With Heidi out of town (in Cincinnati grading AP Music), I took the girls to SKY Market where we were torched by the heat and humidity. Luckily we were able to buy a few things that I wanted -- some asparagus, some green beans, and a purple basil plant -- and unluckily (?) the girls were able to find a couple of things as well -- a bunch of carrots (they looked neat to them) and a $2.00 tube of lip balm that tasted like chocolate.
We met up with the Hondorps there and proceeded to the first (I think) 2nd Saturday Downtown Fair. With this being the first, there wasn’t much to do -- there was an inflatable jumpy-thing, a bean bag toss, and a “He-Man/Child-whack-the-lever-with-a-large-mallet-and ring-the-bell thing” -- all provided by Party One Superstore. We spent the majority of the time there trying to stay cool under a large tree.
Eventually we made our way across the road and quickly and sweatily strolled down the sidewalk. And I said, there wasn’t much to it this time; I would guess a total of seven vendors where there and most of them were the businesses’ own “sidewalk sales.” The hit of the stroll, though, was a lemonade and cookie stand. We all gulped down $1.00 per glass orange-lemonade and munched on $1.00 coconut cookies. Were they worth it? Nah... at least not the cookies. The heat, being almost unbearable downtown, might have cooked my brain to pay that for the cookies. I think the drinks were good to refresh us a for a bit as we sat on a park bench and listened to the fountain splish-splash and entertain the kids.
Now, we are home. Calixto is napping and the girls are finishing up grilled cheese sandwiches.
I ate leftovers.
Later, after Calixto wakes up and the sun begins to set a bit, I will let the kids run around outside in the sprinklers. I may join them.
For the time being, I’m going to have a Mike’s Hard Lemonade and serve up some ice cream for the girls.
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