Wow, we've had some hot weather the last few days. Heat indexes as high as 117F. Yup. Now that is hot! Not as hot as it was last year, but we got a wave of muggy, hot heath, thanks to Debby. Looks like things will cool down in the next few days and we should be hovering right around normal all the way through the 4th of July.
The first part of every week passes in a fuzzy haze for me. I get up early, work late and sleep for the first half of the week. I am so thankful that Emily is here to help with making dinners, because I think the kids would end up going without that last meal for at least Monday and Tuesday. It would make for an interesting weight loss program, but wouldn't be one that I would suggest or endorse. And don't get me wrong, Emily is not slaving away in a hot kitchen all day long to make dinner. She just reminds Jonathan to do it. :-) As long as he has someone to remind him, he stays pretty consistent! On Monday he made an out of this world chicken breast ala Jonathan and on Tuesday it was a delicately flavored salmon (even if it was from the Atlantic and YES there is a big difference. I miss my Pacific salmon). Emily made a very tasty Mediterranean leg of lamb on Wednesday with homemade hummus. Wow, after writing that, I'm just not sure if I'm gonna let Emily leave!
Lest you think that I'm just coming home and gorging myself on all sorts of delicacies, please remember that I work until 8:00pm on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday I consider my light work day because I finish at 6:30pm. So, yeah, I am spoiled, and I love it!
Emily has been taking the girls to swimming lessons this week. I haven't put much hope in them for the two little ones, so you can imagine my surprise when they started swimming last night at the pool. I was very impressed. Both Georgianna and Reagan bob and stroke and do all sorts of lovely little tricks, all under water! Woohoo! So, a three year old is NOT too little to learn how to swim. It's so nice to know that if one of them did take a running jump into a pool during some ungaurded moment, I would have a few seconds of grace to get in the water. Kate is turning into a strong swimmer, too, and I'm contemplating on enrolling in a second set of swim lessons for all of them.
Kudos to my mother and father-in-law. You did a great job raising Tanner. He is such a caring father. He knew that last week I had a hard time with Georgianna. She broke down in tears last Thursday because her daddy was all gone, so he determined, without telling us, to show up once again on our doorstep midweek. Georgi was already asleep, but I rousted her out of bed because I knew the trip was for her. She was so excited and ready for her daddy snuggles! She sat on Tanner's lap for a good hour, and only left it to brush her teeth. Then when we tried to put her to bed, she promptly snuck into our room and crawled into bed with us. Super cute, and I didn't have the heart to tell her no, so I spent an uncomfotable night. He had to leave at 4:30 this morning, but Reagan made him promised to wake her up even if it was in the middle of the night so that she could give him a goodbye kiss.
It does feel like the week is surmountable, now, and next week will be even easier. So, perhaps this weekend requires a trip to the beach...
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