Summer Heat

Our weekend was full of unexpected heat. It started off with the strolling of the heifers on Saturday. Of course we missed the cows walking down main street, but we did not miss the humidity of the parade that followed. All in all, it was fun and got us out of the house before noon. Later, Nic taught Seth how to use a slingshot. It was too hard for Seth to pull back, so Nic, being inventive, fastened the handle to a piece of wood allowing Seth to shoot pebbles into the brook. He loved that very much, and so did we because it finally gave him something to do for awhile-- away from us.

On Sunday, we looked at another house for rent in Marlboro. Needless to say it was pretty awesome and now we have some thinking to do. After that, we made a trip out to Madam Sherri's old "castle" in the woods. She was an old, rich woman in the 20's and 30's who had a mansion out there to throw parties with illegal booze. Some years ago the house burnt down, but there are still remains that are fun to climb on.
During the heat, we have been swimming a lot. The brook by the house has an excellent swimming hole down a little bit from us. Today, as the temperature reached 101 degrees!, we swam for a good while. The water was finally warm and very refreshing. We also ate dinner outside because the house is hotter and we ended up wading in the brook once again. This time accompanied by Nic playing the guitar. Apparently, Texas is the place to be right now as the weather there is in the low 70's.