Hot and bothered

This past weekend has been great--our first weekend of real summer weather. We took full advantage of the nice days, but by today I'm ready for something a little less hot and hazy. I'm sweaty and swollen and I'll be glad for a little relief in the coming week.

In an effort to entertain Evan and perhaps move baby along, we kept very busy Saturday and Sunday. Saturday we ran errands around town. We took Ev to a new playground where he hit some baseballs and got a workout on the climbing wall and slides. I even went down a slide or two (it's anything goes now, folks). We also took a spur of the moment drive out to the spillway, which delighted Evan to no end. We didn't have any bread with us, but a very nice woman gave us two loaves from her big bag of about 15, so Ev was able to throw plenty of stale buns into the waiting mouths of the scary fish. He got just as big a kick out of watching them flail around and try to jump out of the little spill area. As gross as the spillway is, it's someplace we always went as kids and it's fun to see Ev get a charge out of it too. We have to pass this stuff along.

Sunday we headed up to Erie to take in a Seawolves game with my dad. It was a great day and we had a lot of fun, but the heat and beating sun took a lot out of all of us. Even with sunscreen and hats I didn't want to spend too much time out there, so we left after the fifth inning. Ev protested, as he was reallly enjoying himself, but we decided it would be best to take off. After all, the seats were too hot for his little butt to sit in, and he kept jumping between Mike's lap and Grandpa's. And it was just too warm a day to have a sweaty four year old on your lap.

We also stopped by my mom's for a little picnic. That was nice, and a little more my speed as I could sit in the shade and put my feet up. Too bad by the time we got there I had enormous ankles, and by the time we left I could no longer fit in my shoes. The food was great though, and Evan had fun running around and playing ball, so it was a good end to the day.

Today has been a lot more low key. We stayed inside with the fans going, and just tried to relax a bit before life starts again tomorrow. I had planned on doing practical things--cleaning the bathroom, scrapbooking, that sort of thing--but you don't feel like doing much of that when it's this hot. So I just tried to rest and drink water and eat popsicles. I think we're all headed for an early bedtime so we can start fresh tomorrow.