The Letter L.

We studied the Letter L a few weeks ago while in Hendersonville...here is what we did!

Lemon and Lime taste test.  Blindfolded, Isabel had to taste each citrus and decide whether it was a lemon or a lime...we should have had video for this, because the faces she made were priceless!

Building with Legos!

She got to put on lipstick and admire her lips!

The Letter L was made out of lips (she kissed the paper).

We caught lightning bugs and used them as a lantern when she went to sleep!  She loved this one.

We did a long versus short worksheet...which was too easy for her.

We visited Looking Glass Falls.

Wonder what she's holding in her hand???

Snail Friend!!!

We ate licorice!

She read several library books that were L themed.

She did some coloring pages and tracing sheets.  L is a very easy letter for her to write.

She and Grammy put together a leaf collection!

Silly Dress Up Time Pics

Silly Dress Up Time with Mommy and Kee Kee.  Surprisingly this is while she has the stinkin' Hand Foot & Mouth virus....but minus the fever, so she acted completely normal and playful.

Wilco, her new favorite friend.

Uncle Matt got a kitty named Wilco for his birthday and Isabel is so in LOVE!

Luckily, Wilco seems to love her too!

Well, maybe not so much...

You can tell Uncle Matt was worried!

But Wilco was A-Okay!

Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease

Yes, she got it.  And it's not the same as Hoof & Mouth that cows get...so don't panic!

It's apparently a pretty common childhood disease that I think she likely picked up last Monday at a bounce house play place.

Thursday she had a sore throat and not far into the day threw up (all in the car!), fever of 102, chills.  Next day she acted better but then fever again, very sore throat and the rash broke out on the inside of her cheeks, lower lip, hands and feet.  She did complain a bit about foods being "spicy" from the ulcers in her mouth....so we've been keeping her diet very soft, smooth and acid free (as in no OJ or tomato sauce)!

This virus made us miss out on half a class about fish at the NC State Wildlife Center, a dear friend's birthday party, a Mom and daughter swimming lesson, and the week of summer camp at which she was supposed to go catching salamanders in the creek! :(  Bad, bad HF&M Disease!

These dots turned into ulcers within 2 days.  (And yes, I washed my hands after touching her lip!)

Hard to see the dots, but they are there....the rash wasn't too bad.

I never could get a great shot of how awful the inside of her mouth was.  Very worst was on back of throat and tonsils on Day 3.

Today is Day 5 and we have had fever (max of 102.7) every day except for today...waiting to see what happens, but she is feeling very good and playful, etc.  It's hard to believe that she is highly contagious.

Problem and Solution.

Problem:

Solution (per our 4 year old):  We can take an elephant on one side of a see-saw and put the truck on the other side of the see-saw and then the elephant can step down with it's foot and the truck will come right out!

Daddy:  Do you know anyone who would let us borrow an elephant?