Whew, its hot!

Man oh Man, did Summer hit with a bang this weekend. The temps were over 100 degrees. We were very busy with the Richmond Children's Museum and the home school convention. It was very productive though. I purchased almost all of my girls curriculum for first grade and got to look at even more. It is amazing the number of options there are to educate you child at home. My husband and kids were really into this one stall that featured Science related stuff. It had a ton of fun science projects to teach things like electricity and...well all kinds of stuff. We went to dinner afterwards with a good friend but my kids were disappointed that she left her munchkins at home.
We got home about 10 pm and got the kids to bed, yes they were still awake even after their busy day.
Sunday was church and a picnic afterwards. But it was way too hot. The church's playground set is in the sand out in the sun. The slide and swings were too hot and all of the kids take off their shoes to play usually (because nothing is more uncomfortable than a shoe full of sand), but the sand was so hot that it would blister your feet. We stayed for a while but the adults were pretty uncomfortable in church clothes in 100 plus degree temperatures. Then it was home into the A/C for the rest of the day. Yesterday was definitely one of those days that I wish we would join a pool for the summer. But they are so expensive. The one in our neighbor is $400 for the summer and that is just us and the kids. Since my brother is an adult and not our child, he would have to have a separate membership. That just stinks! Its the same way at the YMCA. You pay $65 per month and then we would have to pay another $40 for him. It seems no one wants to give a break the mentally handicapped. Like he has an extra $40 per month out of his $400 per month government check? How many people do you know that can live on $400 per month? If he did not live with us, he could not make it. Now if you go into an institutional home, they get thousands of dollars a month to take care of you but if you live with your family, you get a tenth of that. Makes tons of sense right? Sorry, I got off on a rant about the way our state treats the mentally handicapped.....

Anyway, now its Monday. We have one more session of school testing to do and then the day is wide open.....can't wait til the peepettes get out of school!!! Then we can get together with them and go to the local water park. Hope your day is a good one and keep cool!!!