July 26, 2012

• Summer and Sweat

  Summer 2012 is zipping right along. Happily, before too long, we'll have a new AC unit that actually cools the house, a prospect that fills my heart with joy. Or fills the part that isn't full of sweat, anyway.

  The kids and I ambitiously made a summer bucket list, and have crossed a few things off. Theirs were mostly fun things (Schlitterbahn), and mine were more mundane (clean closet).  Things that remain I'm hoping to get to include the summer musical, and a daytrip to the shore. These don't seem terribly out of reach, but given the four of us have to all want to do something at the same time, it's a trick.

  Seph has taken up the cello, Rone the drums, and Cotton writes songs. And sings them. Loudly.

  I've stopped cooking nearly entirely. We are living on sandwiches, fruit, and raw vegetables. When I can stand to add heat to the world, I grill meat. Did you know you can just pretend a grill is an oven and put a whole chicken in a pan to bake on it? Yes. You. Can.

  Funny kid moments:

  Cotton asked me if I was a woman or a lady. I lied and told her I was both.

  Rone is turning into Chance.  He came tearing through the house and as he headed up the stairs I asked, "What are you doing?" He replied, "Going upstairs?", with a look on his face that was worried I'd lost my mind.

  Seph wants to know if she can rock with a cello.

   

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