When we came across this tree, my boys wanted to turn back. I admit, it is creepy. Yesterday we decided to hike at Picnic Point. This park is popular, located near the UW University in Madison. Its really beautiful and on certain trails, you can see the lake all around you. The area historically was camped in by Native Americans and an Indian burial mound is marked along the path.
I haven't picked up citronella oil yet, so I haven't had the chance to make a home made safe alternative to mosquito spray. I am going to do this very soon! For some reason, when we are getting bit, we're getting these giant welts, not like normal bumps. Yesterday's bite left a 3 inch welt on my arm. Hope those weren't West Nile mosquitoes!
The humidity made the hike less pleasant too. With my asthma it felt like someone was standing on my chest, but the boys seemed excited about the baby frog migration going on, so I pressed on.
It was a challenge to walk the paths. There were so many baby frogs hopping around. I felt bad for them, because many were getting squished by people riding bikes on the path. We came across one section where the trail was marked, encouraging people to take a different path to allow the baby frogs to remain unharmed, but when we carefully walked that path hoping to see many, we saw almost none. They need to move the sign!
After our hike, we picked up bagels for lunch and headed home. I had a Diva Sister outing to prepare for.
The boys enjoyed a boys only night with dad, our cousin, and our cousin's X-Box. I enjoyed my Diva sisters, gourmet chocolate at Daniel's followed by supper out at Pearl's. It was a repeat of our last Diva outing, but Daniel's and Pearls are two great places worth repeating.
Today I'm afraid will involve more food, but it Father's Day and how can we not take him out to his favorite place? The plan is lunch at Outback, another hike, followed by dessert at Sonic. We have yet to try Sonic, and the commerical for those new bundt cake sundaes is working on us!
Come Monday I will have to find my workout DVDs or kick my kids off the Wii so I can try Wii Fit again. With summer's humidity and the ozone lately, I feel like I can get a better workout breathing indoors.
Well, I better get moving. Hope you have a great Father's Day!
5 comments:
Sounds like you have a great day planned! Enjoy your guys!!
It was such a humid night here, so I can just imagine what your little trip has been like if there's been a lot of humidity. It could make even lower "warm-ish" temperatures rather unpleasant.
Your girls' and boys' evenings sound really a lot of fun. It's good to hear you had a good time.
Oh poor frogs. :o( That would be a sight to see.....all those frogs jumping around. :o)
On Alex, mosquito bites tend to form welts while on while on me they form little bumps. When Al was little, we started clipping fabric softener sheets to her clothing to keep mosquitoes away from her. We started doing that again when she's in the yard.
I have a skeeter bite on my leg from last week that still itches like crazy. Hope your bites go away faster than mine.
On the news they were just saying how bad the mosquitos were going to be this year. They also said everyone needs to protect themselves from these insects and also your pets. I am heading to tractor supply tomorrow to buy some Bio Spot for our dog, the ticks are getting bad too.
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