Polka Dots- Not So Hot

Hello everyone!
I hope to get back into the blogging groove very soon. For now, here is an update on my littlest guy and his new skin design.

Henry is polka dotted.

Or else he has the Big Dipper on the side of his face.

I know. It's horrible.

Please don't get me started on the level of guilt I feel. As if we need more mom guilt...

These are mosquito bites. Apparently he is allergic to them. According to the Internet {which I always believe, don't you?}, it's more common for young children to have stronger reactions to the bites since they haven't developed an immunity. He was bitten a few weeks ago on our way back from the scrubbed shuttle launch, but I thought the severity of those might be from the Florida 'skeeters. But, backyard Alabama 'skeeters have the same effect, so I'm thinking it's just those darn bugs in general.

It doesn't help that he is genetically pre-disposed to "being sweet". That's why people used to say I'd get eaten alive by them. I don't know if it's a blood type thing or what.

{I'm O+ as are both of our kiddos (Jason is O-), so let me know if you know anything about that.}

But, from the wise old Internet, I should go straight for the DEET from now on. "They" say a 20%-30% formula for young children is safe. Apparently they make straight DEET that will kill bugs from 2 miles away, but it's not safe for pregnant women or young children- sounds fabulous, huh? I know some of my all-natural friends will be anti-DEET, but please look at that child's face again and let me know if I should go with DEET or a lovely head net that was recommended on one site:

It's all the rage at the playgrounds.

In other goings on, we went to see Thomas Live on Stage last night! As you might know, both our boys are HUGE Thomas fans, so this was a special treat. Our engineers were pumped and ready for the show. They didn't care that there were grown adults acting like goofy characters. They LOVED it. It was a very good show- even though one of the train engineers sounded and acted like Ross the Intern. A friend pointed that out to me on Facebook during the performance. Gotta love technology.Here is the other side of Henry's face. He was bitten on the top of the ear and it looks AWFUL! His ears are normally the same shape and go back to his head, but now one looks like Dumbo! {Or Sloth, but you know his own mother would never say that.} Here is Ollie when the peeping got to be a little too loud. Or else he didn't want his own mother to make fun of his ears. I'll let you decide.

With all the events of the day, I decided to interview Henry about the show.

Just ignore the big ole diaper genie {or whatever that model is called} and the diaper on the floor.

Oh and the big light behind my child's head. Let's just say this video won't win any videographer awards.

Without further ado:

A little Gordon-centric, you think? They both claim him as their favorite. Which is great if they want to be big bullies when they grow up.

Kind of makes me all warm and fuzzy.

Like a mustached man in a head net.