July 25, 2011

  • Hot and Sweaty

    Seph's arrived home from a weekend trip to Mustang Island with a friend and her family, and the other two and I spent the weekend soaking in water as much as possible. We took a trip to Emma Long, which is a great place for Cotton to swim--there is a big roped off section, and much of it is only waist-deep on her, so she had lots of room to explore.  There were shells to find, and waves from the boats going by, and we got a shady spot for me to supervise from, so it was a pretty successful trip.

    We also hit a letterbox on the hiking trail, but it was just the first one of a series.  The trail normally wanders over and around a creek, and without the water, hiking a few miles in the heat was less than appealing. So we got the first one, and headed to the beach.  The kids also got a letterbox while they were at Nanna Camp, which is pretty cool.  Rone was wondering as we drove home from the park, " I wonder how many stamps I'll have when I'm seventeen years old?"

    Since July and August are like hot winter here, we have lots of projects. I've been making collages (though it is harder than you'd think to find time to glue), the kids are working on their magazine, and Cotton continues her psychological warfare, making sure anyone else in the house doesn't go stringing thoughts together that don't involve her.  I may have our neighbor run a sewing class here in the house for Seph and a few others, which could be interesting. And Rone and I have grand plans for un-bricking a section of the front yard for raised garden beds.  So far this means piles of brick.

    I'm gearing up for school planning, and generally trying to declutter. It seems the faster I move stuff out the door, the more it multiplies, though.  

    Here is a shot of the kids at our park, in cooler times.