The Safe

Last Christmas (or maybe birthday), Katie got a safe to hold her money. She has mostly kept special items in her safe, but she has decided that it is time to put her money in it now.

Once I put the end of my bills in, the safe sucks it in!

Fresh Arugula

My sister and I have both tried our hand at growing vegetables this summer. We use a lot of arugula, so Jennifer is growing that at her house. Katie helped her harvest some of it this weekend.

I got to help Aunt Jenifer by holding onto the leaves while she cut it off the stem.

Then I gathered the arugula as it was cut!

Going on a Hike

Last weekend, we decided to go walk around a local lake. It's so pretty there!

I love to hang out with Aunt Jennifer!

The lake was so pretty the day we went.

Our walk always stays close to the lake, but we get to see lots of wooded areas along the way.

We don't have to climb too high on this walk, but there are some hills along the way.

No matter where we went, it was pretty.

Sometimes I would walk ahead of everyone and then wait for them to catch up!

The Heat Wave

A few weeks ago, we had a 3-day heat wave where temperatures spiked between 108 and 116 degrees. We were lucky enough to spend our time in an air conditioned house, but the plants in our neighborhood weren't quite as lucky.  So many of them got burned up in those three days. Hopefully, most will make a recovery.

I was so sad to see our green plants turning brown.

Some of the plants got a lot more impacted than others.

We're not used to temperatures like we had!

A Trick

Katie challenged me to turn the word "five" into 4 in two steps. I wasn't sure how to solve that, so she had to show me.

First, you need to write "five."

Then you erase the "e."

Next you erase the "f."

Finally, you're left with the Roman numeral for four.

Friends

What's better than having pets?

Mr. Limpet is so patient!

Back to the Public Library

Katie was so happy to go back to our library with my sister when she had the chance. She hasn't been there is such a long time!

I found the section I was looking for.

Is anyone looking at you take pictures?