I remember the last time the Pacific Northwest had a lot of high temperatures, which we were not used to, when I was living in Seattle. Around my 16th year, it was hot during the summer. Really hot. And I loved it! I remember hoping that the temperature would get to be 100 degrees and stay that way for a while. We didn't have air conditioning, and I didn't care. I just wanted the heat.
How am I so much older than my 16-year-old self and pray that the temperature stays in the high 80s? When did I get to be one of those "adults" who can only talk about the heat and how hot it is. And just sit in the one air-conditioned room of our house waiting for coolness to come. I choose to believe I am not that old yet! Pardon me while I go listen to some music way too loudly!
Ok, on a much cuter note, we survived the heat by hanging out with friends and plenty of water activities for the kids. A friend of mine, Lara, invited a bunch of friends over to her house where we let them play in pools, slides, and the timeless classic, Slip-N-Slide (it's a lot of fun to play when the sprinklers all the way!) Today, Sarah and I took the girls to a local park that had a sand pit and a little waterfall/wading pool right by each other. I guess it's like being at the beach....getting sandy and then going in the water, but it seemed a bit odd to me. Erika loved it, though! She cracks me up because she will dig in the sand or mud forever, but once she realizes she has a bit of dirt on her hands, she freaks out. Silly girl! Laurel just loved the Cheerios I had for her.
Laurel's first taste of yummy big kid food....a cookie! I'm trying to fatten her up for her weight check appointment in a couple weeks.
Lara's homemade water slide. The kids loved it!
Better than spending money going to a real water park. Lara is explaining to all the moms that we should tell our husbands how much money we saved going to her house instead of paying to go to a water park. Which reminds me, I need to cash in on that suggestion of shopping.......
Erika and her friend, Larissa, loved this toy the most...a storage box with water in it. Erika ran down the slip and slide when it was first set up, fell backwards and bumped her head. This was her reaction to it again when I told Sarah to throw her down the slide. She's lucky Aunt Sarah was the one holding her....I would have just made her go down!
Eating lunch with her friends.
Eating lunch with her friends. 
Laurel munched on Cheerios while Erika played in the sand. This is what she looks like .5 seconds before she sneezes!
Is there anything cuter?
After the sand, we head to the water!Making sand towers.
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You're only old if you call it "aught nine".
When I read an article about the heat wave in the Seattle area and how it was barely in triple digits for a few days and how that was a BIG DEAL... it made me smile. I know people down south have had 112 degree weather for like 3 months now. I sigh and think "I'm SO glad I live in the northwest!" :)
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