Bean box joy

A ‘sensory bin’ is a wonderful thing. It’s all Kevin wants to play with, all the time. I got a bunch of cheap beans from Walmart, and lots of random objects like eggs and stuff from the Target dollar section. (Favorite section at Target for school stuff!) He is entertained for a long time, and I love it. It’s the simple toys, really:)

 

I have found an amazing cookie recipe, where the cookies are still soft long after they’re cooked. It’s called ‘Pudding Cookies’, and uses a pudding packet and 2 sticks of butter. I guess with good cookies you can’t go light, but what a winner recipe. Look how much it makes! Recipe here.

The heat is on. Summer is here. High 90’s. This is when we pack up a cooler of watermelon and drinks, and head to the parks with water play areas about every day. If not, the boys get cabin fever and get fussy, since we don’t go out of the house after 1pm. During that time, we close the blinds, and keep the house as cool as possible. House resembles a dark cave during the afternoon. I believe we’ll switch our school schedule to the afternoons during the summer, or take little breaks.

The part I love about the summer here is the constant water play. You have to get wet to survive the summers here. The heat is so horribly hot and dry, but when you’re wet, everything is wonderful. I love the splash pads at the parks. The dumping buckets and the raining palm trees. I love it. The boys are happiest when wet. It’s great. I invested in a really good chair from Costco for the park. It’s an awesome Body Glove fold up chair, with an attached umbrella and in insulated cooler pocket on the arm for my water. It’s perfect, and highly necessary for making the park days better. LOVE it.

Something awesome that friends from church do each summer is let people come over once a week for a pool party. They rotate each week, and it blesses us who don’t have pools. It’s so much fun, and I look forward to it every summer!

So those are my favorite things about summer, what are yours?