Better Than Bug Spray

Well, for me, at least. We went on a hike to see migrating water birds (egrets & osprey) and the hike leader mentioned that we were going to be sorry we had shorts on because there were lots of mosquitos in the marsh. Well, we soldiered on, and while The Professor and I emerged with only a couple of bites each, my children look like this:


and this:


Apparently, the way to avoid getting bitten is to walk very close to my kids, who seem to be delicious. They were actually having a contest to see who had the most bites. Let the calamine lotion flow!