108

The heat today probably feels much like the Philippines - just minus the amount of moisture in the air.  My car was reading 108 on the way home today and the forecast is calling for weather of at least 101 for the next ten days.  Needless to say, we won't be going outside much.

Today was very low-key.  The girls all woke up around 7am.  Julia was silent for an hour so I finally went up to find her just lying in her bed quiet as could be.  We had breakfast and then Julia went down for her usual nap around 10am.  Madi went for an early morning bike ride, but came home early because she said it was just too hot out.

During her nap, Riley, Madi and I made homemade bread.  We used the recipe from her Kid's Cooking book.  I let the girls take turn measuring and pouring the ingredients in the bowl.  Madi did a lot of the mixing of the water into the dry ingredients.  She loved it!  Her hands were all slimy and goopy.  Once it was mixed, I split the dough into two equal parts.  This way the girls could each knead their own loaf of bread.  I told them to get angry and start punching (as they were already punching it anyway).  They laughed and loved hitting it hard.  I set a timer for ten minutes and they kneaded the entire time.

Then we put the dough into two bowls, covered them and set them in the windowsill to help them rise faster.  Only took an hour for them to be ready.  The girls each played on their iPods while sitting next to their dough bowls.  They had fun watching it rise.

Madi decided to shape her dough into different things - letters, turtles, etc...  I just put Riley's dough into the bread pan.  Both turned out sooo yummy and good!

Later in the day, I took all the girls to my mom's house to meet her so they could swim.  We were only outside for about 30 minutes.  They had a snack and now we're home for dinner.

Madi has had a really hard time getting to sleep and has been doing a lot of games on her iPod when trying to sleep.  So we're letting her play on it until dinner tonight and then she can't use the iPod for games after dinner.  The stimulation from it and the desire to get to new levels of her game are keeping her from sleeping.  We're hoping this will help!

The girls kept teasing us saying "Riley got a real, live horse today!"  We'd go "Really??!!"  Then Madi would ask Riley to sit on her back and put on her hat (the blanket was her saddle).  Madi would pretend to be a horse and Riley would ride her for a bit.  Was cute.