Anyway, I always try to make the most of it. We swim a lot and I try to make plans the night before of things we can do the next day. It can be hard to have all our outside activities that aren't the pool or splash pad taken away but we make it work.
This summer has been pretty good. In May we had a couple milder days so we capitalized by spending some time outside in the shade. This picture cracked me up - they grabbed a grocery store ad I'd just pulled out of the mailbox and enjoyed some light reading. ;-)
Michael and Matthew went to Father's and Son's and had a blast. Matthew loves camping SO much.
While the boys were gone, I really tried to make it fun for Kate. I have grand plans for things we can do in the future during Father's and Son's, but since we had Joshua with us this year we had to keep it pretty low-key. 1-year olds tend to be pretty high maintenance. ;-) However, I put him down nice and early and then me and Kate had a fun Girls Night In that involved s'more dip and The Little Mermaid.
Matthew and Kate took swimming lessons with Miss Judi, who lives about 2 minutes away and gives lessons in her backyard. It was Kate's first year with her and Matthew's second. They both did really well. Matthew can pretty much swim unassisted and Kate will be getting there soon. We've spent a lot of time at the pool. I especially like to go on Saturdays so that Michael can be there and it's not quite so difficult. Having 3 kids under 5 at the pool by yourself is no joke.
Donuts by the pool:
And clearly we're big fans of throwing pictures, haha:
I got a great deal on Groupon for a family summer pass to the Arizona Science Center. Not as fun for little kids as the Children's Museum or an aquarium, but cool nonetheless and we've enjoyed going there a few times.
There was a random free Preschoolers Yoga class at the library one day that I signed Matthew and Kate up for. I watched through the window and it was hilarious! Kate told me after that she "felt peace" and I almost died laughing.
Mommy/Son date to see Finding Dory. Matthew had been looking forward to it for MONTHS and it did not disappoint!
I also finally took Kate to see her first movie in the theater this summer. She, Matthew, and I all went to see The Secret Life of Pets. It was also really cute. Kate did okay but got pretty antsy. Might be another several months before I take her to a movie again. ;-) (She did fine though.)
Splash pad fun-
Father's Day 2016. These kids are so, so lucky to have such an amazing dad.
Kate took gymnastics! She missed 3 classes from traveling (one of the trips was super last minute) and was late to a couple others due to it overlapping the tiniest bit with swimming lessons (argh! I didn't know our swimming lessons time until a few days before we started) but it was still great. She learned a lot and had a lot of fun. (More coming on that later.)
And unfortunately, we seem to get hit the hardest with illnesses during the summer. Pretty strange! We do quite well in the winter and then get slammed with awful bugs in the warmer months! I seem to always forget this and end up surprised when we get sick a lot. About time I learn. Anyway, in June poor Joshua got the flu. As much as I loved the snuggles, (which are basically unheard of at this point) it was so so sad. I just wanted to him feel better. :-(
Pretty much as soon as Joshua got better, Matthew and Kate were both hit hard with the same flu. I set them up on the couch and they pretty much just watched shows for 2 days straight. Joshua loved way too much that he was no longer the weakest and kept trying to hit/attack them. Stinker.
Neither of these two nap anymore, so it was crazy to have them both napping in my bed. And it only took a few minutes to get them to sleep. SO sick! Poor kiddos.
And then, just four days before our Hales Family Reunion in LA, Kate got slammed with a stomach bug/flu. I kept thinking it would be a really quick illness, and then she'd start to act better so I'd give her some food.... but then she'd throw up the little food I'd given her and go lay back down. It was so so sad. The flu lasted for about 5 days and she'd usually throw up about twice a day. The poor girl was on the mend when we left for LA but it took her another day in LA before she was fully better. Miraculously, NO ONE else got this illness! Praise the heavens! Also praise the heavens that Kate loves medicine (?) and would always take Advil or Pedialyte or whatever I'd give her, including plenty of water.
And then we finally escaped the heat for LA!
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