Life in KC: It's hot outside

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

It's hot outside

While the weather has been heating up outside, we been finding different ways to stay cool. We have been taking advantage of Joelle's last weeks at home. Ten days ago we drove up to visit Eric's mom and family in Nebraska. It was a great visit. Oma was very excited to see Sophie and Alex and Sophie spent a lot of time asleep on Oma. We also got to catch up with one of Eric's friends from high school. He has a little boy just two weeks older than Sophie.

During this time, Alex also tried roller skating for the first time. I think he discovered it was a little more work than he thought. Thank goodness for the offer of a snack, or he might have left after the first ten minutes! He did much better with the "locked" skates than the normal ones. We'll have to try again when he's a bit older.

Last week, we took at trip to Ozwakie, KS to visit the Lamb family. Alex and Avery had a great time playing together in the pool. Luke and Sophie had fun hanging out. Luke is one year older than Sophie and they share the same birthday. That's pretty neat. (Sophie also shares her birthday with her cousin Chloe.)

Today is Joelle's last day at home. Tomorrow Eric will take care of two kids, while Mama heads back to work. It's good that its only a short week to help with the transition.

Alex and Sophie are now sharing a room at night. It seems that Alex is sleeping much better since Sophie started sleeping there. Hopefully this will continue with our new routine. Yesterday as we were driving home, Alex asked where were going. I told him we were going to Timbuktu. He said, "No, we are going to Timbukone." :) It's going to be hard to keep ahead of him, I think.