Beating the Heat
The past couple of weeks have been hot, but great. We spent most of last week trying to keep cool. In the mornings, we would hang out on the deck, playing in the pool. The rest of the day was spent in front of a fan or downstairs! Even Madie needed to cool down, wanting to go downstairs more than ever. We even ate supper downstairs! In the middle of this heatwave, I decided to start painting our deck. R & S came over on Saturday to babysitt so that I could go outside. R ended up helping me paint, thank goodness! We got about half of the railing done, but it'll need a second coat, because it was never painted. Thank goodness it's only half of the deck and not the whole thing! Chris and I painted the rest of the railing on Sunday. Now, we just have to get the floor done. That's the worse/the part that needs it the most. I'm hoping to get that done this week.
As for music class, Madie had been a little shy the last few times. Last night, Chris and I both brougth her. What a difference! She was dancing, marching and playing the instruments. She was quite the little musician! We may have to both bring her next time too! Overall, I think that she's enjoying it. Of course she doesn't sing along during class but does in the car on the way home! Here she is, at music class and with Moka. As some of you know, her new thing is to "ride" Moka. She even jumps up and down on her from time to time! Moka doesn't mind, but gives me a look, trying to say "Please make her stop. Now!". She loves her doggy!
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Wow, this will be the first full week that we all spend at home, together! Our trip to New Hampshire was great! Our appartment/hotel was just accross the parking lot from the outlet shopping! Of course, that's where we went the first evening that we were there! But, before that we ate at Applebee's. Yum! D was right; the food there is amazing! Most of the money that we spent was on clothes for Madie. We bought stuff for us too, but most of it was for Madie! Other than shopping, we also did the tourist thing. We went to Santa's Village, Loon Mountain (we went to the top of the mountain on a gondola), and went to Clark's Trading Post. There, there were live bears, who performed for us. It was unbelieveable to see what they could do! Madie was in awe the whole time! It was pretty cute! There was also a family from Russia that did trapeze acts. The 2 girls managed to fit themsleves into a 2 cubic foot box... I was in pain for them! All in all, we had a great time and enjoyed spending time with such awesome friends! Thanks guys! 
