A Few Hot Days

Summer around our neck of the woods has been, well, struggling to really be summer.  Mild, cloudy days have meant way more lawn mowing than I'd like to be doing.  But that's not been the case the past couple of weeks.  We've had several hot days.  So hot, even, we all whined a little about the fact that it was too hot to enjoy it/breathe/live.

So with Mikey coming home from a particularly busy shift (saving lives and stuff in heat and a black uniform) telling stories of how he'd gotten off at least one call and actually wrung the sweat out of his shirt, I made absolutely certain that our single air conditioned room was super-chilled for his nap.

Kirsten and I, on the other hand, had some errands to run.   And when we stopped at Walgreens to pick up a few items, Kirsten just happened to notice that they had Slip 'n Slides on sale for 50% off.  At first I balked.  "Kirsten, that's not why we're... Oh, they're half off for a double wide, double length, Slip 'n Slide with a splash fountain at the end?! Dude! Let's surprise Dad!"  I mean, she really had to convince me.  Ahem.

So we came home and got to work unpacking and setting up our new toy.  We found the perfect place on the lawn to set up and attach the water hose.  Kirsten was super stoked to get to the business of playing in the water.  Just as I was coming in to grab some towels, I heard Mikey rustling around upstairs.  I couldn't wait to tell him what was waiting downstairs!

With all this fun being had, we couldn't wait to share it with Chloe, too.  So the first opportunity we had to play, we all got in on the fun.

 Chloe doesn't quite have the mass or the speed to slide all the way just yet, so she needed a little assistance.