I'd Surely Love Summer the Best...

...if it weren't for all that darn heat.

(The two blurs on the edges are my son and his buddy and the lights in the middle are their sparklers.)

Love It

I just called my Mom's house to check in on my son. He got on the phone and talked a million miles a minute about something they had done. I couldn't really tell you what it was about...I didn't catch most of it. If I were there in person, I know I would have understood everything, but over the phone...I missed most of it. Then he blows me a kiss and hands the phone over to my Mom.

"He totally got that story exactly right...he didn't miss a thing!" she tells me. And I LOVE that. I love that she knows him so well, and totally gets him, and that she understood all of that rapid rambling as a true account of their afternoon. I'm filing this away in my memory under All the Reasons I Love My Mother.

Too Hot

I know we wait all winter for summer to finally grace us with it's presence, but this is ridiculous. I can't live in this kind of heat. I just get sweaty and grouchy and all of my clothes stick to me and the kid wants to climb all over me...and, and, and. Bah! Not fun. It was 92 degrees today and it was literally too hot to go outside without melting into a sad puddle of goo. We New Englander's do not fair well in this soupy hot mess...or maybe it's just me.

Because of the heat, we stayed inside today next to the air conditioner like the sane people do. Which was fine for the first couple of hours, until we both got bored. Or, maybe I should say, until Lucas got bored and I got treated to an hour's long string of "look at meeeeeee's!" and "watch what I can dooooooooooooooooos!" I can only say "that's AMAZING, HONEY!" just so many times when all he's doing is jumping from one foot to another or spinning a circle. It was almost a treat to get to go to work. Except to go to work I had to step outside of my house...did I mention the heat????

I shouldn't complain...the move where he layed on his side with his feet in the air really was quite amazing.

Fireworks!

Next time I'll bring a tripod...it was hard sitting still with such a slow shutter speed...but I think they still came out pretty well. Hope you all had a fabulous 4th of July!

Waiting for Fireworks to Begin...

Motherly Advice...Misunderstood

We were driving down the road today and Lucas saw a guy drive by on a motorcycle.

Him: Hey! When I grow up I'm gonna drive a motorcycle! No wait! No wait, no wait! When I grow up I'm gonna ride a skateboard!

Me: Really? Because I think you'd pick up more chicks on a motorcycle.

Him: (Long pause) Why would I want to do that? Pick up chicks on a motorcycle? I don't even like chicken!

Ahhh...someday he'll appreciate all of my good advice...maybe when he's seven or eight. Four seems a bit young.

In other news...I got to do a guest blog for Single Minded Women! Exciting and fancy!

He Finds a New Best Friend Around Every Corner

We were waiting at my mom's house today for the phone company to come install a line and they were hours late. I know, it's shocking! But, eventually the guy did show up in a big white truck with a bucket and made Luke's day. Lucas was out there asking his name before he even had a chance to put on his fluorescent orange vest. His name was Mike, by the way, and my kid made sure to supervise his every move. Mike is a lucky guy to such rapt attention, let me tell you. I had to keep gently reminding Lucas that sitting on Mike's lap to watch his work was not conducive to Mike getting any done. On the flip side, Mike now has a new best friend.