No, I mean HOT! Which it is every summer (and most of spring and fall) in Tucson. We didn't let the heat stop us from having fun or relaxing. Raine got to go horseback riding, which she loved. She even got to go on a bit of a trot! We swam. Almost every day. Raine was doing real well with her almost swimming. She glided back an forth across the pool, kicking her feet. She jumped in, swam to the surface then kicked her way to the side or the stairs over and over. She was doing so well that I went ahead and kept her in the level 2 lessons instead of keeping her in level 1 this week. From how she did today in her lesson, and how she compared to the other kids in the class, I think it was a good decision.
We had a very nice 4th of July. We went to a nice party. They grilled chicken, and it was wonderful. Of course it rained. Rained like crazy for a little bit, but then it passed, and we continued to enjoy ourselves on the patio. We even got to watch some the the big fireworks shows around Tucson. We had a nice view from a good distance, and no one felt compelled to light anything themselves.
We went and saw the Desert Museum. Now, that was HOT. But we really, really enjoyed it anyway. They have made sure there is shade and drinking water almost everywhere, since they know what the weather is like there, still we all got too hot, a little dehydrated (but not bad since we all made an effort) and saw all kinds of cool stuff. There was a tarantula backed into a shallow hole, waiting for dinner to show up. There were all kinds of gems and minerals to look at, and even some dinosaur bones. The kids got to "discover"some as well, that was a big hit. Most of the animals were hiding away from the heat, but the aviaries were lively. The desert museum has a hummingbird aviary, which is amazing. It is one thing to sit in your yard and see a hummingbird buzz by and drink out of a feeder. It is another to have a hummingbird fly right up to you and hover for a few moments, to be able to see it really up close, to see a hummingbird sitting on a nest. Woah.
Anyway, as you can tell, it was a good trip, as usual.
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I love aviaries where you get to interact with the birds. When -- you notice I say "when", not "if" -- you come up, we'll go to the Woodland Park Zoo where you can have a Mary Poppins moment and really feed the birds.
And generally it's cooler up here than it is in Tucson!
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