Lessons from Rangely - Mosquitos

 We've lived in Rangely exactly 1 week, and I'd like to start a segment I'll call

LESSONS FROM RANGELY

This lesson is brought to you by mosquitos.

We have knows for a few years that Caroline has pretty major reactions to mosquito bites -- more so than any of our other children.  Her bits will swell significantly, take awhile to heal, and make her pretty miserable.  She also knows that summer is a time we love to be outside, and mosquitos come with being outside... ESPECIALLY in Rangely.

We've been careful to have her long sleeves when we go outside in the evenings... but this week, while I was back to work, a baby-sitter took the kids swimming at the lake.  They had SO much fun... but when they came home Caroline and Tracey's faces were SO swollen with mosquito bites.  Howard and Lee Lee had almost none to speak of, and certainly none that either complained about.

I've been using calamine lotion on the swollen bites, and gave them Benadryl that night before bed to try to calm their body's response.

Yikes!  Here they are blotchy with calamine lotion, but still smiling.