Sunny pests

I love warm weather. There is no secret about that. I love the sunshine, the heat, the beautiful flowers blooming. What I don't love about warm weather is the fact that bugs love it too. I hate all things that are creepy and crawly or buzzy or pretty much any thing that can fly or crawl by my head. (And yet I love camping- go figure). I have always had this attitude towards bugs. Its not a fear attitude, per say. Its more of a "staythehellawayfrommeyouhorriblelittlepestorIwillsmashyouintoathousandlittlepieces" attitude. ::Shiver:: Is that too much? Seriously- I will smash any little critter no matter how close it is. Close your eyes from this post my bug loving friends. Ha, who am I kidding? I don't think I have any bug loving friends, not consciously at least. That would creep me out completely!

OK, so back to the point of this entire post. No it is not just about creepy crawlies.

Yesterday was sunny, so of course we took advantage of it. After my husband has now told me multiple times that I am looking a little like a ghost, I have devoted myself to getting some color right away. In my defense, Skype does NOTHING for skin tone... Anyways, if you remember this post, I decided that I needed to get Chey her own pool. So I did. Best $7.50 I've spent in a long time.

She loves it. Put a few (or all) of her bath toys in there with her and this little girl is in swim time heaven. 

All of her toys...

It was all fun and games, until... those dang creepy crawlies joined us. Actually, before we even got out there, I went and sprayed DEAD 4 yellow jackets that were buzzing around the area. Once I felt sufficiently good that there were no more living yellow jackets within a 2 mile radius, it was time to take baby girl out. Fast forward a little to when the above mentioned dang creepy crawlies joined us. Things were fine. Baby was splish splashing and chasing her toys around. I was chit chatting on the phone supervising, until she belted out a cry that had me hang up and scoop her in my arms faster than I could realize what she was crying about. 

I quickly examined her and then found it.

See the red area on her back? A damn tiny sweat bee got her! Her first bee sting. :( I instantly called my mom and asked her what to do. Not knowing if baby was allergic or what I should even be looking for if there is an allergic reaction. thankfully, after several minutes of watching, the redness went away and she was completely oblivious to the pain she had just endured. But, needless to say, that ended our sunny adventure that became our sunny pest adventure. 

I hate pests!

Lets end on a happy note since that was the majority of our day.

I know a lot of my posts recently have been purely about our swimming adventures, but its what we've been doing. And frankly, I don't see that ending any time soon, not for at least 3 months. :) 

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