Hi, it's Thursday, and it is grandma's day to keep the grandkids. But it is going to be 108 here in St. Louis, so I rule out playing outside, since I have not one tree in my neighborhood that would give meaningful shade. So, I've downloaded Hillary's cute flag project, got all the materials ( except we have to use purchased sticks, since we have no trees to give up their branches for us!) I am going to let the kids use their little sewing machines instead of hand sewing, but hopefully they will turn out cute. If this doesn't fly, we have cupcakes to bake, and if all else fails, there is the iPad to play games on. Later this afternoon, we are going swimming in Aunt Michele's pool, where we can retreat to the house if it gets too beastly hot to stay outside. Feel like I'm the summer camp counselor, like I was when I was MUCH younger!