Hot Tamales!

It's Saturday night here, and a balmy 88 degrees. Well, balmy is relative of course. If I were still living in Bakersfield, I would suppose that this temperature would be like mannah from heaven. Still, for Ohio, it's hot.

We put up the tent last night, as Chris and the neighbor's six year old, Arthur, were going to camp out over night. I remember camping out a few times in our back yard when I was a kid. I felt safe being so close to home, yet still got that nice outdoor sleeping experience, minus the mud, bugs, raccoons, snoring campers the next site over, ect. Unfortunately, the tent was too hot for the boys to sleep and they ended up coming inside and sleeping in Chris' room instead. I had a real time trying to get Arthur to go to sleep, as he was wide awake and wired till the wee hours of the morning. Chris, however, values his downtime and punched the clock as soon as his head hit the pillow.

Today, we went to the Pool and Highland Lakes again. We're trying to make the most our of that family pool pass this summer! It was pretty hot for a change. I pretty much got burnt, dispite being lathered down with sunscreen. Now I must go to bed feeling a bit like a roasted pepper.

Tomorrow we're going to Cleveland to see the Mariners play the Indians. It will be our first Major League baseball game. We also plan on stopping by the Museum of Natural History. I think they have some very interesting exhibits that Chris will enjoy.

Goodnight!

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