"What's That?"

So Erin and the Kids moseyed on up to Carleton Place for Canada Day (Or Canada Evening by the time Erin got there) and we had a BBQ and visit before Kim and Erin took the Kids to see the fireworks while I babysat the Boys.

I got them to bed and went to bed myself with the baby monitor on and fell asleep before Kim got home. Of course, I had the baby monitor on my side of the bed so I could here better, but never thought to move the power cord that comes with it from Kim's side. Around 5 in the morning Kim wakes up and is surprised no sound from the boys room was heard and she gets up and realizes the battery died in the middle of the night. Poor Sean probably woke up hungry at 3am as normal and cried (well, grunted) himself back to sleep when we didn't show up. I'm a horrible father.

Fortunately, he woke up again soon after and was fed. He seems to have suffered no visible long term effects beyond an accusing glare whenever I'm near.

Erin and the Kids stayed over so last night after dinner I took them to the riverfront to play in the splashpad (which they did a little) and swim in the river (which they did a lot of). Afterwards while trying off I hear one ask "What's that?"

It is, of course, a bloodsucking leech attached to her foot. The other girl realizes she has one too, attached directly to the panic button on her foot. I quickly dispatched the little fiends and calmed the girls down with "its no worse than a mosquito, they are not poisonous or anything like that, just icky." It worked and we were soon on our way.

Side note: first time I've ever encountered a leech up close and personal.