My remedy for heat exhaustion!

Where to begin?  I am so glad it is Friday.  Thursday was kind of an exhausting stinker.  I blame the heat on all of it, so when the sun set, things got better!  The illustrator and I are really getting into the groove with walking and I am loving it.  I asked him last night if we were walking in the morning and he said, "Um yeah, it is the highlight of my day".  That completely made my day!

I promised to take the kids to the water park yesterday and I was happy to do it.  Even though they are boys, apparently there are fashion rules that I was unaware of.  Just in case you did not know, there is a certain length the swim trunks should be.  Who knew.  Well, the ones they wanted to wear were wet.  Well, after much debate and wanting to get to the water park before it got too hot, I said "whatever" and they wore wet trunks.  I went with the intention of going for a few hours and then coming back by around 1:00 or 1:30. That way we could have lunch at home and we wouldn't be so exhausted.  You see, it is 15 minutes away and if I could get the boys to understand that if we go for 3 hours or so, then we would go more often.  That way it would not be exhausting.  Well, I was feeling generous and not only did I buy them an ice cream (for a crazy price mind you), I agreed to letting them each pick two more slides to go on.  That means four!  Well, with the heat and exhaustion, there was a fight between the two of them on the last slide.  UGH!  Not only that, but we did not get home until 3:00.  Um, yes, that would be way after lunch time.

As hot as I was, this was lunch!  Yes, I ate yours and my quota of fruit in one meal.  I am not good with hunger...kinda like a monster!

Apples and cantaloupe...hit the spot.  I couldn't think of hot food.  I wanted something cool and crisp!

Strange aside...I like the part closest to the rind.  Max likes the middle and I like the outside. We make a great eating team.

The illustrator read my mind because there was a huge pitcher of unsweetened iced tea waiting for me when I got home!

The dinner plans for last night were red beans and rice.  However, I was not in the mood for heavy!  The illustrator  had also left a little hint on the counter for something he wanted me to make soon.  Can you guess what it is?

plus this...(I wonder if garlic keeps the nasty kid moods away like it does vampires?)

and a lot of this...

all mixed up in here...

heck yeah, it is hummus night!

Yes, I ate this whole thing and it was the perfect fuel from my mentally and physically exhausting day!  Wait...it needed one more thing...

hot sauce!  Ok, so it needed some Falafel Chips too, but I was all out.  I am going to have to fix that problem this weekend.  Max and I had to arm wrestle for the last of them...sadly, he won.  I realized later that the fight at the park, was totally from heat exhaustion and I need to make sure that we go for a certain amount of time.  So, I take the blame for it.

Ok, one more thing.  I feel like I need to get this off of my chest.  After going to the water park a couple of times, I have a few requests for others.

1.  At no point is a white tank top or white shorts a good substitute for a bathing suit!
2.  Always pay the few extra dollars for the lined bathing suit.  Seriously, it is worth it for all concerned.
3.  Dude, either buy a suit with a liner or wear underwear...my kids are here!