Beat the Heat

We are in the midst of a typical July heatwave here in the Central Valley. It was 109 yesterday. Today it "cooled" off to 103. Because hanging out in the air conditioned house in just your diaper/underwear is only fun for a little while, we are trying to find other creative ways to keep cool. Yesterday there was Swim Day-- the water felt wonderfully refreshing and we all actually swam! Today, Amy and Jonathan invited us to take a walk around the mall. The invitation was two-fold: one, to enjoy some visiting and free air conditioning and two, to try and walk this baby out. We did take several laps around, but we also did a good amount of breaking for all the great sales and some Starbucks!

Here is Ella enjoying some snacks at Swim Day yesterday.

Impossible! An actual smile while shopping? Here are Ella and Jonathan entertaining themselves and each other while their mommies hit the clearance racks. (Hint to other moms: shopping with a toddler is much more tolerable when they have a friend to chat, sing and kick with!)

And here is Ella modeling the new swim suit and flip-flops I got a fantastic deal on while shopping today (there's a matching cover up too!). Maybe we'll test these out in our little pool this afternoon.