Emma is home from Florida for a little while, as her family is working to sell their house back here. She invited the girls over to swim yesterday morning, and they had such a fun time with her!

Poor Sylvia had allergy testing done yesterday.  She has been trying really hard to go dairy-free for about a year, and it has helped her feel better.  Today she had 69 scratch tests for food and environmental allergens, and she not allergic to any of the foods!  

The test results did show that she is a highly sensitive/allergic person though.  She is allergic to all trees, weeds, and many molds and insects. 

The allergist talked with us at length about the difference between an allergy and a sensitivity/intolerance. (An allergy is potentially life-threatening.)  It was very interesting and helpful.

 Last night we saw Little Shop of Horrors!  Normal Parks and Rec put on a great show.  I took the kids and picked Samuel.  Joyce, Ryan, Gretchen and Rich all met us there.  Amy P was the music director, so we also saw her and Scott, Lynn, and Carol.  It was a lovely evening for an outdoor show, too!

Annah and Ryan have such great memories of being in this show at Ridgeview their sophomore year, and it was a challenge for them not to sing out loud with full voices, I think!  But, they enjoyed getting to see it on stage.

At the end of the show, the cast came out into the audience as parts of the man-eating plant. One guy made a bee-line straight for Sylvia and gave her a tiny "cutting" of the plant to keep.  (Pretty sure he spotted our little cutie from the stage and had to make a connection with her.) 

It's a beautiful, hot morning here in Arrowsmith.  Sylvia is watering Tracie's flowers for her this week, and I went with her this morning.  Our friend has such a lovely little patch of Arrowsmith!