Still Hot, Hot, Hot

Unfortunately, the heat is keeping us away from the Mavs victory parade today. In fact, for the last several days the temperature here in DFW has risen above 100. When we moved here, we told people we'd be able to handle the heat given that Richmond frequently hits the 100 degree mark and is also saddled with sticky, oppressive humidity. But let me tell you, hot is hot! The angle of the sun here plus the fact that there isn't a ton of shade makes it pretty unbearable. And whereas Richmond would start to cool down around 5 p.m. (last summer my pal Megan and I ran 3 miles once a week around 6 p.m. and didn't die), it's sweltering well past 7 p.m. here. Hot is hot!

For the last few weekends we've spent time with Aunt Nancy and Uncle Dan in Plano. We really enjoy hanging out with them. For the last two weekends, their granddaughter Sheridan has been in town from Florida. Nigel adores her; she was so sweet to him. They swam together, shared popsicles and played silly games. I think he's going to be really bummed this weekend when we go visit and Sheridan's returned home to Florida.

We've also been coping with the heat by doing lots of indoor things, including a weekly storytime at the Amon Carter museum in addition to our our old standby library storytime. I have been telling everyone I know who'll listen about storytime at the Amon Carter. Each week the kids listen to three different stories in front of three different paintings and then do a craft and have snack. And it's all FREE! The stories, paintings and craft tie into a theme. Last week's theme was the jungle; yesterday they talked friends. Nigel thought the book Children Make Terrible Pets from this week's storytime was hilarious! Each kid made two necklaces of heart halves — one to keep and one to give to a friend. Cute, isn't it? He's planning on giving his pal James one of the necklaces.