Goodbye to Daisy

7/25 - we went to Bass Pro and ended up eating dinner at Hemingway's where the boys got to eat free and got these cool zebra glasses.  Bonus.

7/29 - I took the boys to Columbia to see Genevieve and her kids while they were in town.  It was so great to see them!  We spent most of this day in the water.  We started at a park, but quickly got too hot, so we went to this splash park, then to swim in the pond nearby, then to a pool.  It was great fun and we thoroughly wore the kids out!  Josiah got a sunburn on his face, which is hard to prevent since he now swims like a fish!  Levi had a great time wearing his new floatie/life jacket.  He has no fear wearing that thing.

7/30 - Genevieve came out to my parent's house, and we spent some time playing with toys in the basement.  The kids also dressed up as robbers and as you can see, they took their roles very seriously.  :)

We also spent some time outside on the trampoline and the swing.  So fun to hang out again!

7/31 - on our way home, we stopped in Fulton to visit my Grandma Lucy.  So glad we got to see her.  And then my mom rode home with us, and my dad drove down later that evening.  We also had a fun back to school night at the pool - can't believe summer is almost over!

8/1 - we went out to dinner with my parents before they headed home.  And the kids made silly faces.

8/2 - we joined our church!  It only took us 2 years. :)

8/5 - we took our cat Daisy to the vet because she had some open sores on her face, and was still sick (see the last post).  The vet said he thought it was a fungal infection, and he wanted to keep her to run some tests.  So we left her there and continued on with our fun plans for the day - jumping at Sky Zone with friends!  We had a great time, and then got pineapple whip afterwards (an amazing local-to-Springfield frozen treat).  Then the vet called back.  He said that it was definitely the fungal infection he suspected.  The infection causes these terrible open sores like the ones on her face.  And it is contagious to humans.  He said the medicine plus boarding her while we're out of town (in isolation because she's contagious) would be around $600.  We drove home and I tried to explain to the kids what was going on.  Josiah immediately started crying.  He loves Daisy.  We've had her for four years and he has always said she's his favorite (over her brother Truman).  When we got home, he ran to get his wallet and, in tears, brought me all his money ($7) to use to make Daisy feel better.  My heart was broken.  I sat and cried with him for a while.  In the end, we decided it wasn't worth the risk of passing this infection to us (especially the kids).  We told the vet to put her down.  It was a rough rest of the day.  It's always sad to say goodbye to a pet, but it's harder to see your kids going through that.  We're glad she's not in pain anymore and that none of us are sick!

8/6 - Levi graduates from a car seat to a booster!!  Yay!  This big kid will be going to preschool soon!

We only have one full week left before school starts, and we're hoping to make the most of it! :)