The Rota Is Back Edition

The Nuclear Waste Section
There are many things parents do that fall into the category of disgusting. Boogie patrol goes into that catgory, as do many other things typically associated with bodily functions. It gets exacerbated when the child is sick. As you know, Zoe is suffering from bi-lateral ear infections and three, new teeth. Fortunately Zoe is a saint when she's sick. She's not whiny, just cuddly and likes to relax.

We knew her head hurt, but what we quickly realized this weekend is her tummy hurt too. We're experiencing our second round of rotavirus. This is the flu on steriods. Zoe can clear a room with the smell. N adequately describes it as "1,000 rotting, dead pigs." While I don't personally know that smell, I have to think we're close. Yesterday was our first day without the northern nuclear plant producing anything. Now if we could get the southern plant to slow down production, we're golden. You see rotavirus likes to get the southern plant production started when Zoe is sleeping. She'll be all comfortable and cooing. After 3.5 hours of sleep, you open the door to nuclear fallout. I won't go any farther except to say that daddy earned his diaper changing stripes this weekend! I just got the dry heaves.

The Independent Section
Despite feeling like poo, literally, Zoe is still growing to be such a wonderful girl. Not to mention, independent. For the first time this weekend, Zoe fed herself with a fork. Usually once the food is on the prongs, she will pull it off with her other hand and feed herself. Yesterday, she used the fork correctly. She was so proud of herself.

After the bananas, she just couldn't hold her own food. She enlisted daddy to help with her Hawaiian Sweet roll.

The Spokompton Section
For several weeks I've been wanting to post about this, but haven't had the picture to accompany. On my way home, there is a trailer that was for sale last summer. A sweet, older woman lived in this trailer, but it was obvious she couldn't care for it and needed to sell. I was shocked that is sold so quickly since it is an aluminum trailer. Within weeks it was clear why these people bought this house. The yard. They had ideas for the yard. Ideas that aren't quite mainstream. Most people put in gnomes, flamingoes or those tacky cardboard cut-outs of some older woman bending over in the flower bed. While I'm not found of any of those things, I would gladly welcome them.

These people prefer aliens, spaceships and huge, nautical anchors surrounding their swimming area. I realize this picture does not do the yard justice, but I had to share.