Fun, fabulous Friday

When summer rocks, it really rocks, don't it? After breathing super-saturated, oppressive air for the last three weeks, this whole week we have experienced deliciously low humidity, with sunny, low-80-degree days. Today was so outrageously beautiful that, at 9:30 this morning, Isaac grabbed his sandals and headed to the door, looking up at the doorknob pitifully and whining until I, genius that I am, realized he wanted to go out and play. We took our brand new tub of sidewalk chalk outside and had a blast. A little later, we went to the orchard, where there were lots of little dudes congregating in the Barnyard Buddies area. We fed the chickens and the goats (the goats ate out of our hands!), and helped the farmers throw bruised nectarines to the pigs. This afternoon would have been perfect for the pool, but I was too tuckered out, so I brought the pool to us using a garden hose, a pitcher, and a plastic tub. Later, we went for a walk on campus, made exceptionally gorgeous for the students' arrival, and Isaac found some sprinklers to run through, eliciting seemingly endless squeals of glee. After all that activity, it was time for a little family drive, where he enjoyed some quiet time with "The Polite Elephant"...


...and fell dead asleep less than two minutes after this picture was taken.