Summer Days

The days are long, but summer days are longer.  I think that's how the saying goes, right?  We are about a month in to summer where the sun is up longer and so is our kid!  Fourth of July weekend was cool, but the heat and humidity have settled in and I feel like there's a wool blanket over my head right now!

Xavier is usually up around 7:30 or 8:00 on the weekdays, meaning he gets around 10 hours of sleep each night.  He still does an afternoon nap for about 2 hours.  We have recognized that lately, if we put him to bed later, he will in fact sleep later, until he gets his 10 hours of sleep!  This is amazing and great for weekends.  When he was a baby, it didn't matter what time he went to sleep, he always woke up at the crack of dawn and made up for lack of sleep during his mid-day nap.

We spend more time outside now, running through the water sprinklers, whether it's ours or the neighbors.  Xavier likes to play with his water table, and make his trucks and cars go up and down the ramps.  Xavier loves to be at home with us, he wants to ride his motorcycle big wheel, mow the lawn with the bubble mower, and if we let him, eat "peanuh buttah jeh-wey sanwich"s for every meal.

He helps me water our flowers, Xavier has his own watering can.  

And recently we've discovered that watermelon pops are a huge hit with us!  Just cut up a slice of watermelon, put it on a popsicle stick, and he's entertained for at least 10 minutes, and usually requests three more.

In evenings, when it cools off, we try to do a family bike ride.  But before he gets in his bike trailer, Xavier requests, "my cee-wee-oll, doggy, and mewlk" for the ride.  We ride to the playground, to the ice cream shop, or just around the neighborhood.  We are enjoying our warm days!  Happy Summer!