Bruce Almighty: The week of April 20th

I have been scheduling a safe-environment training for the past 3 months but it always seems to conflict with something. But on Monday, April 20th, I finally completed the training. I was so happy to finally get this one marked off my list because it means that I can volunteer at Matthew's school now. I kept thinking about all the great things I wanted to do once I quit my job (volunteer at the school, participate in church activities, workout, etc....) and this training was a requirement before volunteering. When I picked up Matthew from school on Monday, he was acting funny. He fell down at the park because he said he was dizzy. When he fell, he scraped his leg. He started crying and saying that he was scared it was going to turn into cancer because the dirt would get into his wound. I calmed him down and assured him it would not turn into cancer. We have been talking about Papa's tumor lately and we are still waiting to hear whether he has stomach cancer or not. I am happy to report that my dad was dismissed from the hospital and recovering from his stomach surgery.
Matthew complained of a sore throat and since several of his friends had strep throat, I took him to an urgent care place that same night. He tested positive for strep so we started antibiotics right away. Matthew stayed home Tuesday and Wednesday. We were preparing for a family camping trip so Matthew went to REI with me to buy the tent.
On Friday, Matthew had International Day at his school. He dressed up as an Irish lad and danced. He looked so adorable! Audrey decided to skip school and go to the International Day Festival with me. We enjoyed Irish food as well as Chic-Fil-A nuggets, fruit, and other foods after the show.
After the International Day festivities, we headed to Matthew's 7 year old well visit at the doctor's office. He did a hearing test and vision test. Everything turned out great.

On Saturday, we went to the Sam Houston Forest for a Boys Scout/Cub Scout camp out. The Boys scouts greeted us when we arrived and helped setup the tent. They showed the cub scouts how to tie knots. Matthew and Audrey LOVED it! They went swimming in the lake and they went fishing with a net. We enjoyed a delicious pig roast. There were several sightings of snakes that kept everyone on their toes. Andy saw a copperhead snake and the Boy Scout Troop Leader drew his knife and cut off the head and took off the skin for all the boys to see. Then there was a rat snake that nobody messed with. Andy went to the bathroom and saw a coral snake. He was shocked to find out how poisonous it was! And while the boys were swimming, there was a water snake swimming in the lake. WOW! I tried to not think about it while sleeping but I have to admit that I woke up once during the night in a sweat thinking I felt something slithering on my leg. It was all in my head. The kids made s'mores around the campfire and then later listened to ghost stories. We looked up at the stars in our tent and then listened to the tree frogs croaking. It was so much fun.

On Sunday, we headed back into town. The forest was only one hour and 15 minutes out of town. We stopped at the cracker barrel and ate a big breakfast. We took showers as soon as we got back and we all took a long nap. Matthew's nap was 4 hours long!