Beating the Heat!

The Ammo The HOT, HOT summer has had us looking for new ways to stay cool.  After many days of beating the heat indoors we decided to pull out the water balloons.  First year that all the girls are old enough to enjoy them.  Took about half an hour and sore fingers but we finally had enough to "fight" (for about 3 minutes)!  The girls had such a great time we repeated the process with some friends (and more balloons) later in the week.

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Big sister had her plan all laid out.  She ran to the "Fort" and starting tossing them down on everyone else.  Her sisters quickly caught on which left me standing down on the ground as the only target.  I did not care one bit seeing as how it was 95 degrees!

The "Fort" 

Our other favorite way of staying cool is the wadding pool.  Not only is it wet and refreshing but we add a little spice to it.  The frozen water bottles are great to cool off with but we also like to dump the ice bucket from the freezer in it.

Carmella and Gabriella chasing ice!

I know that summer heat will eventually fade so we will enjoy it for what it is and in small doses.  Soon we will be out in the brisk fall air which we love so much.  For now, water balloons and ice cubes will be our comfort.