So I wasn’t a very good blogger during the month of May and June has started off rocky, but I wanted to write a quick HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my parents. They have been married 9 years as of 6/15 and together for 14 years. They each talk about the support that each of them has provided the other as one of the many secrets they have for staying together so long, but they are both quick to point out that they can still make each other laugh at will – even when no one else finds what they say funny. I mean there are times when they will say something to each other that I have no clue why they are rolling around laughing.
Whatever the reason, I’m glad they’ve found their secret to a life of love and laughs….and ME…… HAPPY ANNIVERSARY mommy and daddy!
Happy Mother’s Day to my beautiful mommy. You are the best no matter what every other kid is telling their mom today. Honorable mentions to my Grannie and Nanny.
I went to a birthday party at Ellen’s Amusement Park for this little 5 year old chica I know, Kyndall. I had a blast, but probably most fun racing go-karts….er, I mean race cars with daddy. He kept saying “Shake and bake, baby” and “If you ain’t first, you’re last.” Thank you Ricky Bobby – you have had such an impact on my daddy.
Shake and Bake
I also had fun playing one of the video games there. I had t smash all the spiders as they lit up. I never played that game before so it was great playing it over and over. I won so many tickets I was able to get a prize – a spider. Is that irony, coincidence, or poetic? Don’t ask me, I’m only 4.
I forgot someone’s birthday and it is someone daddy feels is a great friend and wonderful mommy to her daughter. This someone also painted one of my paintings in my room and is going to paint some more super hero paintings for me – PAM!
Daddy didn’t remind me to post HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you on my blog, but we remembered it was your birthday on 4/29/unknown…..unknown or not mentioned anyway.
BTW she also starred in the critically and commercially acclaimed coming of age movie Teen Vamp.
So my cheeks have been rosy for the last few days no matter if I was running around and playing or if I was just waking up in the morning. Mommy and daddy kept asking if I felt sick, but I felt fine. No fever, headache or anything. But then I started to get a faint rash on my upper arms and legs so they took me to the doctor. Turns out I have Erythema infectiosum or Fifth disease. It is also called Slapped cheek syndrome because of the red cheeks.
Anyway, it is nothing major and isn’t permanent so I’m good. By the time the rash is evident, the disease has run its course and I’m no longer contagious and pose no threat unless you are pregnant or have sickle cell, then there is a slight chance I could infect you. This actually kept me form going to my cousin Lily’s birthday because some pregnant women were going to be there and I didn’t want to be responsible for anything that may harm them.
So the long of the short is that I’m going to survive, but that doesn’t mean I won’t try to get a little extra sympathy from this with my folks….cough, cough….sniffle, sniffle.
BTW here some historical info on Fifth Disease….
The name “fifth disease” derives from its historical classification as the fifth of the classical childhood skin rashes or exanthems. The other common skin rashes are:
Measles
Scarlet fever
Rubella
Duke’s disease
Erythema infectiosum
Roseola
It was first described by Robert Willan in 1799 as “Rubeola, sine catarrho”. It was better defined by Anton Tschamer in 1889 as a rubella variant (“Ortliche Rotheln”), identified as a distinct condition in 1896 by T. Escherich, and given the name “erythema infectiosum” in 1899.
The weekend kicked off by us having an Easter egg hunt at school. Us kids had a great time. It was little bit of a break from the norm of learning all the time and gave us an opportunity to eat lots of candy and keep our teachers busy by running it all off so I think they were happy for the end of the day to come.
Saturday was great too, but I did over hear mommy, daddy, and grannie talking about some bunny remains that were found in the backyard. Not sure what that means, but evidently this was the 2nd year in a row that bunny remains were found in our backyard the day before Easter. Not sure if there is some sort of strange voodoo, but it is hard to ignore that the only two times that has happened has been on Easter Eve.
Anyway, the real big day was Easter Sunday. It started off with a little visit from the Easter Bunny and boy did he like me. I got a basket full of toys, books, and candy. A great start to the day.
After that, we went to church at Papa and Grandma Dupree’s church. Once church was over, we were ready to get the show on the road – Easter egg hunt time at papa’s house. While the daddy’s were hiding the eggs, I was scoping out my competition – two of my cousins – Lily and Tyler. They looked like they could be pretty tough, but I was twice as old as Tyler and Lilly hadn’t mastered walking yet so I figured I could hold my own. As you see in the video below, I meant business. I was running to all the eggs like nobody’s business. I own Easter Sunday, baby!!
With all the eggs found, Grannie and I chilled out on the old school tree swing. It was a great way to come down from my sugar high (two major sugar highs in 3 days – I may need to consider getting help).
Showing off my guns trying to intimidate my competition
Today is Tio’s birthday. He is so crazy. I saw him Sunday at a cookout his sister held for his birthday. It was pretty cool because I got to see some of my homies, Shad and Tristan. We played football and I showed them what a 34 lb freight train feels like…check it out….
And no one has a birthday without getting birthday spankings. I’m not sure how old Tio is, but mommy said he was real old so I made sure to give him a lot of spankings. The video is a little dark, but you should be able to make it out.
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