Trying to Stay Cool

I don’t know about anyone else but it has been one hot summer here in MI. Matt and I hate to run our air conditioning and will hold out until the last possible moment. Usually, only if it stays in the nineties for more than one day do the windows close at our house in the summer but this summer I feel like they have been shut more than they have been open. Zachary has spent plenty of time in Grandma Kipf’s pool and has become quite the dare devil when it comes to swimming. He jumps off the rafts without you there to catch him. He doesn’t want you to hold him; he wants to doggie paddle himself forward. He never wanted to get out even after his lips turned blue. I just hope that he does not lose all of his progress this winter. Since Grandma’s not exactly around the corner we had to find a way to keep cool outside at our house as well. Zachary’s had some great times in the sprinkler that we would set up in our front yard. He is always hesitant to run through it probably because it was really cold (we cannot get hot water from the outside hose) and he doesn’t like water to get on his face. We also are lucky enough to live next to great neighbors and they let us play in their kiddy pool during the week after work. Zach had a blast playing with Megan and Brendan in the pool and watering everyone’s feet. We did a lot of sidewalk water painting and even tried out some water balloons. Zachary would jump at any chance to help water anything. He loved having control of the hose and if unsupervised could be found watering his feet so he could grow big like his daddy.