Aug 04 2009
Beating the heat
Today was beautiful… we woke up to cloudy skies and the upper 50s and it was so nice to cool off for a change! The sun did come out this afternoon and it was nice but not too hot. Why all the talk about the weather? Well last week we had record breaking temperatures in this area. I think the hottest it got here was last Wednesday at 107. That is really hot considering most people do not have central A/C. We have a window unit that kept the house around 75-80 degrees, but that was nice and refreshing! Amina did well despite the heat! To keep cool we spent an extra long time shopping for milk at Safeway Monday afternoon. I usually have to wear sweaters in grocery stores but last week I was glad that it was so cool in there! Another day we got to spend a few hours at the Morency farm in their nice air conditioned home. Amina enjoyed dancing to high school musical songs with Stephanie’s daughters (who were obviously also there cooling off!). I just had to laugh… my girl sure loves music of any kind! Then Wednesday we went with my friend Rachael and her daughter Ashley (who is 6 weeks younger than Amina) to the Seattle Children’s museum. It was busy there but we enjoyed it! I’d never been before so it was really neat to see what was there! We got a later start because we had to stop by the hospital to see another friend who had just had a baby! Well I should say we were honored to stop by to see a 10 hour old baby and his mama! So by the time we let the girls play for a little while and join in the summer heat wave dance party they were exhausted and we had to head home. Thursday I finally got to go swimming… and it was really my favorite activity of the week, though that shouldn’t surprise those of you who know me! I’ve always loved the water. Amina is a little water bug too… she enjoyed just chillin’ in her ladybug float in the pool at her Auntie Maralee and Uncle Ben’s house. It was so nice to relax with family and friends cooling off in the pool. We finished our super hot week by having our friend Mindy over with her boys Logan and Turner. After the bees chased us inside for our picnic lunch we braved the outside to let the kids play in the kiddie pool. The boys splashed a bit more than Amina liked so she had to wander around the yard a bit. It was lots of fun to have our friends over to play and to enjoy some time with my friend. Sounds like it was quite the full week! Maybe the heat isn’t such a bad thing after all - look at all the fun we had because of it! I do have some pictures to share but they’re on the other computer, so I’ll have to add them later. Just wanted to let you all know some of what we’ve been up to! Oh, and Amina has just started repeating almost anything we ask her too! Her newest game with her daddy is ‘do you want daddy to tickle you?’ and she says ‘yeah’. She is such a delight and we are having such a fun summer with her!
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