Long Days of Summer

Oh the long HOT days of summer.  What do you do when your little one LOVES being outside and it's 106?  We still go.  We probably spend 2 hours outside, maybe longer.  Thank goodness for shade.  I still sweat.  I constantly shower Jillian with water, but her poor little face always gets red because she still gets hot.  

Our neighbors have a teenage daughter and they got toilet papered (remember those days?) and the next morning we had a little fun with Jillian.  She was a bandit?  Or maybe Rambo?

After Jillian's second nap (ya, she's still on 2 naps... I'm crossing my fingers it stays a little longer!) we always head outside.  She surprisingly loves her hat.  In fact, when I tried to take it off her today once we got back INSIDE, she freaked out!  She ran over, grabbed it, looked at me like I stole her orange slices, and placed it on her head.  Okay, point taken.  We'll leave it on.  Even indoors.  She does the same thing with bows.  If she finds one of her bows she walks to me and places it on her head.  Then patiently waits for me to clip it in.  This girl is trained!

While outside Jillian always has both hands full of something - bark, sticks, dirt, ect.  Austin usually comes over and steals whatever she has and chews it up.

My little gardener.

Diligently working.

She also loves my cheap sunglasses.  Why is it I think those look ok on me, but when Jillian wears them they look like glasses an 80 year old should wear?

Of course she wants them on top of her head.  Just like I usually do.

We also love our morning walks.  And Jillian loves her sunglasses!

Thankfully we have had an amazing break in the heat this week.  I'm hoping the 100+ days are over!