Despite the puffy eyes, Henderson had a great time with a cupcake!
I took Henderson to the doctor this morning and he had no fever and she diagnosed him with a sinus infection and put him on an antibiotic. I took him on to school and an hour later I got a call from the school that he was running a 104 degree fever. I picked him up and sure enough his fever was 103 - he took a nap, still has a fever, but is eating and playing and seems pretty normal except for the fever and puffy eyes, so hopefully it's not the "oink-oink" flu! 
When I got to his school to pick him up at 12:30 today, he was sound asleep (he doesn't nap at school on Mondays, usually). His teacher brought him out of the classroom and from about 30 feet away, I could tell something was wrong - his eyes were swollen shut, red rimmed and puffy.
Ths is not pink eye - the whites of his eyes are perfectly clear. And he looks GREAT in this picture compared to what he looked like when he woke up - I had to put him in the bathtub to clean it all off. I'm thinking we have a bad case of allergies and asthma on our hands. He's still on his breathing treatments, but no oral medication. If he looks bad when he wakes up in the morning, we'll be headed to the walk-in clinic at our Pediatrician's office. He was a trooper though - we went to the boys' Fall Festival at the Dayschool and he walked around with his sucker all night! 
Wilson came home from school yesterday with a moderate fever and a cough. He's pretty puney, laying around alot and not eating much (no surprise there). Hopefully it's not the flu and he'll be better by tomorrow for the Tennessee game!!!!
He's gotten better with it the last couple of times - I've learned to trap him in his highchair and turn on Barney. He seems to be realizing that no matter how hard he cries, it's still going to happen, so he's slowly giving in and just letting it happen! The treatment lasts about 15 minutes, so it's not a fun 15 minutes when your child is thrashing and screaming and sweating out a days' worth of liquid!
There was an amazing sand bar, only a few inches deep that the children loved playing in - the weather was remarkable - nearly 90 degrees and sunny - no crowds and great weather with a great family - we couldn't ask for more! God has been very good to us during our beach trips, so far we haven't had cool or bad weather once, even though we make the trip biannually in May and October. WE LOVE having the pool and beach nearly to ourselves and there's never a wait or crowd in the restaurants (with the exception of The Red Bar - we had a good wait there, but it was WELL WORTH IT!!!)
You see that black circle and yellow circle I drew on that picture there? Well, that's our condo and gate - ground floor, right on the beach - a must have for all our little ones! We can let the babies sleep while we are just feet away by the pool with the monitors on - priceless!
Popsicles were enjoyed
and this.....(a night out with just the 2 couples at the Red Bar)
a little dancing in the restaurant WE. ALL.FREQUENTED!!!!!
This is at the restaurant and YES, it was as crazy as you can imagine - why we love going when there are not huge crowds everywhere!
Just think of it as a nice "butter facial"
and managed another group photo on the docks (look at that Emma Claire - she just cracks me up!)
dug some more holes to play in
got buried
Big Al and the Million Dollar band led it off!
Even Henderson was awestruck!
We watched the parade from a friend's house.
The semis tooted their horns pretty loud!
Henderson enjoyed running up and down the hill - when we finally let him out of his stroller!
After the parade they enjoyed a car-free street to run in!
