HAPPY HALLOWEEN

-Or, “Happy Harvest” as I was thoughtfully corrected yesterday ;)

Geneva has already been to 3 Halloween ‘events’ and we still have another party to come later this evening.  She is definately getting some use out of her homemade BEEEEE costume :)  Yes, it is “mommy-made” with love.  More love than sewing skills, that is.  You can probably tell from the pictures that I made mine also.  Myself and many of the vendors dressed up for the Farmers’ Market yesterday.  We also held a costume contest and I had the fun job of taking the pictures, picking, and calling the winners.  They were cute and it was a really fun and festive day at the market. 

These are Geneva’s teachers at day care.  We met with the class and walked around to various locations where people passed out candy to the kiddos.  It was very cute and lots of fun for everyone.

    

Taking a little break from the walk.  Otherwise, she kept up really well and we only carried her a little bit.

At the market Saturday:

 

A little like her mama

This morning, Geneva insisted on bringing the book she was looking at into the high chair with her for breakfast.  She did not let it go easily.  She comes by it naturally though: I started my habit of reading while I eat at about 8 years old with cereal boxes.

Oh and, another cute thing she is doing recently—saying, “cheese” whenever I point the camera at her.  It actually does help me get her smiles a little more easily.

Fiddilee-Dee

Last night we took Geneva to Fiddlesticks Farms for an evening of farm animals, pumpkins, sliding, hay rides, and playing in straw and sand. 

We knew that this place existed here in our town, but we had no idea how awesome of a place it is.  We were both pleasantly surprised at the multitude of activities for families and children and how professionally it was conducted.

Geneva loved seeing and petting the baby goats:

 

It must be all the practice on her rocking horse at home, because she loved the life-size pretend horse.

Here we are going up and down the huge slide.  The kids (especially Geneva) loved it.  After she was back on the ground, she kept trying to just walk up the steps on her own.

Greg might win the award for cutest picture of the night:

Here we are on the hay ride going out to the pumpkin patch:

 

Here is our sleepy baby on the hay ride back to the main area.  You know that Greg was soaking up all kinds of hugs and kisses:

If you live in or visit the area- I HIGHLY recommend you check this place out.  Go when it is cool (so you can wear pants and boots to keep the dirt/dust off), spend at least 2 hours, bring a camera, and plan on getting a little dirty.  It is worth every bit of the admission charge.

How to cure severe diaper rash

If your baby has eaten massive quantities of pineapple, strawberries, or other highly acidic foods, you might have a very severe diaper rash on your hands.

If this is the case, you might try using a very good diaper cream (like Aveeno) and (lots of) medicated baby powder (like Balmex) in the diaper.  You should use any other treatment you know of to clear this up.

If, however, you find that the rash is either not going away, has developed little bumps (called “satellite lesions), and/or has begun to spread despite treatment—you might have a yeast infection on your hands, which  is a whole other animal (excuse the pun).

If yeast is your beast: Go to a doctor and get prescription cream!

While you are at the pharmacy, it might be in your best interest to pick up some tea tree oil, athlete’s foot cream, and probiotic powder for children (like Florastor Kids).  You should actually start the probiotic powder at the start of the rash, in hopes of preventing the flourishment of yeast.

Your treatment might look something like this:

On a clean bottom:

• 15 drops of tea tea oil diluted in 2 ounces of water, applied with a washcloth or spray bottle and allowed to dry.  Repeat a few times.
• Apply a combination of the prescription yeast cream (Nystatin is used) with the over the counter anti-fungal (used for athlete’s foot).  Mix in your hands and apply.
• Cover the inside of the diaper with a medicated powder (maybe Balmex powder) to keep the area dry and so the medicated cream stays on.  Regular cornstarch-based is not recommended since it is food for yeast.
• *Repeat at least every 2 hours.

Administer a dose of probiotics at 1-2 times daily.  The probiotic powder can be diluted in water, juice, or administered through a medicine dropper (maybe mixed with Tylenol, Zyrtec, or whatever other medication that your poor baby is needing thanks to horrible teething or allergies).

I’m not necessarily saying this happened to us.  But, what I am saying is that this situation would really stink if it did occur.  I would also highly recommend treating it with the full arsenal from the start.

 

**Disclaimer: always rely on the advice of your doctor or pharmacist. 

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Pumpkins!

“Please please” is what Geneva said as we approached the outside of the pumpkin patch.

She enjoyed walking around, picking up pumpkins, sitting with older kids, and then finally playing in the sand.

Here are a few pictures:

  

Here she is (holding her bow) saying and making the sign for “please” because she was wanting to get up onto this huge pumpkin.

This was really cute when she tried to look through the wooden cut outs.

 

I got her to sit on my lap for about 1/2 a second so a friend could snap a picture of us together: 

Here she is with her friend Taylor who also goes to day care with her:

Second Sentence

Please more mommy. (in reference to wanting more bubbles).  The words “please” and “more” were accompanied by signs.