Monday, August 04, 2008
Hot, hot, hot
After a relative cool spell, our Kansas summer is in full swing. This last weekend was in the high 90s and exceptionally humid. Not good outdoor weather.
On Saturday, I spent the day at Pamona Lake windsurfing with a friend. The winds were very light, which worked well for me, but not much good to anyone who's actually proficient at the sport. It was so hot out, even the water was warm. Yuck. But I had a good time.
While I was gone, Pierce and Anna attended a birthday party at our next door neighbors. The party was outside and took place in bathing suits. There was volleyball, a water slide and other water-based activities. Pierce and Anna went with Nora to the store to pick out a birthday present and I think they picked out a good one. We were going to go see Titanic at Theater in the Park Saturday evening, but Nora said it was so unpleasant outside during the party that none of the family had any interest in going. Maybe next year...
Sunday was a mixed bag for us. Pierce was invited to another outdoor/water-based birthday party. After dropping him off, Anna and I went to the pool. Both kids had fun, but the sun was so intense I could practically feel my skin sizzling. Nora was a lot smarter, she and a friend went to a beaded-jewelry class.
On the jewelry front, Nora and Lizz (from across the street) took some pictures of Nora's jewelry in preparation for building a web business for selling some of Nora's pieces. Hopefully we'll have her website up soon. Nora's still trying to settle on the perfect name for her effort. Feel free to respond to this blog with some suggestions.
Pierce and Anna completed their last session of swim lessons last week. Their progress this year, particularly Anna's, has been impressive. Pierce is able to do the butterfly stroke about half-way across our pool. Anna's natural buoyancy prevents her from diving to the bottom of the deeper end of the pool, but she loves swimming underwater.
The weekend before last we had our bi-annual block party. We had a little bit of rain in the midst of the activities, but not enough to seriously hamper the event. Aside from some great food, we had a visit from the fire department (complete with the pumper truck spraying the kids with water), lots of games including an egg toss, balloon toss, shoe toss, and a frozen t-shirt contest (don't ask).
I rigged up our driveway movie screen and setup an arcade game, so people could wander over and play a game of Pacman or Galaga on an 8-foot screen. You can watch a short video of the event by clicking here.
-Eric (Dad)
On Saturday, I spent the day at Pamona Lake windsurfing with a friend. The winds were very light, which worked well for me, but not much good to anyone who's actually proficient at the sport. It was so hot out, even the water was warm. Yuck. But I had a good time.
While I was gone, Pierce and Anna attended a birthday party at our next door neighbors. The party was outside and took place in bathing suits. There was volleyball, a water slide and other water-based activities. Pierce and Anna went with Nora to the store to pick out a birthday present and I think they picked out a good one. We were going to go see Titanic at Theater in the Park Saturday evening, but Nora said it was so unpleasant outside during the party that none of the family had any interest in going. Maybe next year...
Sunday was a mixed bag for us. Pierce was invited to another outdoor/water-based birthday party. After dropping him off, Anna and I went to the pool. Both kids had fun, but the sun was so intense I could practically feel my skin sizzling. Nora was a lot smarter, she and a friend went to a beaded-jewelry class.
On the jewelry front, Nora and Lizz (from across the street) took some pictures of Nora's jewelry in preparation for building a web business for selling some of Nora's pieces. Hopefully we'll have her website up soon. Nora's still trying to settle on the perfect name for her effort. Feel free to respond to this blog with some suggestions.
Pierce and Anna completed their last session of swim lessons last week. Their progress this year, particularly Anna's, has been impressive. Pierce is able to do the butterfly stroke about half-way across our pool. Anna's natural buoyancy prevents her from diving to the bottom of the deeper end of the pool, but she loves swimming underwater.
The weekend before last we had our bi-annual block party. We had a little bit of rain in the midst of the activities, but not enough to seriously hamper the event. Aside from some great food, we had a visit from the fire department (complete with the pumper truck spraying the kids with water), lots of games including an egg toss, balloon toss, shoe toss, and a frozen t-shirt contest (don't ask).
I rigged up our driveway movie screen and setup an arcade game, so people could wander over and play a game of Pacman or Galaga on an 8-foot screen. You can watch a short video of the event by clicking here.
-Eric (Dad)
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