One more swim video

Hot! Hot! Hot!

Does anyone else have their toolbar on their internet browser set to tell them the tempurature? Well, mine has had an icon of a thermometer on fire the last few days. That's about right! We are hot and have stopped going outside except to go swimming. In a week we make a few trips to the library, visit friends and have friends over, read indoors, and sit around the house sweating a LOT! That's what our summers look like. I have a few videos to share of the kids swimming. Liz loves to do cannon balls and flips into the pool and Sam keeps moving his arms and kicking his legs like he's trying to get somewhere. I hope everyone is having a good summer and finding ways to stay cool and out of the summer heat. If you think of some then PLEASE leave a message with an idea or 2 or 3! By-the-way, it has been over 110 degrees for the last week here!

It's the new fashion --- Wear your YOUNGER brothers clothes!

This morning I asked Liz to get out some clothes for Sam while I was feeding him. She picked out some corduroy pants and I told her they would be too hot for today. So, she held them up to herself and said, "I think these will fit me." I laughed and told her to try them on just for fun...I didn't think they would make it past her knees. Here's a photo with Lizzy wearing her brothers size 9 MONTH pants! We had a HUGE laugh over this, maybe she will start a new trend.

lemEnade stand

On Friday my friend Becca and I got our kids together for a lemonade stand. They made a poster "lemenade stand only 25 cents." We set up at the entrance of a park on a street that had a nice bike lane so people could pull over and we knew people would be going by on their way home from work. It was so much fun! They held their poster and yelled "lemonade only 25 cents!" as the cars drove by. Some would honk or wave and they were confused why everyone didn't stop. At first they weren't sure how to go about giving out the lemonade. They had ice, fresh lemons, and of course the lemonade. They went through several cups at first until they divided the jobs up among each person. Little 2 year old Mitchell was in charge of putting the lemons in the cups. They sometimes argued about who got to do what but it was very good for them to work together. They also got tired of holding the poster so they would take turns doing that too. I believe they learned a lot, I know they had fun and I think we will make this an annual tradition. The people that stopped thought it was great and they were getting a deal...lemonade for only 25 cents now days...that's a steal! They made $13 in the hour and half they were out. The girls gave Mitchell $1 for his lemon help and they each kept $4 for themselves. This was so much fun! The funniest moment was when they would each "sample" the product and a few times they unknowingly tried to recycle those cups by giving them to paying customers. You should do this too! Here's a few photo's...