Keepin' Cool

Maybe you didn't notice, but it's been hot this summer. We've found some ways to stay cool.

We've spent some time by the pool (we didn't open the real pool this summer, which is probably why it's been historically hot):

LD pretending to be an elephant. 

We've used the sprinkler for more than watering the very dry lawn:

 

We've eaten ice cream:

A lot of ice cream:

We hit the beach:

Sometimes, though, it was just too hot to go outside. Cabin fever sucks, especially in July. So we've found some ways to pass the time inside, too.

With some crafty-type activities:

With some yoga:

With some baking:

Gavin has kept cool by sleeping in the air conditioning at home or turning purple and complaining loudly when we've taken him out. Kid does NOT like to be hot.

Sunday Morning

Three Months

Poor bug. He's got a cold. That's why he has dark circles.

Bumbo Time Machine:

Two Months.

One Month.

Liam's Bumbo Pics.

Musical Interlude

Liam is his own biggest fan.

Liam At School

Liam loves school and always has. From the pictures below, taken from his school portfolio, it's not hard to figure out why.

One of the first pictures we ever got from the school was of Liam laying on his tummy with a piece of paper and paint in front of him. He was about four months old and couldn't even sit up, but they had him painting! That's continued into the preschool class that he is in now.

Since his transition to preschool last month, LD has been learning to write his letters. Look closely and you can see that we might have an aspiring doctor here.

The sandbox has long been LD's playground fave. The proof is in our vacuum cleaner bag, which is now home to at least half of the sand from that sandbox. Here, he's poking around the cover and asking his teacher where the water came from.

Panopticon

Our poor little bug confined in his circular prison.

Don't feel too badly for him. He's needed some way to exercise his legs for a couple of weeks now.