Lazy, hazy, crazy days
Surprisingly to me, we are quickly getting used to this new Delaware climate of ours, with its 100-degree heat indices and near-constant sunshine. It took us awhile, mainly because we forgot that people usually wear shorts in the summer. This is a novel concept for us folk from Seattle, and especially for me because it means I have to shave my legs (gasp!). Dada still hasn't caught on and runs around in pants, complaining how hot he is. I am loving it now that Grandma Jane has sent me some daisy dukes that fit under my expanding belly, and the discovery that the faddish new peasant skirts (!) are both cute and exceedingly well-ventilated. Keeping a constant sippy and sunscreen bottle in hand, then, Isaac and I can stay out for hours. Here he is mowing the sidewalk for us, evidently a very serious business:
Other items cultured by this kind of weather that we are getting used to:
*Bugs, of the mostly harmless but exceedingly loud cicada variety...
...and then the not-so-harmless mosquito variety, which seem to be attracted to my son's chubby thighs. Our new friend Sara, ever the granola mom, suggested wiping him down with a light coat of white vinegar to keep the bugs off and avoid DEET-ing him to death.
*Poison ivy, like the kind that runs rampant in our backyard. There were a bunch of weeds overrunning a garden patch near our porch that we had some dudes tear out last week. Isaac and I visited the now-bare backyard to inspect their razing, and though I touched nothing, I have a heinous breakout of poison ivy on my elbow that is just now clearing up. Luckily, Isaac escaped unscathed, and I pray he inherited his father's miraculous immunity to the plant, because evidently all I have to do is walk near a place where it might have once existed and I break out. Grrr.
We also managed to escape the homestead for a bit today to get to the mall, where we finally bought cat-brother an ID tag with our new home info, as well as a long-awaited rug for the family room floor. All-in-all, a fun, hot, busy day.
Other items cultured by this kind of weather that we are getting used to:
*Bugs, of the mostly harmless but exceedingly loud cicada variety...
...and then the not-so-harmless mosquito variety, which seem to be attracted to my son's chubby thighs. Our new friend Sara, ever the granola mom, suggested wiping him down with a light coat of white vinegar to keep the bugs off and avoid DEET-ing him to death.
*Poison ivy, like the kind that runs rampant in our backyard. There were a bunch of weeds overrunning a garden patch near our porch that we had some dudes tear out last week. Isaac and I visited the now-bare backyard to inspect their razing, and though I touched nothing, I have a heinous breakout of poison ivy on my elbow that is just now clearing up. Luckily, Isaac escaped unscathed, and I pray he inherited his father's miraculous immunity to the plant, because evidently all I have to do is walk near a place where it might have once existed and I break out. Grrr.
We also managed to escape the homestead for a bit today to get to the mall, where we finally bought cat-brother an ID tag with our new home info, as well as a long-awaited rug for the family room floor. All-in-all, a fun, hot, busy day.
posted by Claire at 7:00 PM
2 Comments:
We have yet-to-be-found poison ivy in our back (or front) yard too. I had a NASTY case a few months back. But when I did a little research because I was afraid I had gotten it on Ben when we were outside, I found out that babies usually WON'T get it with their first exposure. Whew! :)
Don't you just LOVE the cicadas? (GAG) Be glad you weren't here last year when they were swarming in their 17-year mating ritual. NASTY NASTY NASTY.
You are braver than us. We stay in. LOL! TOO HOT!
That's interesting about the poison ivy -- I didn't know that. Can't wait for that second exposure, then!
Regarding the heat: Yeah...I guess we are kinda stupid... but we are addicted to the outside!
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