Keeping Our Cool

We've stayed close to home for July, and it's been pretty warm (for up north), so we've been trying to stay cool.  Sometimes that means playing/drinking in the sprinkler,

Hiding indoors in the A/C,

Or traveling to the splash park.  Owen loves it, but Hadley is still not sure about the big structure. Here she changed her mind at the last minute when Owen was going to help her up the stairs.  Notice his look of bewilderment!

But at the same park, she was pretty fearless on the playground.  That's her second from left, hanging with the big kids on the monkey bars.  She did this all on her own and, like her dad, would not stop until she reached the top!

Our neighborhood HOA held its annual ice cream social, which the kids really enjoy.  They have ice cream (duh!) and build-your-own paper rockets to launch.  (Don't tell, but we brought last year's model, and it worked great!)  Could there be another rocket scientist in the family...?

And Hadley ended that event on an awkward note after OD'ing on ice cream and staying up past bedtime.  She peeled off her shirt and ran around to everyone with a crazed look in her eye and a giggle, while avoiding her shirt-waving parents.  Yep, we are that family!

Keeping the family tradition alive with a father-son mowing picture, just for grins.

And a new playhouse was added to the backyard.  I think we've already gotten our money's worth.  ;)

Finally, for those interested, we've been keeping up with the garden again this summer. We have finished strawberries, but now we are deep in raspberries, tomatoes, zucchini, beets, and carrots.  I also have to mention that the parsley is growing like a jungle.  Too bad my husband insists that it's just a garnish!  :)  The kids like to go help me check on the garden, so that's been a fun tool that helps them eat their veggies.

P.S. Hadley did great at her 2-year checkup and is at about 50% for both weight and height, though she still has that 90% head circumference!