Summer is almost gone

This summer is flying by and I cannot believe it is August!  We have had swim class and at least one play date every week this summer...adding weekly activities to the 2 days I work, plus house cleaning/laundry and the weeks are gone in a flash.   Most weeks we go to the zoo too, but the heat has been excruciating in July; heat causes Emma to get a bad diaper rash, so we have had to skip the zoo for 2 weeks...we went last Friday and the diaper rash returned with a vengeance, so we will wait until cooler temps to return.  The zoo visits we have made so far have more than paid for our pass prices and the pass doesn't expire until next June!

During the hot weeks, we have spent a lot of time at the mall play centers and letting Emma walk around at Home Depot in the evening.  The mosquitoes are killing us as well because of the humidity and Emma has really bad reactions to the bites, so being outside after 4pm is not worth the price of bad skin reactions  Yesterday we did some gardening at 4:30 and we both were eaten alive within 30 minutes and Emma was a ball of sweat...she looked like I had poured a bucket of water over head.  Our deck finished in early July and we have only used it a couple of times because of heat and bug issues, which is a bummer!

Swim class ends next week...YAY!  10 weeks is way too long in a class that your kiddo doesn't love.  For the month of August, we are going back to The Little Gym once a week, so Emma can burn energy.  We started class this week, in the next level up, which is called "Little Beasts".  They sing, run, tumble, walk on balance beams and swing from rings and uneven bars, but the skill level is bumped up a notch.  When Emma was a "bird" she was one of the older kids in the class and seemed too advanced, but at the Little Beast level, she seems "youngish" for most of the activities; the other kids seem to be 2.50 to 3 years old, which is a huge skill gap compared to an almost 2 year old.  I think after August, we won't return to class until January, which will give her time to "age up" a bit.

I can't believe Emma is going to be 2 years old in a month!  I found her birthday outfit today and purchased some party supplies.  We have a birthday decoration theme and here is your clue:  Mooooooooooo!