Feeling Hot! Hot! Hot!

The clock in my bedroom

Well, I do not need to tell some of you how hot it is here but ugh!

 It was 108 at the pool here on the Central Coast and boy did the pool deliver! 

I am sticking to the couch as I type and my wrists are sweating as they rest on the laptop.

We do not have air conditioning and 99% of the time I could care less about a/c but the last two days it would have been nice for sure but then the electric bill would come and I would faint with sticker shock.

We had physical therapy today and Enzo's PT was a smart cookie and had the water table for him to play with. We caught the bus and headed to the pool (thank you Shelley!!!).

We got home and even though the house was closed up and dark it was still 92 degrees in my room. Right now it is 94 degrees but it is almost cooling off at 6:30 pm.

Besides the pool, ice cold drinks and doing much of nothing, how else to you cool down

Can we have ice cream for dinner?

#5 on the List Done!

Nightgown for Sadie

Goodness, I finally got this puppy done on the List!

I started before and messed up so bad for some silly reason and 

this fabric is not forgiving when you re-sew over a couple times. I got frustrated and walked away.

I found super cute hot cocoa fabric on sale a couple weeks ago. 

So yesterday instead of cleaning the house, I decided to sew it.

Success!
Sewing all seams and going over with the serger was so nice.

The ruffle turned out better than expected and I just used the serger on it, so easy!

I admit my arms and neckline could be better, there are a few puckers.

But on the whole I think it will look so cute on the little Miss.

Kira modeled it for me and said "Is this for me?"

I replied "No, but I have enough fabric for one for you too."

"Yeah!" she exclaimed.

Fourth of July

We went down to Orange COunty for a whirlwind trip this last weekend. We left after I got off work Friday night around 11:00 pm. Eric was a trooper and drove the whole way. We were blessed with Eric's parents car to drive down. Wow! what a difference a car makes. The Beast whas made the trip but it is better it doesn't. We got in around 3:00am and of course Enzo woke up thinking it was morning and wanted to play with cousins. It took about an hour or two to get him back to bed, that was fun.
Needless to say we went into the weekend sleep deprived....never a great thing but oh well!

Saturday morning I made my famous pancakes as requested and we ate and ate and there were still tons left. I may have gotten carried away but they were good the next day too. We froze them with wax paper between and then popped them into the toaster...yummy!

Eric was able to go and watch our friend shape a surfboard blank that Eric had got a while back. Later the guys went SUPing (Stand Up Paddling). Jebraun and I went to shopping for a few odds and ends. I offered to give my sister some highlights and we got supplies for that too.

Saturday night I made GF pizza for the kids and bought Trader Joe's Whole Wheat pizza dough for the rest of the clan. I baked up five pizzas for them and one for the kids and I. We had a topping bar and everyone made their own pizzas. The trick with the pre-made dough is to bake it first for about 8-10 minutes, then add your toppings and throw it back into the oven to warm up the toppings. way better than having burnt topping and gooey crust! Thanks Trader Joe's Check out guy for the tip!

Sunday morning we woke up early and headed to Disneyland!!!

We got there about 8:30 and pretty much walked on every ride until lunch time!

We went on

Dumbo

Merry-Go-Round

Alice in Wonderland

Teacups

Winnie the Pooh (twice)

Mark Twain River Boat-I had never been on it!

Pirates of the Caribbean

Swiss Family Robinson's Tree House-(it is not Tarzan's tree to this family!!!)

Tom Sawyer's Island

Mickey and Pluto made an appearance at Club 33!

Club 33 for lunch at 1:30 was amazing!

Club 33 has always been such a treat but they went up and beyond the call of duty. My mom had called to see if there was any way they could accommendate our gluten free issues. Boy, did they!!

The chef made a special gf marinara sauce and got rice noodles for us.

Then for dessert they made special flourless chocolate cupcake, gf chocolate cookies and berry sorbet!!!

They have totally out did themselves and it was all so tasty. Then they gave us the rest of the cookies, about 10 more cookies in a bakery box to go!

Then we were off to California Adventure

Bugs Life here we come!

Heimlich's Chew Chew Train

Flik's Flyers

Francis' Ladybug Boogie-(like the teacups)

It's Tough to be a Bug Show

Toy Story

Soaring over California

Family picture of 20 people!

The whole clan

except

 my brother Christian, Sheri, his wife and Maile their daughter :( 

Needless to say we had fun!

We Rule the Pool

As it started to warm up around here I thought I would bust out the mini pool.

The kids were excited and could hardly wait for me to inflate our little two ring pool.

It was a bit windy so I put up a sheet to block the wind a little.

It was connected to the jogger and they played naptime in the little cubby it created

They jumped in and splashed each other.

Enzo watered the roses.

All in all a fun day!

Craft Time

We had craft time

They cut up foam sheets and glued them on a crown

Enzo did such a great time holding the paper with "lefty"

Enzo using two hands and cutting :)

I love that craft time does not have to be anything crazy,

glue

scissors

something to cut

and

they are busy for at least 30 to 45 minutes.

Love it.

Beach Days

I LOVE SUMMER!!!

Went to the beach early Saturday morning

Sand toys

Beautiful Day

The other family that joined up had three boys.

The boys were actually able to get Kira in the water!!

This is the farthest she has EVER gone in the water by herself.

I know it may not seem like much but at least she felt comfortable on the shore

She was there the rest of the time digging up crabs with the boys.

20 crabs were captured and released

Dad surfed and Enzo ate strawberries

He wandered and loved every minute

We came home, rinsed off and he fell asleep on the couch.

He never takes naps on his own accord, guess he was tired

However, he did not go to bed until 11:00 because he napped :(