Survival

And this is one way I survive the heat in Arizona, while the mud is another way in which I send my kids out to the back yard in the nudity or with a diaper/underwear (yes I know disgraceful, but, far easier clean up), quickly shut the door, plop on the couch and soak in the air conditioning, while they go to town with water and mud in 115 degree weather. Another survival method is I tempt them with popsicles or "pops" as Matthew prefers to say. I, being pregnant, refuse to venture outside after 10:00am; the heat only intensifies the nausea. My children, however, are tired of being in the house and long to be outside, but, matthew always wants me to go with him. So, I hand them a"pops " (a great distraction for Matthew) and hurry them to the great sufficating outdoors. And cute as they are, the two of them sit side by side at the picnic table and enjoy their ice cold treat, always sharing licks with each other...and the dog.