The summer continues

This is the first weekend in five that we are not visiting or being visited (except by a massive case of the crankies; H's been a bit off the past few days) and it's disconcerting. Last Thursday we met up with Meg in Maine (also Allie and Siena) and she came home with us for the weekend. Somehow we never ended up doing anything exciting, or even feeding her decent ethnic food, but it was wonderful to have her with us and I hope she had a pleasant time. We did do a wander around Boston last Saturday which was the hottest, most humid day I think we've had this summer, so I would not say it was a success. But it made coming home to soak our feet in the kiddie pool all that much nicer :) Steve got some games of Settlers out of Meg so he was happy. Other than that, the week was pretty non-descript. S had two softball games and H was well behaved for them both. There are a ton of groundhogs all over the fields so we enjoy watching them (sadly, the games have been huge embarrassments this year so it's less draining to watch the woodchucks). It finally cooled off and is bearable right now for which we're most grateful. I hemmed the curtains that make up our closet and am faced with the realization that sewing may not be for me. In cooking, and somewhat in knitting, a degree of leeway is built in. Exact measurements don't matter. Not so in sewing. Either I can't measure (or cut...) or the curtains I bought were of varying length (lets go with that option) but somehow all of them ended up with different hem lengths....by inches. Steve asked me to put a few inches back on the short ones :) Let's see, what else.....H got her first bloody nose, I discovered Poland Springs strawberry daiquiri mix which is pretty amazing mixed with slushy ice and lemons, H's developed this cute new habit of gagging violently while eating and occasionally makes herself throw up, and I got a mani/pedi today which I've been waiting to do since my birthday when I got a gift card, and we hit up a new (to us) Mexican place last night for a really yummy spicy supper. Also, Joe and Katie bought a house (congrats!), the exterminator came back to spray and bait and it seems to be working, and we were offered a placement at the daycare we'd wanted for H and accepted it, so she's going to be a big girl and go to "school" all too soon.
I didn't have the camera out much this week, but here's what I did get:

Her current favorite read is the manual on reducing household pollutants and keeping a safe water supply

Clearly not happy here, but check out her 4 top teeth! She also has 3.5 bottom ones

Down on Long Wharf

Sooooo hot. H held up really well.

Swan boats for the suckers tourists

Hello, George

How do you keep cool when you're just steps from the ocean? Run through a fountain, of course!

We have aspirations of lunch at an Indian buffet tomorrow, writing a paper by Sunday evening, and *fingers crossed* sleeping through the night. See you next week!