Lazy Days of Summer

One Sunday in August, Maggie came to visit Eric and I in Arlington. Cindy was working at home on a proposal that knew no end. Eric and I took Maggie to a bookstore so she could get a free book that she earned because she read many books. We went to lunch and the Trader Joes to pick up some groceries for the Heins' house.

Then we got to play. Cindy suggested we play in the sprinkler in the back yard. I loved playing in the sprinklers at our next door neighbor's house when I was growing up. There seems to be nothing more cooling, even a swimming pool. Maggie did not have another child to run through the sprinklers with, so she tried to find out how to manipulate the water to go over the fence to water the neighbor's yard. She also washed a doll's house and her aunt. That last was the most fun. For both of us.

Isn't this a beautiful setting? The garden is behind Maggie. Even though those lovely lawn chairs were low, I was able to get my big butt out of them easily because they are sturdy and have good places for me to push myself up. Because of that, I was able to change the water direction on the sprinkler every now and then. That meant we got to think of a lot of ways to get Auntie Peggy wet.

We had a wonderful time in the yard. Then we dried off and played with Katie's Beanie Babies until it was time to go home. We should have counted, but I think Katie has about 50 BB's. We looked at and named every one of them then selected our favorites. Maggie's favorite fell behind the couch. She does love to torment her auntie, wanting to see how she manipulated this body to retrieve the dog. I was even more clever and retrieved it when nobody could watch.

I do believe a wonderful time was had by all.