Last day of school for Ella and Jacob - now summer is really in gear. We decided to take some KFC to the park and walk around Sunset Pond. It's a gorgeous cool evening and all was perfect. There were 6 of us - Ella, Jacob, Chad, Shannie, Mark and myself. We enjoyed dinner and everything was going great. We started walking around the pond and about 1/3 of the way around Shannie started crying. Sometimes if we walk faster she settles down, but that didn't help, it wasn't the wind, weather was perfect, it had to be muscle pain. She started kicking out her legs and it seemed clear that was it.
The rest of us were having a fabulous walk, but we decided for Shannie's sake to head back and Mark went quickly while we traveled at Chad's pace, quickly would not quite describe his pace. By the time we got to the van she was loaded in music playing and settled down. As soon as we unloaded her at home she began crying again and kicking her legs out again. We gave her some ibuprofen and she has settled down comfortably in bed.
It's such a rare occasion when everything lines up perfectly and we can go out as we did tonight, which is why I feel so bummed that we had to shorten our evening out.
Thankfully Jacob was in a cooperative mood - Ella pretty much lives in that mood - and we got home without any objection. Earlier Jacob was shielding Shannie's eyes as the sun was quite bright. I love how protective they are of Shannie and her comfort. I can't think of a time when we've had to leave early or change plans due to Shannie's discomfort that they've loudly objected. They just get it and I'm so glad they do.
that's what comes from a good upbringing! what lucky kids and what a great family!! I'm really praying for Shannon to get relief from the discomfort!!
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