It's HOT ... in case you haven't heard. In fact, it's downright miserable if you're not used to it, and we're not yet. Here's how we're handling this heatwave.
* Boys get to camp out in the basement at night
* Jump in a friend's pool (ahhhh!)
* Turn on the octopus sprinkler
* Give the boys the "job" of watering the garden
* Strawberry Smoothies
* Invite over friends w/no air conditioning for an evening of fun
* Enjoy Chapmans Canada Flag ice cream - vanilla on the outside, red Canada maple leaf on the inside. Slice the box of ice cream for a beautiful Canada flag!
* Dissect an owl pellet to find the skeletal remains of a rodent with the intention of reconstructing the thing. (ICK!!! NOT my first choice of something to do, but it sure kept the kids occupied for a long, LONG time on a hot and muggy day!)
* Have everyone crash on the living room floor with the ceiling fan whirring away while Mommy reads chapter books to everyone
Yep. We're managing in this heat; suffering a bit when the BBQ is also blasting extreme temperatures in your face, but thankful that we don't have to heat up the kitchen every night, too! As Grandma always said, "This, too, shall pass."
What are you doing to keep cool this week?
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Took buckets of water outside to splash around in, squirt guns, going to the air conditioned library for a movie, went bowling (w/30 kids!) stayed in the cool basement with a fan on and played games. That's with our Latchkey group.
Around here we found Caramel Pretzel Klondike Bars for an evening snack. Yummmmm!
I'm camped out with a fan and air conditioning. Not going out-anywhere- making salads and salsas for supper and drinking gallons of ice water.
...and trying to believe this is all a blessing... somehow.
You're right! this too shall pass... and very quickly too. Our summers are hot and muggy but don't last too long. Before you know it we'll be shoveling through feet and feet of snow.
You have some pretty awesome stuff planned out for you and the kids. We had watermelon for dinner last night! hahah!
take a swim at the Quinta!
We went to a freinds house with air conditioning.... :)We've been BBQing all week too... I didn't even boil water on our stove in the house because the BBQ has a burner on it. Finally, today I made some banana bread and boiled some eggs. I'm glad that it cooled off at least for a little bit.:)
Other than fans, we only used the oven/broiler once. Maybe when it gets really hot...
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