It's a scorcher out there friends. We spent most of our week in a dark, air-conditioned house, trying to save our energy for those brief moments when we had to burst out of the house and run to the car.
I'm not going to lie, coming up with indoor activities for an active 4 year old is challenging. Poor Gigi had Henry all day Monday-Thursday this week because preschool has not started and it was so hot they couldn't even play outside in the mornings. On Thursday they took a trip to the Natural History Museum. Henry was very excited about watching the bees work. The rest of the exhibits were just a little too old for him. Lawrence needs a Children's Museum. On Wednesday they went to the movies. They had a great time.
Smelly markers have also come in really come in handy this week. On Tuesday Henry spent hours making his own transformer book. He took the one that we checked out from the library and copied the pictures and then Gigi wrote out the story, making note of a few changes-mainly that all the good guys had become bad guys. Henry is very interested in bad guys right now.
On Friday we had a massive thunderstorm. The sky was dark by 7 pm, which is at least 2 hours earlier than normal. It was the perfect opportunity to set up a flashlight on the bed and make shadow puppets. Henry made a very good alligator and bunny.
The guys also wrote a song on the piano about Transformers. It's called "The Battle of the Ages". I'll try to get it on video, although it is a lot harder to get him to sing on video these days, he is a little more self-aware then he was back in the Moon Walkin Cowboy days.
On Saturday we went out for breakfast at our usual place and then hit the farmers market. Henry worked on his second Transformers book.
In the afternoon Henry and I both decided that the only real way to combat the heat was homemade ice cream sandwiches. We made coconut ice cream and chocolate chip coconut cookies.
It was good and messy.
The weather on Sunday was fantastic. Wade spent at least 3 hours in the morning working in the yard while Henry and I ran to the store, make homemade pita and hummus, did 500 loads of laundry, watched a little Star Wars, played with Transformers and cleaned the house. In the afternoon friends came over to play in the sprinkler and go for a bike ride. The weekend ended on a sour note when Wade got a speeding ticket while trying to rush our overdue books to the library 5 minutes before it closed. Ouch!
We have a busy week ahead of us friends. Monday is the first day of school for Henry. He starts the afternoon class at preschool, which is only 4 and 5 year olds. I start my last semester at KU on Thursday. I'm taking 9 hours this semester so I apologize ahead if I am grumpy for the next 16 weeks. Wade has 4 shows coming up in the next 2 months. Plus we have 3 weddings, a couple of birthday's, family coming to town and a trip to Colorado. Whew! See you in December ;)
It was good and messy. 
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