Yum. Today was just one of those gooey, dripping with sunshine days--absolutely delicious. I wish I could copy the recipe down. White clouds scudded across the radiant blue sky, and a warm yellow sun smiled down on God's creation.
The sunlight was so bright that even in the shade you had to squint your eyes. Sort of explains the eye crinkles that all Texans have. I keep thinking, "sunscreen, moisturizer, cucumbers!" Even with spf 50 on we all tanned a nice golden brown. I laugh because in Portland I would never put on sunscreen. I would never burn, but here, it has become a religion. We all wake up in the morning, and before getting dressed the girls line up for the morning bath in sticky, white sunscreen. It supersedes breakfast. It is enthroned higher than coffee. It comes right next to sunglasses.
And that reminds me: we all have sunglasses now. You should see this gorgeous family of ours walking down the street. Daddy wears his Oakleys. Momma wears her DKNY. Kate wears Hannah Montana. Reagan wears Minnie Mouse. The only we have yet inducted into this club is Georgianna and that's because the last set of sunglasses we got her, she snapped in half. I guess we'll just have to wait.
Boy is Georgie getting cute. Someone stopped me on the street today and said, "OMG! She's cuter than Suri Cruise." Now, you can tell that I'm out of the loop because I came home and googled Surry Cruise...Sury Cruise...Sarri Cruise...until I found out that she's the daughter of Tom Cruise. LOL. I have to admit that is one cute baby. Maybe I should cut Georgie's hair. Hehehe...
Anyway, back to the sun aspect. Since it was a warm, gooey day, we took the girls to the pool after church, and of course, I forgot to bring the camera. Next time! The girls are all water bugs. Reagan loves her pink, Ariel life jacket, and we were able to get Georgie to accept her infant life jacket. At first, Georgie protested rather loudly about being zipped up in the thing, but once I got her into the water she was fine. She giggled and splashed and kicked her legs. I expected her to only last a half hour, but we stayed for over two hours before she showed signs of needing to go home. Don't worry, we made sure that she had plenty of shade and water. Reagan held her pee until we got home, so, no accidents in the pool and a successful potty time. And Kate was so amazingly adventurous. Those swimming lessons were a great investment. She knows her limitations, but she also has great confidence in the water.
The sad thing about all this heat is that I have the air conditioner set to come on whenever the house hits eighty degrees. It's on right now, and it's 10:00 at night.
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