(for my records)

At
dinner tonight Eve got another facial rash, similar to the
peanut rash she got before only a bit smaller. She ate a
blueberry bagel with cream cheese (a favorite and frequent
meal), warm chocolate milk (warm milk with a little bit of
Hershey’s syrup) and a half a kiwi. She’s never had the
chocolate syrup before, but she’s had plenty of other chocolate
things. I’m almost positive I’ve given her kiwi before, but I
think that’s the more likely culprit here. I didn’t give her
any more (despite her requesting it) and the rash cleared up
within the hour, much like the peanut rash. I did a quick
search tonight and kiwi seems to be a common allergen. Sooo…
I guess we’re done with kiwi for awhile. At least until our
appointment with the allergist at the end of the month.

Sometimes I wonder if I did something wrong
with her early feedings. Alan did such a good job of
documenting and tracking Lex’s food intake and following the
Super Baby Food “food introduction” schedule, but I was so much
more lax with Eve. I started her on solids a bit earlier, gave
her banana first instead of cereal, etc. Nothing that should
have caused any problems, but sometimes I wonder… On the
other hand, now Lex will only eat a few select things and Eve
eats anything and everything! :)

Anyway,
we shall see what the allergist has to say.

A local art gallery offers a children’s
time every Saturday where kids can come in and get creative.
I’ve been meaning to go for a long time, and today we finally
made it. When we got there we were the only ones there, which
was great because we got a lot of personal attention from the
assistant. She showed us around and got the kids set up with
oil pastels and then paints. We also played with clay, colored
pencils, and stamps. Then we checked the children’s gallery
area and, of course, found some books to read. We all had a
good time.

When we got home we found Alan
mowing the leaves (we are leaf composting this fall!) and
Parrish playing in the backyard. Despite the fact that it was
chilly and they were both overtired, we spent the next few
hours outside playing. I haven’t seen the neighbors in awhile,
so that was nice. At one point Parrish asked if we could get
out the sidewalk chalks again (we haven’t done that in a long
time! He’s got a good memory) so we continued our creative
afternoon with chalks on the street. I had to bribe Lex with
warm chocolate milk to get him inside at 5:30pm. Eve was more
than ready to go! She said, “mommy. dinner. eat.” and walked
into the garage. :)

Station
master Lex giving a red light to the Eve
train.

Drawing
more tracks for the Eve train.