You Know it's Hot when...Part 2

You know it's hot when...the water from the outside tap feels "luke warm"! Incredible! I'm not sure I've experienced that except for one other time...and that was this year. I'm hoping this blog segment will not be continually expanding...but here are some pictures of us trying to keep cool on Sunday evening - playing in the water instead of getting ready for bed.

Andrew, the skateboarder. He has been "monkey-see, monkey-do" lately. Yesterday, he was copying his brothers jumping off the front steps, and took a tumble, head first, down onto the gravelly stones. Ouch! He's also trying to repeat a lot of words that he hears them say. Especially when he sees something we're eating or drinking that he wants. He'll say "wha summmmm...".
Natalee in her pretty little sundress. If you put your cursor right on the photo and click, it should enlarge somewhat on your screen. Because I upload them at a smaller size, they don't enlarge like some others I have seen.
Guess who's turning 5 tomorrow? Seems like we've been in party mode for a couple of weeks already. I guess summer seems to do that, when there's no school, and bedtime gets pushed back an extra half hour or more. Not to mention that just falling asleep in this heat takes longer than watching the Cars movie. Caleb is sleeping on the floor in the boys room and every night has some what of a "slumber party" feel to it. Ahhh, the long days of summer are here...for now. I just remembered we have some snowballs buried in our freezer somewhere. That should make for a few minutes of fun this evening!

Couple days late, but here it is

Here's a brief recap of the past pictures I've taken on or around the 22nd of the month

using Natalee's little bear as an indicator of her growth.

March
April
May
June
July 26, 2007

You know it's hot when...

...the temperature on your thermometer reads 26 degrees at 8:30 am;...you're having Slurpees for breakfast, lunch & dinner (no, we didn't, but not a bad idea!);...you're dripping sweat head to toe, just sitting in the basement trying to figure out which card to make at the workshop that evening;...you feel stinky & sweaty an hour after your last shower;...the house *cools down* to 27 degrees and you're thinking this is what it's like to be comfortable again;...your city sets a new record for highest humidex reading EVER (was it 48 degrees?). I'm not trying to complain, I just want to record some of my thoughts on the heat...and how grateful I am that it has cooled down today!! Here's hoping we don't set any new humidex records this summer!

Yesterday was a hot day. At one point, our outdoor thermometer gave a reading of 36.8; inside it was only 33. Yes, it was uncomfortable, but the worst is over, and we survived it. I took this picture of our indoor/outdoor thermometer at around 4:30 (the clock is not set at the right time), when the temperature had already started to drop quickly. The bottom number is the outdoor temperature, the middle number is the indoor temperature. Unfortunately, the basement wasn't that much cooler than the rest of the house.

On Sunday, we were at the beach. Joshua wanted to be buried in the sand. He doesn't look too thrilled about it though. I made him hold still for a minute while I took a couple of quick pictures.
Tessa and Natalee...4 and a half months old and gracing everyone with their beautiful smiles.
Caleb was at a birthday party on Saturday. His hair is spray painted green. I think he said he was The Green Goblin.
The Daddy's with their baby girls. Tessa is quite a bit stronger than Natalee and holds her head up well while sitting. Natalee is often lop-sided, with her head tilted to one side. But Natalee is a lot more interested in standing and is stronger on her legs.

Joshua

This was about an hour after Joshua's encounter with Andrew's head. Right under his right eye, he's got a nice little bump growing. It's quite the lovely bruise now, 2 days later.
Yesterday, Joshua spent about 15 minutes sitting in the wading pool by himself, singing, talking, telling stories, just in his own little world. It was quite funny to watch! More to come on Joshua...

Happy Faces

Joshua, the skateboarder, enjoying a much needed snack break. He's always hungry these days! I'm guessing he'll have grown two inches by the time he gets back to school...hopefully his feet will still fit his shoes.
Caleb & I sure do have something in common! Our love for licking the chocolate bowl clean!
Andrew is learning how to dress himself. Well, we're still working on the undressing, the dressing will still take quite a while. At least he's trying!

Small, Healthy Baby Natalee

Natalee was just at the Doctor today (July 11th) for her 4-month well baby check-up. She has grown 1 inch in length and gained over one pound since her last check-up on June 1st. But she still is, quite easily, our smallest baby! Here's some stats to compare - at 4 months, Caleb was 17 pounds 4 oz. and 25.5" long; Joshua was 17.2 lbs. and 26.25" long; Andrew was 14.3 lbs. and 25" long. Natalee weighed in at 12 lbs. 4 oz. and was 25" long. She sleeps through the night (from about 9 pm to 6 am, usually) and naps 3 times during the day. She enjoys playing on the floor, lying under her gym, and looking at people's faces. She's getting stronger and likes to "stand" for a few seconds when we hold her. She did roll over from her tummy to her back the other day, but it hasn't happened since. She prefers lying on her back, much like her brothers did at this age. She usually is very content and easy-going when she is at home on her own schedule. She has also laughed a few times, when I've been talking to her.
This picture was taken June 29th. Yes, Natalee was crying. I don't remember why. It seems that whenever I want to take "group shots" of the 4 of them, she ends up crying; so I have to take individual pictures of her when she's happy so I don't look back and think she was always crying. I think it's a sign of things to come. By that, I am thinking of when Caleb or Joshua try to help Andrew with something like washing his hands or putting on his sandals...Andrew starts freaking out because he ONLY wants help from Mommy or Daddy!! I asked Joshua what he had done to his brother to make him this way. His response: "I dunno."