Oh, what do you do in the summertime.....

...when it is blazing HOT! *

Play dress-up (and wear as many as you possibly can....)

Look cool in (my sister's) shades...
Be silly, and sit in our doll strollers.....

Color with sidewalk chalk...
" Swim" in a bucket on the patio.... (Here Lydia is about to blow bubbles)
It is more just to have fun playing in the water, although we do go swimming in a regular pool too! :)
Become obsessed with the potty and want to sit on it ALL the time.... (even though nothing happens when she sits there, she thinks she is pretty cool)....Maybe this will lead to early potty training? Don't worry, I'm not getting my hopes up, we are just going to see where she wants to go with this!
Be silly with mommy...

Become a little bit of a Daddy's girl... (I love the way Claire is looking at Jeff in this picture. It shows how much she loves him.)
Use our matching aprons...

and overall have fun!! Even when Daddy goes on a trip with the young men, we have fun!

We hope you are all having a wonderful summer too! (Although I can't believe school is starting up again soon!)

*(actual words read "when all the world is green." But that doesn't always apply in AZ, because not very many lawns are green here in the valley; they are mostly brown. At least if you have a lawn they generally are brown, or there are desert landscapes, or attempts at them any way. Check it out in The Children's Song book page 245.)