It took some effort (the piano is big & heavy), but they pulled it off.  I was super impressed with their strength. 

 

 

 

Now it's sitting in the kitchen, and everyone loves playing it, but I hate the way it looks.  Spring break looks like I'll be doing another piano project. Patrick loved the way the chalk paint looked too.  We may do it again, but instead of the wax just spray it with a high gloss clear finish instead. 

Awards

Trevor had a Court of Honor recently.  He earned more merit badges.  I finally got him the sash to put them on.  He also earned his 2nd class. He still really enjoys scouts. Oh, and he smiled all on his own I didn't even ask him to :)

Track

Trevor started Track.  He's been really enjoying it so far. Today was his first ever Track meet.

 

He did good!  Glad to see he's finally decided to do some sort of sport after all these years.  Hopefully he stick with it.