Not much going on… just trying to stay cool during this heat wave. We have a nifty indoor/outdoor temp display so as soon as the outdoor temperature gets cooler than the indoor temp (around 10:00 PM) we throw open the windows and put fans in them. Those stay until about 9:00 AM. I actually get pretty cold in my room at night and LOVE it!
Plus I just like the look of box fans in the windows.. reminds me of summer days on the farm when I was a kid. Fresh picked Hydrangeas from the yard are a welcome site too.
This two younger kids pretty much go from sandbox to pool all day long.. back and forth. I spend the day cleaning up the sand in the house (and in my bed) and washing clothes that get tossed on the floor sopping wet. My older son broke his arm rollerblading so he is limited in what he can do outside… thus he is spending more time with his DS.
Meals are simple and easy when it is this hot… watermelon for breakfast, pasta salad for lunch, egg salad sandwiches for dinner or veggie soup in bread bowls. For dessert we had homemade peach frozen yogurt… so GOOD!!!!!
What are doing on hot summer weekends?
We’ve been spending a lot of time in front of the fan eating homemade popsicles :)
Yard work! We planted eight fruit trees, three grape vines, three fruit bushes, fifteen evergreens and countless gardens. I continue to eat up more lawn that we don’t want to have to maintain (watering in July and August being the big issue). So I keep expanding the space that I plant in. I love that my kids get excited helping to gather the food that goes on their plates…they gobble it up!
Awesome! I would love it if we had fruit tress!! We just have nut trees at the moment.
We spend our weekends visiting family, and seeing things around the state. But on the weekdays, it’s pool, sandbox, gardening , popcicles, and working more and more towards buying less plastic and eating healthier!
Love your blog, I always get great ideas from it!
You mentioned your kids play in a sandbox, can you tell me where you get your sand? I’ve read terrible things about the playsand you can buy at Home Depot/Lowes and I’ve avoided buying it. But I’d love to find safe sand for my son to play in, do you have any suggestions?
Erin try this online store:
http://safesand.stores.yahoo.net/