A Busy Month

Xander participating in summer reading

Okay, so I've been really, really busy, mainly due to my third and most spectacular (yet) summer reading program starting.  Oh, and a last minute decision to take a three day vacation.  So here's the past month in digest form:

First illness: or eradicated diseases
I've been dreading the first illness, and sure enough, Xander got sick during his first week in daycare.  He developed a fever one afternoon that was gone by the following morning.  Four days later, he broke out in a rash all over his body.  We took him to the doctor, and she told us it was a virus.  She said it was hard to narrow it down, but it wasn't one of the bad ones.  We took Xander across the road to the CDC (child development center, for the acronym impaired) to see if he could still go to day care.  There was a sign on the counter that said that if your child had been in the CDC on a date Xander had been there, he or she may have been exposed to rubella.  So we went back to the doctor for tests.  I was initially really nervous.  We have a vaccination for rubella, and it's basically been eradicated from the US.  So it must be bad, right?  As it turns out, rubella is a very mild illness that is only troublesome for pregnant women.  So Xander's first illness was possibly a rare, but mild exotic-sounding disease.  Normally the silver lining to a baby getting sick is, well, at least he's developing his immune system.  In this case, it was pretty pointless, since he will still be vaccinated for rubella when he's one.

Jeju Island: Redux
I have been really busy at work and decided a little beach trip would be nice.  We went back to Jeju, but this time we stayed at a resort on a remote part of the island.  It was a five star resort that was packed to the gills with kids, which was wonderful for us.  Good thing, since it rained almost the entire time.  Hello, monsoon season.  Xander had a blast flirting with the waitresses in the restaurant, rolling around on the king sized bed, and swimming, so I'll consider it a good vacation, despite the lack of beach time.

Summer Reading 2012
I had several requests that I do more family programming this year, so I'm doing one a week. On top of this, I took on a summer camp book club that meets three times a week in the library, as well as ratcheting up storytime to include food samplings and new crafts.  Sooo...I stay busy.  I enjoy almost every minute of it, so I'm not really complaining, but August will be a relief.  This year, we have an unprecedented number of adult participants.  What can I say: reading is cool!

at the beach

swimming!

king sized bed!

crab!

this is a pearl divers' house

on the hotel lawn

having a little nap