Wild and Crazy Weekend

Okay, so not really. Actually, it was pretty tame and uneventful. Not a bad thing, in my opinion.

It's been so hot here that it's almost impossible to be outside. At one point yesterday, our heat index was 117 degrees...actual temp was 97 with dew points in the mid 70's and humidity at 80%. A very good day to stay inside. We're already at 86 degrees. You know it's bad when your low temps are 76 degrees. Ugh.

Because of the heat, Mike decided to wait until late yesterday to mow. After about five minutes, he comes in and says the mower just died. Like a part came off or something. I went out to take a look and discovered that a part had, indeed, fallen off. The spark plug literally unscrewed itself. It was still connected by the doohickey but I had to screw the thing back in. LOL! I've never heard of that happening before. After a couple of minutes, Mike was back on his way. When he was done, he looked like he'd been swimming. He also made the comment that he almost made it a full season without actually mowing the yard! LOL!

While Mike was mowing, I went to check the garden. Good thing I did because one of my zinnias had fallen over. I don't know if it was hit by something or if it just got top heavy and fell but I was so upset. I ended up digging it up and replanting it in a deeper hole. So far, so good.

Hannah's really enjoying her gymnastics class. Last Friday was the last class for the summer session but she starts back up a week from today (we switched to Mondays). I can't believe the things she's learned to do. For her age group, they have 3 levels and she's in the bottom one. Still, they're doing front and backward rolls, bridges (backbends), cartwheels and handstands. In the middle class, they start working on backflips! It's amazing to see these kids, who are the same age as Hannah, doing some of these things. In the upper class (Mini Twisters), they actually start learning to do stuff on the balance beam, vault and uneven bars (aside from just walking on the beam or hanging from the bars). Once they turn 6, they can join the Twisters team and actually start competing. These kids are talented, for sure. What I really like is the lack of pressure in the gym. The Twister team practices at the same time as Hannah's class and there's a lot of laughing and smiling as well as working. It's a very warm environment and I like that, so does Hannah.

The boys have Tae Kwon Do testing next Saturday. They're going for their orange belts this time. Daniel decided to take it seriously this time and there's no doubt he's ready. Some of the one-steps are a little hard for him but he's got the form down and I have no doubt that he'll get his belt. They even get to spar this time so Daniel should do well with that.