Beach Ball Fun

As we've mentioned, we've had two scorchers in a row. But after such a wet and chilly spring, it's sort of fabulous. It is July after all. The hot weather put Julie in the mood to buy a whale shaped pool she stumbled across online*, and some beach balls with sea creatures inside. They arrived, and were blown up during dinnertime yesterday. Really, is there a better time to engage in such a distracting activity? Julie was perhaps a little too excited about these beach balls. But they are also fabulous, and the bambini had a ball (if you will!) playing with them after they ate. Joe has been more adventurous in his physical exploits of late, so he was trying to stand on the ball and, failing that, sit on it. He has also, of late, begun more and more to anoint certain items as his, and to pay more attention to gender. So he has declared the blue shark ball his, and the pink seahorse ball Clara's. Luckily, Clara got the memo. At least, last night.

*Look for it in future posts. It is AWESOME! In pictures anyway, and hopefully in real life.