It's a Hot, Hot Month

In an effort to really get started, I've decided to participate in NaBloPoMo. The theme this month is hot, which seems appropriate given the weather we've been having. While I plan posting every day on August, I am also hoping on working on my redesign, Facebook, Google +, and Twitter pages. Please check them out and follow me if you haven't already.

So here are four days down, only twenty-eight to go.

Lazy Summer Days

I woke up dreaming of a day like this one. The heatwave that just recently broke had made beach mornings with the boys a memory, and I was looking forward to heading back. Then it rained. And I am sick. So our relaxing day in the sand and surf is still just a memory and we completed chores around the house instead. Well, my husband was amazing with the chores while I did little and napped. Now I am going to be heading to bed early tonight and dream of tomorrow being a better day.

Getting Warmer

Mulder: I was told once that the best way to regenerate body heat was to crawl naked into a sleeping bag with someone else who is already naked.
Scully: Maybe if it starts raining sleeping bags, you might get lucky.
-The X-Files

When it came out, I was a huge fan of The X-Files and this quote has always stuck with me. To this day, if my husband tells me he is cold, I tell him we should get into a sleeping bag naked.

All joking aside, snuggling is the best way to get warm. I have also shared my love of hot chocolate with Munchkin and am looking forward to sharing it with Peanut once he is old enough.

Image by Martin Cathrae on Flickr

Of course, the weather we've been having recently I'm more concerned with cooling down than warming up. I hope that I remember this feeling in six months.

Nine Little Words

It is summertime. Take me out to the ballgame.

Linking up with Mama Kat
2.) 9 pictures. 9 words. (inspired by Bits of Bee)

Baby in the Water: Rookie Mom Challenge

This challenge happened a little ahead of the Rookie Mom Challenge schedule, but it happened, so I'm recording it now (since I've been failing at doing so many of these). Munchkin was never a fan of the pool. He took swim lessons at eighteen months which he pretty much cried through. We went to the Bahama's last year, and he refused to enter the water areas, didn't want to get wet. We recently took both boys to visit their grandparents and tried to get Munchkin to go in the pool. He was still a no go, but Peanut (being only 4 months old) didn't have much of a choice when we took him in.

At first he was a little hesitant, but he very quickly warmed up. Turns out he loves to splash and kick. We were very careful to not dunk him or make it a traumatic experience and it seems to have worked out well for us. We have brought him to another pool since this trip, and he still loved being in the water.

And I loved being in the water with him. The pure joy on his face as he got to splash with me, and then his father was wonderful to see. I am very much looking forward to our next pool trip.

Adventures in Grocery Shopping: Rookie Mom Challenges

Week five the of Rookie Mom Challenges calls for you to go to the grocery store for just one item. I love that I was fourteen weeks late with this. I guess I've been lucky to have Hubby really do the grocery shopping, especially since I always seem to have two children with me. But now Munchkin spends the mornings in summer camp, and I needed beef for that night's dinner, so to Trader Joe's Peanut and I went.

Photo by Joe+Jeanette Archie on Flickr

I'm sad to say that even though Trader Joe's has been in our neighborhood for years, I really have never shopped there. It was great, and so much more convenient than our usual shopping trips. Even better was that Peanut was great, very happy and relaxed. Not that I plan on doing all the shopping from now on, but it's nice to know that it isn't a terrible ordeal to get something done.

Summer Views

We had just gotten back from getting his hair cut (his first!). Peanut was asleep in the stroller, so we had a little time to kill. Sitting there and watching him blow his own bubbles was even better than watching him chase bubbles that I blow for him. He was so proud that he could do it himself, I don't think anything could have made that day better. For either of us.

Linking up with Mama Kat. 

3.) Your favorite summer view so far.