Hot Summer Day of Fun

Yesterday, was one of those days that was really hot and humid, but you are outside having fun and it really doesn't matter. One of those days where you throw your comfy clothes on and just get dirty, messy, eat junk food, and act silly.

While Chloe napped yesterday, we made sugar cookies and iced them. Nothing fancy or anything I would serve to company, but fun for the kids and yummy to eat.


When Chloe woke up, we decided to head out to the front yard. There are a variety of things for the kids to do outside and they will bounce around from one thing to another. Yesterday was no different. Shania decided that she wanted to learn to ride a skateboard. She started out on her feet, but ended on her stomach using her hands to push her along.



Jamie even went into the garage to add WD40 to the wheels to make the ride a little faster. When she went down again without much gusto, he decided to show her how it was done.



They finally decided that the skateboard was at fault for them not speeding down the road at dangerous speeds.

Micah loves to jump rope, so he spent some time doing that as usual. He needs to learn some new jump rope songs though, because we are all tiring of the same little rhymes for the millionth time this summer.



Chloe was riding her Clifford dog. She get very defensive when anyone tries to play with it. The poor thing has no eyes anymore, but is still going strong.



Hannah is such a little mother. I let her bring her stroller out so that she could take her baby for a walk. I can remember doing the same thing when I was a child.



Last, but not least was the hula hooping queen. I really think that Abbi could hula hoop while talking on the phone and eating a sandwich. She makes it look so easy and only stops, because she is bored or tired (not because the hula hoop falls to the ground). She has mastered the art of doing more than one at a time and makes it seem so effortless.



We ate hot dogs and nachos (my favorite) on the back porch and somehow we all started in the hula hooping action. We finally decided that we are way too old, because it immediately falls to the ground no matter how we move our hips. I used to be a pro myself when I was a kid, but I guess hula hooping is not like riding a bicycle!

Jamie, Shania, and I were a pitiful example of how to hula hoop, but it was lots of fun and laughs just the same. Shania and I ended up in a contest of who could hula hoop around their ankle the longest. So far, I'm the champ for a whopping 13 seconds! Woohoo!