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HOT! Saturday was only 96 degrees, but it felt like 105. In the morning dad followed his standard ritual of going to the dump and the post office. By 10am he was finished his "chores" (the ones that were inside chores) and then decided to go for a walk with mom and Charlotte to the farmers market in town. Charlotte grabbed moms hand and we strolled to the market. We meandered around, bought some fresh cukes and tomatos. As the sun continued to beat down on us we called it a day. Both of us sweating in the ridiculous humidity. Charlotte didn't even want to walk home. When we arrived home we closed the blinds, cranked on the AC and did our best to keep Charlotte occupied.


Dad tried to build a fort out of a sheet but it was a little too low. Charlotte didnt seem to mind but the excitement of that idea only lasted a few minutes. Then he got the inflatable air mattress out that they used camping and blew it up in the living room. This became part trampoline, part bed, part wrestling ring, and part gymnastics mat. SUCCESS!!! Charlotte rolled. She bounced. She danced. She flipped. She jumped. She had a blast and more importantly didn't realize she was stuck inside hiding from the baking heat outside.

After her nap we decided enough was enough and headed out to civilization. We rode in our air conditioned car to the safety of air conditioned Barnes and Noble. Charlotte played in the children section with the Thomas the Train table. Surely it was loaded with all of the Thomas Trains that were covered in lead paint, but she didn't mind. She played and ran around having a ball. Mom and dad had Starbucks iced coffees and enjoyed meandering around the store looking at books and enjoying the air conditioning.


The important thing is we survived the hottest day of the year. The forecast for today is much of the same. It will be interesting to see how creative we can be to keep Charlotte occupied for the 2nd day in a row. Right now we have resorted to turning on the movie Happy Feet for her. That should buy us a couple of hours.