Fall Fest at Heritage Park

On Saturday we took a family outing to Heritage Park for their annual Fall Fest. It was quite the event with hayrides, pumpkin decorating, hot dogs, and a visit to the Petting Farm. We had a good time, meeting our friends the Hermans and the Andrews there for lunch. Of course, life with a toddler means that nothing can be quite so simple as having lunch, participating in the events, and going home...oh, no, not that simple!!

Right after lunch as we were on our way to the pumpkin decorating I looked down at Alex and saw what appeared to be a cluster of hives on his arm. When we checked him over he had some on the other arm as well. By the time we got our pumpkin and sat down to decorate it, the hives were on his arms, legs, face and tummy!! Good grief!! So, we called the pediatrician's after hours number and per her instructions Ryan had to run to CVS to grab some Children's Benadryl. (This was our first call to the doc in his whole 15mo. life!!) I was very thankful for an easy-going husband at that point because he jumped up and ran off to get the goods without getting annoyed or anything. So, we gave the boy some Benadryl, saw some of the animals, and called it a day!! We're still not entirely sure what caused the hives, but we now keep Benadryl in the diaper bag!! In the end it was a fun day: we got some sun (it was soooo hot out), had fun with friends, saw some animals, had our first allergic reaction scenario and didn't freak out, and took home a rather disturbing looking pumpkin--Alex ripped most of the stickers they gave us to decorate it with, so our pumpkin has some messed up facial features!! Ah, life with a toddler!!