The Long Days of Summer

Between the heat and the rain, Harper and I haven't spent too much time in the great outdoors lately. Today we went through many, many, many indoor activities. It was one of those days that every time I looked at my watch, we seemed to be further from bedtime or naptime or Matt being home. . .

In the morning we drove around in the rain and looked at a couple of kennels to see where Rebound is going to spend the weekend. It was like visiting doggie jail, but Harper liked seeing the canines. After that we didn't have many exciting plans.

We played with homemade play dough.


We had a tea party (Thanks for the tea set Aunt Ellen!) in which Harper poured me tea, mixed in sugar, and added milk, about twenty times in a row. It was an elite guest list, just Harper, me, the camel and a wheeled elephant.

Harper repeatedly asked the elephant if her drink was too hot, "Esunt? Dink? Hot?" and then blew on it for her. Harper is a very thoughtful hostess.


Did you know all the fashionable pachyderms are wearing blue and yellow these days?

We read books and books and more books (which were actually the same three books over and over again). We cuddled on the couch with Rebound.


We played the "go to sleep and wake up!" game. Harper is good at fake snoring sounds, but doesn't yet close her eyes when she pretends to sleep.


We even cleaned all the baby toys out of the toy chest. After sorting all the toys we loaded the baby ones into a huge plastic tub to be stored in the basement until they are needed or ready to be donated. Each time I handed Harper a toy to put in the tub she said, "Sank oo Mommy." (Sank oo = thank you.)


After all that I looked at the clock and about twenty minutes had gone by. . . not really, but some days seem to move so s-l-o-w-l-y. Anyone read any good toddler activity books lately? We need some new ideas!