The Crafts

With the rise in heat I somehow got that Robert Palmer song in my head. You know that jam you couldn't help but shaking your shoulders to when it came bouncing through your car speakers. "Some like it hot, some like it hot." I couldn't find an official video but I did snag this awesome live version from 1997. Seriously? I thought I was a little kid when "Some Like it Hot" was hot. I mean, I was a little kid. Honest. Here you go... So it is finally hot just like summer is supposed to be. But really, as long as I can wear shorts and flip flops then it is summer to me. Oh, and go to the pool. The ultimate tower...chess pieces and cards. Kate was so proud she too took a picture with her LeapPad. Summer's bounty... from my mother-in-law's garden. One day my green thumb will ripen enough to not kill plants. CJ swears she was just trying to cool off Kate. I mean, Kate was pretty sweaty. Revenge. When I ask to snap

My heart melts...

Can summer truly be half over? How is that possible? I'm not going to carry on any longer about my love for summer. I have made that abundantly clear. But here are a few things we have been up to recently. Visiting family. Here we went to the Cedar Rapids Farmer's Market with my parents. CJ wore her Christmas dress and is posing by an Eiffel Tower replica just like Fancy Nancy. Matt and the girls have a deep rooted love for baseball cards. Well, one of them has a deep rooted love. The others are newly in love but still, we talk about baseball cards around here a lot. In fact, Natalie doesn't say many words but she has added "baseball" to her small vocabulary. Opening baseball cards in their pajamas. (Kate and CJ like to wear Matt's shirts for pajamas sometimes. Hence the "I heart tacos" shirt. We took the girls to a Waterloo Bucks game last week.  Believe it or not the Bucks were giving away the team's baseball ca