hot hot heat

...today turned out to be hot and humid as promised. cadence still begged to go outside ("side?! shoes?! go?! side?! side?! side?! shoes?! side?!") so we went out early before the sun got too brutal.

...cadence defiantly resisted taking a nap today. normally, she'll have taken one by mid to later morning, but today she waited until almost 1pm for her first and only nap. and then she only slept for like an hour, which gave me barely enough time to take a shower and clean the bathroom.

...when ted came home midafternoon, we did take her as promised to indian boundary park, which is about a mile from our home. they have this wading fountain for kids to play in, and i thought it would be perfect for such a hot day.

...i assumed that because she loooooves taking a bath so much, that she would be thrilled to splash around in the fountain. boy, was i wrong. she's a little scaredy-cat and wouldn't go near the water unless she was in daddy's arms.

...all she did was goof around and look all cutesie in that bathing suit of hers. and i had gone through the trouble of altering the suit so the straps wouldn't fall off her bony shoulders. that's right, i actually threaded a needle and pricked myself a half a dozen times, and i may as well have put her in her sunday best since she didn't get a drop of water anywhere on her bathing suit.

...oh well...but she was still so absolutely adorable in that little swim suit, so it was worth it...maybe next time she'll dip her toe in the water's edge.

...cadence did however thoroughly enjoy running through the green green grass...we had to keep steering her away from going after other people's balls.

...besides, we had our own soccer ball, and ted and i kicked it around for a bit. cadence joined in, and as you can she, she's got quite a kick! although it's hard to tell whether she's kicking the ball or doing ballet.

well, tomorrow is going to be a father's day/grandma day extravaganza at grandma sophie's. in addition to the siblings and cousins and grandmas, the parents will be there as well. should be quite the party, although we'll be missing lauren, who's having a ball in sweden.