all quiet on the southern front

very quiet.

the babe has a fever.

a big bad fever that makes him just want to do this

and this

and this

but this mama got to do a lot of huggin and lovin on her baby, so it hasnt been that bad...for me at least.  i sure do hate it when this little man doesnt feel good.

before the fever hit him saturday afternoon, we had another summery good time at the beach.   we visited tacky jacks (usual summer lunchtime venture) on saturday.  bennett managed to go through four (4!) pairs of sunglasses on the boat ride over.  

his (that he broke)

his daddy's

a borrowed pair

and then eventually his very own new pair, that we bought at a marina on the way to lunch.  did you know they have polarized childrens sunglasses? well they do.

{doc added the croakies}

at lunch, we gave bennett a packet of orange marmalade to mess with while we waited on our food.  never suspecting that he would look over it once then methodically pull back the corner tab to reveal a delicious yellow-orange glob of sugary sweetness (or at least that was his opinion, im not too fond of the stuff).  we were pretty shocked he figured out how to open it, and stephen decided his reward would be consumption.  by straw (?)

here's to no more fever!

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answers to some of the Q&A's:

to make font larger and/or colorful

on the "compose" tab where you write your post, type a word.  any word.  then at the top banner, next to the "add picture" icon and font icon and way to the left of the "preview" button, there is a button that looks two uppercase "T" 's, one bigger than the other.  highlight the word you want to make bigger or smaller and click on that button.  just choose the size you want.  "normal" is what you normally write in by default.

to change the color, highlight the word and then click the button that looks like an uppercase "T" with smaller squares of color next to it.  choose your poison and VOILA 

you have color.

there are also buttons up there that BOLD and italicize and 

left

center

or right

justify your text.  just play around with it! 

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more summertime recipes {and, if your good, some pictures} comin up!