Playdate - Dominic's House

We had a good time with Dominic today minus the bee sting Matthew got.
Eun Jeong prepared a lot of yummy snacks.
Joseph and Matthew didn't go into the pool.
They just played around and near it.
Matthew was playing at the water station Eun Jeong set up when a bee came by.
I saw it and tried to swoosh it away, but it decided to land on Matthew's hand.
Before I knew it Matthew pinched the bee with his two fingers.
The bee of course stung him.
I saw the stinger and pulled it out. I'm not quite sure if it came all out though.
Another mom who happened to be at the pool gave us a scare.
She said we should rush to the hospital.
So she put Eun Jeong and me in a panic when we were pretty calm ourselves.
Yeah... so we rushed to urgent care near by.
They didn't accept our insurance so we decided to go back to Eun Jeong's house.
I wasn't going to pay $100+ for a bee sting.
I'm not putting a price on my son's well-being.
I just didn't feel this was a situation to fork out that much money.
If Matthew was allergic to bees or showed any serious signs
I would probably have seen the doctor.
While all this was happening we talked to several people...
Everybody from my husband to Jihee 언니, who is a nurse...etc.
Oh what a day...
Matthew was a brave little boy though.
He cried a bit ... 아퍼, 아퍼... 벌래가 물었어.
After awhile though he was playing again as if a bee never stung him.
Gosh... as a mother I try to be prepared for these things,
but when an acutal stituation occurs it's quite difficult to remember.
All in all... go with your motherly instincts because it's almost always right.

Okay now go here for some pictures from today.

Playdate - Alf Museum/ Memorial Park

Today we went to the Alf Museum and Memorial Park in Claremont.
It was good to see familar faces from Mommy/Daddy and Me.
The museum was hot especially the ground floor.
That we didn't like very much.
Matthew seemed to be afraid at first, but he started warming up to the place.
I'm not sure if Joseph and Matthew really liked the place as interesting as it was.
We'll see if they ask me to go again.

Memorial Park was pretty cool.
We never been to a park with a wading pool.
The boys weren't really interested in going in the water.
King of a good thing because I forgot the bag with all of the boys extra clothes.
They basically sat and ate.
That's what my boys do best when we go out.
They get all the good stuff while all the other kids are playing.
While the other kids had fun in the water my boys played in the playground.
They love sand.

After lunch and playing awhile we said our good-byes.
We went to Trader Joe's before heading home.
The store was so refreshingly cool for a hot day like today.
There wasn't a lot of people in the store either.
We got some goodies and headed home to drop them off before heading over to Dominic's.


If you would like to visit Alf museum or Memorial Park keep reading.
Otherwise go here for pictures from today.


Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
(On the campus of The Webb Schools in Claremont, California)

1175 W. Baseline Rd.

Claremont, CA 91711

909-624-2798

Museum Hours:
Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm
Closed for lunch from noon to 1:oopm

Saturdays 1pm - 4pm (Septmeber thru May)
(Closed Saturdays June through August)

Admission:
$3 per person, Four and under free
Free admission Wednesday


Check out the Parks in Claremont.
The two parks below have wading pools.

Memorial Park
520 Indian Hill Blvd.
Claremont, CA 91711

Wading Pool hours
Mon. - Fri. 11:30am - 1:30pm

Wheeler Park
626 Vista Drive
Claremont, CA 91711

Wading pool hours
June 15 thru Sept. 4, 2009
Mon. Wed. Fri. 11:30am - 1:30pm

Heritage Park

July 3, 2009

We went to Heritage Park in Diamond Bar.
The kids had fun playing with sand.
It was a shame that Christopher and Jacob could not join us.
There is always next time.
Photos here from the park and later that day at Esther's house.


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