Sweating in the Garden

Yesterday was a lot like today: hot. Very hot. Missouri mid-summer hot. Yet, we're not in mid-summer. Oh well.

Our goal for the summer is to live in the moment and stay busy. To that end, Sophia and I have tried to get out and do stuff every day. Yesterday morning, we were tired and dreading the heat. However, the MO Botanical Gardens are free to residents on Wednesday mornings, so...

We had the best time in the Garden. We walked around to all the areas that we miss when we go for the summer concerts. The Japanese garden is my favorite and Sophia's too. I was taking a picture of that particular garden when Sophia photo bombed it. The result is very cute.

Here we are glistening as we walk. I'm not sure how much water we drank because we refilled our water bottle at each water fountain. The shade was so lovely, though. The breeze cooled us just enough to feel like we could make it all the way.

Another place we don't normally go is the house of the garden's benefactor, Henry Shaw. This time, however, we went in and did the whole tour. Sophia loved it! She said how great it would be to live in a house like this some day. It is a great house. They have a great deal of original furniture and such, too, which makes it all the more interesting and, according to Sophia, a little creepy.

We made it all the way through the garden, with the final stop at the Children's Garden splash park. It was a lovely way to pass a morning with my girl. This summer is turning out to be quite lovely, in spite of the heat.

weekday workout switch off

Hey guys. Sophia here. I am going to tell you about my Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 to 1. Here I go.  So, on Tues. and Thurs. My friends come over to play for 3 hours. There mom goes swimming, when my mom watches us, and when their mom watches us, my mom goes boxing. This is the cycle of my Tuesdays and Thursdays. Today one of my friends got stuck in my bed twice. In-between the crack of my bed and the wall, and another time in-between the railing of my top bunk and the wall. So my bed and the wall where not her friends today. Today is Thursday, and when we where outside I met my new neighbor. Yesterday I started a show called: The Stork Show. I am The Stork. I have already had 3 special guests on the show. 2 of which wanted to pretend to be people they weren't, so it is a very interesting show. Today is a little bit I will go to the pool for the 5th time this week.