Beating the Heat

The end of August was mostly about finding our rhythm in a new school year routine. It's been too hot for the kids to go outside for recess at school (heat index above 105F or something like that). I know why! We spent about 10 minutes at the neighborhood playground on Saturday morning, and I was ready to go back to the A/C! We're all ready for it to cool down - even just 10 degrees would be nice.

Speaking of heat, I heard about the Taylor marching band's march-a-thon, so we met up with them at the kids' elementary school cafeteria for a concert. Then we biked and followed them a block down in the neighborhood. These high schoolers march around all day on a Saturday through neighborhoods and schools, playing at various yards and schools that have sponsored them. A fire engine and police car follow them around too. What a hot day!

We lost a lot of teeth in August! Hadley is down 3 teeth currently; Owen is down one with a wiggler. None of the replacement teeth are feeling an urgent need to fill in, so we might have hole-ly smiles for a while.

The end of August also signifies the beginning of college football season in our house. We didn't have the channel for the Longhorns first game, so we met up with a local alumni group to watch it at a local eatery. It was pretty crowded, so we spread out to get our own chairs. I caught this picture of the boys making the same posture during the game!

Hadley is less interested in football, so we ended up on the patio area, where it was probably still in the upper 80s after dark. It was a long game, so we made a trip across the parking lot to a gourmet popsicle place for cool treats. Who even knew that was a thing? For the cost of a couple of boxes of regular popsicles, we got two cookies-n-cream pops that hit the spot.