Bee Sting Update

At Butler's Orchard last week, Marino was stung by a yellow jacket. Not a big deal. It hurt him, but he got over it fairly quickly and within 24 hours, any sign of the sting was gone. Then 6 days later, the site of the sting became swollen and a splotchy red/white color, with a rash creeping up the side of his ear.

Ear 1

Stung ear...7 days later

Did you know bee stings can get infected? I didn't, but I'm not surprised it happened in our case, given Marino's history of eczema and subsequent bacterial infections in his skin. He's on a 10 day course of oral antibiotics and a 7 day course of topical antibiotics. Our pediatrician recommended we use the topical antibiotics at the first sight of an open wound, given his history.

Fall Festival at Butler's Orchard

Preschool was closed Monday for Columbus Day, so I took the day off to hang out with my favorite boy. We had another nice day (although it was 80 degrees, so a bit hot) and we met up with Jen, Sydney and Noah at Butler's Orchard for their fall festival.

Seriously, how adorable are these kids? I love them all!

Our first stop was the hayride since there was no line. Marino insisted on carrying this Batman around with him...apparently Batman enjoys hayrides.

Within a few minutes, Marino and Sydney were warmed up and back to their normal routine - alternating between hugging and driving each other crazy! All three kids had a good game of "gotcha"

These two are too cute...I can't stand it!

All the kids loved the tunnel slide!

Ironically, as we were eating lunch, I asked Jen if she remembered when Marino got stung by a bee when we were at the Reston Zoo last summer. There were yellow jackets all over at Butler's Orchard! Well, of course, 10 minutes later, my poor boy got stung on his ear lobe. I pulled the stinger out and he shed a lot of tears, but he definitely got over it much quicker than his first bee sting.

Noah was totally enjoying the rubber ducky derby!

I love fall! It was so great to spend time with our wonderful friends!