A long, hot day

Last week we lost power at our house for most of the day - it went out after breakfast, and came back on just before the kids went to bed. It was a hot day! The kids spent the early part of the morning playing with water outside. They had a great time, but got pretty hot after a while, even though they were soaking wet.

Measuring and pouring and trying to keep cool!

When they looked like they were getting too hot, we went back inside. Thankfully the house stayed pretty cool until lunch time. (I guess it helped that we were outside!) I stripped the kids down and let them chill out with the portable dvd player until lunch.

It always takes a long time for the redness in Elijah's cheeks to go down.

We managed to get through naps alright, even without the air conditioner or fan. I was worried because the window AC means that we can't open their window at all, and they always have a fan on when they are sleeping. Hot + extra quiet = not good! They both slept OK though, and it was pretty warm, but not crazy hot in there when they got up. We watched the construction machines across the parking lot, and the utilities truck that came to fix the transformer for a while before dinner, and then went out to meet Patrick at a Chinese food restaurant. They had air conditioning! Hooray!

When we got home, the power was back on. I was so glad to be able to turn the light on and close the door in the bathroom. =)