The Heat Is On

I'll tell you what makes kids grumpy. 103-degree heat. It looks like for the next week or so temperatures around here are going to be up in the 90s and 100s. How awful. I feel bad for my girls, mostly because their room is as hot as a sauna.

What can you do? My solution the other day was to go to the pool. How did I take three kids under three to the pool? Well, thank God for small favors and Hannah is walking. So she is pretty self-sufficient. I wrapped Colin in my infant carrier. Kayla I carried to the pool's edge (it's a kiddy wading pool).

That seemed to work pretty well. I just had to be sure not to drown poor Colin when I stooped over to pick Kayla up and move her from point A to point B.

We are looking forward to the day when at least two of our three are walking. I'm sure that will help tremendously. My husband is still a bit timid about taking all three kids out at once, but I'm getting used to it.

Quite frankly, I can't stand the idea of sitting around the house all day, and neither can the kids. When it's really hot out sometimes we'll just go to the mall. They have a small play area the kids can run around in. At least it is air-conditioned. That's what is really important on days like this!