day 7 in Ella's words

Excert from Ella's Journal:

"Today we didn't do to much. We just hung around. We did go to the pool (fun!!!) and I got a stuffed mermaid from the store. It is very pretty. Also we went geocaching! The first geocache someone ended up helping us and we found it. The second geocaching time was exciting because *I* found it! And, the last geocaching time was scarey because me and mom had to climb up a mountain with catcus and unfortunately we never fround the treasure! My FAVORITE part today was the Geocaching!!!"




































*just a couple of mom added notes

--yesterday's post failed to mention and end of day stop at the PHARMACY AGAIN, for the allergic reaction Ella is having to sunscreen
--and now today, CLAIRE is sick with a FEVER and miserable! Will we ever all be well at the same time??
--geocaching while fun, was a bit trying. Each Anderson Child felt the need to be the expert GPS user and noone wanted the other to find the treasure. Once the treasure was found, fights over what to leave and what to take ensued.
--at the caches we found we left a calling card with lots of minutes left, a chicago transit authority card with about 7.50 left in fares, bandaides, and batteries.

More photos of the day can be viewed here!