Well...it was bound to happen, but I never thought it would. Wiggy Witherbottoms came home with lice. She was in the bath tub on a Thursday night and she said her head was itchy. She began itching it all over so I took a look. I didn't know what I was looking for so I called Luke to look at it. Yep...lice. I was mentally flipping out and trying to stay calm. This girl gets into our bed every night and I didn't know how long she'd had it. Luke went to the store and dropped about $50 on stuff to treat it. He put her in the tub and began the meticulous process and getting rid of the critters. My head began to itch. Thankfully in the end it was just sympathy itching, but I was flipping out. While Luke handled Wiggy I was stripping our bedding, tossing hair brushes, boiling combs, stripping her bedroom. I read for hours (and hours and hours) on lice.
I know too much now. I am a lice expert...unfortunately.
Needless to say, I am a bit paranoid. The next day I went through her hair, strand by strand, in the sunlight to get nits out and I gave myself a chemical treatment. A few days after the first chemical treatment I treated both of us with Listerine, which also kills lice. (You spray it on your head and put a shower cap for two hours) After rinsing that out, I applied unfiltered apple cider vinegar which gets the nits to unstick from the hair...because they're like glue. I wasn't taking any chances and it was completely overkill, but I am glad I did it. I have heard too many horror stories and I didn't want them to resurface. Our hair was nice and shiny...and smelly for days!!
Good times. Not really.
Needless to say, this girl wears her hair back in a braid EVERYDAY to school and I apply some spray every morning that has tea tree oil and rosemary. (Apparently lice don't like these)
The day after we found the lice Luke and I were planning to take a trip together out of town, to celebrate our anniversary. Thankfully we were still able to go as planned and everything was under control. I just needed to stop dreaming about lice! Haha.
Aunt Jenny picked up the kids from school and took them to Chick Fil A before heading up the hill to Grandma's....meanwhile Luke and I blasted off for Costa Mesa.
We ate dinner at Outback in Valencia on our way down, with the gift card we got from Bob and Nancy for our anniversary. Thank you!
Saturday morning we lounged around and finally made our way to lunch at Claim Jumper. We walked around South Coast Plaza a bit before heading for Fashion Island in Newport Beach. It was a great day exploring the city and the shops.
Saturday night we headed to a late movie before calling it a day.
Bob and Nancy sent us pictures of the kids' activities all weekend, which included going to the park, kayaking, watching movies and flying paper airplanes.
Sunday morning we ate brunch at El Torito and then got on the road for home. We drove up to Bear Valley to pick up the kids!
Now on to the real news of the month....
I have bangs. For the first time since I was 16...I have bangs. I have been asked three times in the last two days if I darkened my hair. Nope....must be the bangs. So far they aren't too annoying and people tell me I look younger, so why did I wait so long to do this?! haha.
A few days later we were headed to LA for our second youth temple trip of the year. I love taking Bubba and the youth down for the day. It's such a blessing and an experience I hope he always remembers.
That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....
So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.
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