It's Too Hot to Go Outside

Normally the boys and I go for a walk in the morning trying to get outside before it gets too hot.  The last few weeks, however, the days have started off too hot and only gotten hotter as the hours passed.

Many days we have found ourselves playing with water inside during "outside time."

Sometimes we manage to run an errand during outside time which at least gets us outside our house, but there really aren't many places open at that time in the morning.  I always wish that we could go to the library or mall or pet store, but all of those places open at 9:30 or 10 am.  By 9:30 it feels like our day is already half over - the adults have exercised, everyone is fed and dressed, teeth are brushed, most of the day's chores are done, the boys have had outside time - and now it is time to slow down.  At 9:30 Elliot goes down for his morning nap, Peter has some down time playing alone in his room and I sit down to blog and pay bills and plan what Peter will do during learning time.

Hopefully soon the weather will cool down a bit (today it was 88 degrees at 8:30 am) and we will be able to start taking more walks.  For the time being, though, we will continue to hunker down and get ourselves gleefully wet in the kitchen.