Very neat contest hope I win I really want to make the switch to cloth diapers and this way my DH could not complain about the investment.
Beat the heat tips:
- Go shopping at the mall, hey its exercise and its cool in there
- Wear cotton clothes
- And drink homemade Frozen coffee decafe or not:
3 cups of ice cubes
2 cups stromgly brewed coffee, cooled
1/4 cup of sugar
1 cup of half-and-half or milk
whipped cream on top if you are feeling naughty
Blend first three ingrediates till smooth then pour into jug and add half-and-half or milk and stir.
My blog post http://www.divine.ca/en/idivine/..._170/?
uid=85481
Very neat contest hope I win I really want to make the switch to cloth diapers and this way my DH could not complain about the investment.
Beat the heat tips:
- Go shopping at the mall, hey its exercise and its cool in there
- Wear cotton clothes
- And drink homemade Frozen coffee decafe or not:
3 cups of ice cubes
2 cups stromgly brewed coffee, cooled
1/4 cup of sugar
1 cup of half-and-half or milk
whipped cream on top if you are feeling naughty
Blend first three ingrediates till smooth then pour into jug and add half-and-half or milk and stir.
My blog post http://www.divine.ca/en/idivine/..._170/? uid=85481
Cool contest!
We live in a hot climate, so heat is a major issue!
We:
-avoid going out during peak sun hours
-hang out at the beach (with our sunshade, of course!)
-go to the wading pool/splash park
-eat cold fruits and veggies (we give them to DD in her mesh feeder)
-make mommy milk popsicles for DD to suck on as a treat
We live in an area where the heat is really dry and stale. On the days it's super hot we do these things to beat the scorching sun:
- Play in a cool bath and DS gets to hang out in his diaper to cool off
- Hang out in our basement, playing tickle me games until the sun relaxes a bit
- Go for a walk to our local mall. Gotta make use of all that AC!
- Give DS some frozen breast milk in his mesh feeder! YUM!
- GO to our local swimming pool!
- And drink lots of water (well, Mama does anyways!)
Making yummy popsicles! Apple juice, or yogurt smoothies, in the star pop mold.
We also eat a lot more ice cream than we should. 
A new sprinkler for the backyard.
And for the toddler, hot weather means clothing optional! Mama, not quite so brave.
very nice contest..Would love to win it.
to beat the heat: popsicles, ice cream, and cool washcloths on the neck work for us.
Ways to beat the heat:
Koolaid. I keep 3 pitchers in the fridge at all times.
Cotton clothes and wool diaper covers.
Popsicle.
We live 15 miles out of town, so don't make the drive all that often. Instead, we turn on the garden hose for the older kids and overflow the water table for the younger!
I blend us some fresh, frozen fruit smoothies and at the end of the day it's into the bath and cuddling and watching a movie in the A/C.
Well, not really that hot here...but, we:
-keep the blinds closed during the day
-go walking near the water (nice and breezy)
-splash around (mom & tot, kiddie pool)
-DD spends quite a bit of time in just a diaper (or naked!)
love the idea of mom's milk pops!
How do I beat the heat?
We stay indoors during the hottest parts of the day, we live in Texas so its ALL day! We go out and play under the trees, drink LOTS of ICE cold water. We love to play in the sprinklers and water hoses. We go for rides in the car with the windows down! FEEL THE WIND!! We go to the park and swing HIGH AS WE CAN! My oldest son loves to lay on the nice cool wood floors and we play with playdo and color. We eat cold fruits to cool us off and chase the ice cream truck!
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go swimming!
play in the sprinkler!
we go swimming at an outdoor pool close to our home!
or go to the beach because there is always a cool breeze
sometimes just sit in the shade and have refeshing smoothies
we go swimming at an outdoor pool close to our home!
or go to the beach because there is always a cool breeze and sometimes just sit in the shade and have refeshing smoothies, my son is most happy in his diapers or more often just naked so that helps him cool off too.
though we don't get many very hot days in wisconsin compared to the southern states, on the very hot days we like to go for a walk on Lake Michigan where it is always cooler, and maybe even dip our toes in the icy water!
We head over to the park with the sprinklers, strip the boy down to his diaper and BSWW, and watch him run through the water with reckless abandon. I don't even have to get wet, because it's so much cooler in the shade, next to the water spray!
HOw do we beat the heat? Well, we have no AC at our house, we depend on wind. During the day I take the kids to the indoor pool for an hour or so. Then we walk to mall until they fall asleep in the stroller.
We make smoothies with fresh fruit and ice. The kids pick their own combo each time. It's healthy and refreshing!
I have posted this on my blog:
http://www.gwynchrisandclan.blogspot.com
And also on a facebook cloth diapering group:
http://www.facebook.com/
home.php...gid=21162819466
Beat the heat:
Air conditioning!
Go the lake, and sit on the shady area of the beach.
Homemade popsicles (100% juice)
Take it easy.
Do gardening work in the evening.
i love the "mommy-milk popsicle idea posted above! to beat the heat i go to the lake, play in the hose, enjoy the rain...anything with water! and i remember the great vitamin D i'm recieving and it makes it more tolerable! 
We spend the day in the pool or sprinkler
We try to beat the heat by focusing our outdoor time on places with water
We will put a little fresh water out for the birds, wild bunnies and other critters in our yard, who aren't so lucky to be able to escape into air conditioning.
We love making juice popsicles and eating cold watermelon
If we are cooking/baking, we try to cook and bake everything all at once to not heat up the house too much.
We try to remember that the heat of summer also brings wonderful things like fresh veggies from our garden, trips to the beach, lightning bugs and flowers!
Entered contest via link, but couldn't fit all my extra entries and it wouldn't let me go back. So here's the one other extra entry from my blog--
Additional entry: http://liqin.bravejournal.com/en...com/entry/
30626
We hibernate in the basement, bathtub and at the mall looking for cool hot weather clothes.
We beat the heat by playing with bath toys in the bath tub. We also love taking cool showers and having a nice long nursing session in front of the fan.
Can't beat it!
Currently in the process of going cloth so this would be a fabulous way to start!
To beat the heat we:
- sing in front of the fans
- drink LOTS of water(ice water for mama, and water with fresh lemon for the toddler who always wants juice - LOVES it)
- wee ones gnaw on frozen mini bagels
- eat (& grill) as much raw organic fruit and veggies we can for meals to avoid using the stove
- water each other as we water the flowers
My favorite thing to do is eat Popsicles. They really help us keep cool.
I also like to throw out a strip of plastic in the yard and wet it down for a morning of slip-n-slide. Even the adults have fun doing it!
We turn the sprinkler on, and place it under the trampoline--great way to cool off and exercise!! It's a great sensation to feel the water spray through the trampoline on you in little drops!! The kids love it!
How do I get extra entries? I posted the link in four different spots? But it won't let me go back to the contest to add EXTRA ENTRY!! HELP!
Lots of great ideas already posted, but one I didn't see was water tables. My girls are entertained for a good while with some cups, bowls, and spoons and their little water table! They "cook" all kinds of stuff for me
Trying to enter your contest, but it won't let me continue, even though I DO have a valid postal code...
Beat the heat tips:
Cool showers with my baby, lots of naked time, and if all else fails, head to the local mall to steal their air conditioning and hang out with other moms.
Extra entries:
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I live in AZ and... the days arent so so bad... but at night I cant stand it. I fill up an ice pack and put it in my pillow case. It stays cold all night long. Since my head is staying cool I stay cool all night!
When we were kids... my brother and I use to hang wet sheets in the windows of our bedrooms and open the windows... you know... home-made swamp coolers... (thats the ghetto way of staying cool)
Thanks for this cute contest!!
How we stay cool.
drag out the kiddie pool to splash around in.
Run the AC a little.
take a walk at the park with the pond.
run around in the house with the least a mount of clothes.
drink cool water or slushies.
To beat the heat we:
- eat lots of ice pops!
- put our pillowcases in the freezer. take them out right before bed and you have a nice cool place to lie down!
- Put a bowl of ice in front of a fan!
I put in an entry but it wouldn't accept my postal code. I ended up putting in a 5 digit American zip code, so my information will be wrong. I hope that this doesn't disqualify me.
The link provided by the form didn't work. I set up a different link on my blog that does seem to be working. I guess it's kinda late in the contest for you to get this info, but I thought you might want to know.
To beat the heat we stay inside in the a/c, go to our community pool, or go outside to play in the kiddie pool.
How my toddlers and I beat the heat...
We move the toddler slide so that it leads into the kiddie pool!
We play on the side of the house where the shade is hiding!
We go inside during the hottest part of the day and have a picnic lunch on the nice cool tile!
We watch movies with snow in them!
We eat watermelon and have "seed spitting" contests.
We sit in front of the fan and take turns saying funny sounding things through the back.
We name every cold thing we can think of.
We build a "fort" out of white sheets and pretend it's an igloo.
We put popsicle sticks in the ice cube tray and then see who can lick their "ice pop" down to nothing first.
We take my largest plastic bowl, filled halfway with water, and add some ice and some boats and play "iceburg".
My husband, our 4-month old twins and I go to the bookstore, where we drink iced coffee, read books, and nurse in relative comfort. We also go to "Mommy & me" movies, visit friends who have air-conditioning, and go for walks on the beach. Oh - and sit in front of the fan with a spray-bottle full of water, spraying it into the fan and letting the cool mist blow back over us.
I let the kids take long cool baths, play in the sand/water table and when they wash their hands i wash them up to their armpits with cool water, tell them their faces need cleaning and splash cool water on their faces and say their hair needs straightening and splash water onto their hair and slick back flyaways.
To beat the heat .. we run the fans .. drink lots of water and juice .. eat ice cream yum yum .. play in the water ... go to the mall or other indoor play areas .. and while at home clothes are off the little ones
this is a great contest
thanks
When we are trying to beat the heat and keep cool my kids and I like to change into our swim suits and run a tub full of cool water. The kids get to sit in the tub and splash and eat popsicles and I don't have to worry about the mess or them getting sunburns. I let the kids have spray bottles in the tub and they have a blast spraying each other and me too. And we have soap bath crayons so they come out a little cleaner than they went in, yeah!
Beat the Heat...we have a water cooler in the house with cups the kids can grab anytime...we splash in a sink full of water, towels on the floor...have lots of homemake popscicles on hand...go to the beach
THANKS
We take a dip in my son's little pool. It's about ten feet wide and two feet high. Just enough for him to swim and have fun and for my dh and I to cool off. I also make homemade lemonade and put frozen fruit in. Very yummy! If it's a really hot day we go to the town pool.
My favorite way to cool down is with homemade ice cream.
It won't let me enter the contest even though I do have a valid postcode.
How do I beat the heat???
~ Sit in the nice cool AC!
~ Drink lots and lots of ice water
~ A cool shower
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My little one is still very small.. so we avoid too much exposure to the sun & outdoors. To beat the heat, right now we are staying indoors. She's really enjoying rolling around on a blanket in the living room playing with her toys & with mommy. She has just started to laugh, and she especially loves silly faces mommy & daddy make & funny noises. =o)
Fun contest~
What do we do to beat the heat?
Our #1 way to beat the heat is to play all sorts of water games in the backyard. This includes "sprinkler freeze tag", fire brigade, don't spill the water, and "splash". All are very simple and encourage positive interactions with your kids. Highly recommended! We always follow the games up with a homemade ice pop! Yum!
Wow, lots of great ideas here! Don't think I saw this one yet - we like to go to the local pet store (a/c!). Or the playground at the mall works too!
We take backyard sprinler baths!
Here is my blog about it with pics included!
http://homeschoolingarrows.blogs...ya-need-
is.html
Or we stick the kiddie pool under the bottom of our slide...pics and blog to this are at
http://homeschoolingarrows.blogs...the-
summer.html
We take backyard sprinler baths!
Here is my blog about it with pics included!
http://homeschoolingarrows.blogs...logs...ya-need-
is.html
Or we stick the kiddie pool under the bottom of our slide...pics and blog to this are at
http://homeschoolingarrows.blogs...the- summer.html
we stay cool by keeping lots of ice water and sun tea in the fridge. kids wear lots of cool cotton clothing.
I make smoothies, eat cold fruit or ice cream and drink lots of water. We also wear cotton clothes that don't cover much of our bodies- shorts and tank tops for me, onesies and sunsuits for my DD.
- We stay inside in the AC during the heat of the day making sure to get out early in the morning for our toddler to burn off some of his energy
- Pool & sprinklers
- Drink lots of water
- Make our own organic ice cream
We turn the sprinklers on and run through them, make ice-cold homemade lemonade and ice cream (we also buy ice cream from the ice cream truck), and we lounge in very very light cotton clothing in front of a heavy duty fan. We also might pack up and go to a local pool or water/splash park, or visit a local beach.
We spend time indoors, but since we're cooped up all winter through March, we try to get outside more. We keep water bottles in the fridge, buy freeze pops by the case at the dollar store or Aldi. We've been making juice pops a lot (IKEA has great pop molds for cheap). The sprinkler is a huge cool-off, as is the neighbor's kiddy pool. We also have a few church friends with backyard pools. When it gets just unbearable, we suggest a fellowship/Bible study/pool party!
Stay indoors with a nicely chilled watermelon.
We close the blinds during peak heat and turn the fans on. The little ones run around with nothing but a diaper. We eat cool/cold foods.
When I was a kid we would jump on the trampoline with (yes WITH the hose) get totally soaked then play UNDER the tramp in the cool mud. Yeah those were the days LOL!
Wasn't able to enter contest using link (wouldn't accept Canadian postal code) - let me know how to enter and I will but here is my tip anyhow!
Each of the children were given a water gun at a recent birthday party - we fill up their water table (so they can reload)and let them at it! If they are getting frustrated at each other I suggest they use their water guns to water the flowers or the veggie garden.
We get up early to start our day while it's still cool out and then "hide" in the house in during the hottest part of the day.
Great giveaway! I'd love to win this for my new babe on the way!
My tips for staying cool...
-excursions to the library, the play area in our mall, the children's museum, and the aquarium: all air conditioned!
-I open our blinds for early-morning sun, then close them at lunch so that the house cools off during the hottest part of the afternoon (it makes everything more restful for naptime, too!)
-we do a lot of water play, in the baby pool in the shade of our backyard or even in the bathtub!
I also posted about it on my blog, here: http://thenebels.wordpress.com/2.../07/01/contest/
Love the contest! Need these diapers, as I just had twins!
To beat the heat we:
- run through the sprinkler
- go get ice cream in an air conditioned restaurant
- keep the blinds closed where the sun is shining in
- drink cool drinks
- cool, wet washcloth to the skin
My blog post linking to this contest for an extra entry is:
http://raynasjourney.blogspot.co...er-
contest.html
I am having some troubles with the entry form not accepting my postal code - please advise me what to do. My email is rle75@shaw.ca. Really want to win this one!
Same as poster above, form will not accept my postal code.
Please Advise.
Same as last few posters, will not accept my postal code! Help, I need to win this
To beat the heat:
Get everything done for the day between the hours of 5am and 11am - shopping, cleaning, laundry, etc
Have a stack of damp washclothes in the freezer. Keep until crunchy frozen - when it is really hot, take one out and place on your head
Most importantly - stay hydrated !
To cool off in the summer I:
Eat Flavor-Ice pops like they are going out of style.
Work indoors and don't stay out very long 10-20 minutes max when I do ventrue out.
Go swimming in the indoor pool.
I posted about the contest in a blog on cafemom: http://www.cafemom.com/journals/
...Cloth_Diapering
Drink lots of ice cold water.
Run any out of the house errands or go for walks in the mornings before the heat really starts.
Short shorts and tank tops.
And I've linked it on one of my blogs.
http://weblog.momaroo.com/Tornad...th-
diapers.html
And another link.
http://livingsimplicity.blogspot...th-
diapers.html
And another link.
http://livingsimplicity.blogspot...th-
diapers.html
When we have really hot days, we sit around naked or in our underpants with all the fans blaring. Kids are much less cranky about the heat due to the fun distraction of being allowed to take their clothes off.
A big pitcher of iced tea beside my hammock on my covered porch.
To beat the heat we play outside after daddy gets home, it's cooler and daddy gets to join in on the fun! We also hang out in our kiddie pool and the LOs wear as little clothing as possible.
I tried entering your contest, but it won't accept my Canadian Postal Code. Not sure why... could you check into this... plus your link doesn't work either.
What a great contest! I wasn't able to enter because of the Canadian Postal Code error. However, when my step daughter is over I set up a sprinkler obstacle course. We have 4 sprinkler attachments, so it can take up the whole yard. It's a great way to keep cool.
I will post the contest on my blog: www.growingcs.blogspot.com
To beat the heat, I spray myself with water and turn on the fan to blasting. This method blows me away.
I make lots of smoothies. I also fix lots of salads for dinner so that I have to do minimal cooking: taco salad, pasta salad, Greek salad, etc.
Homemade iced tea as my American husband can't handle the powdered sugar kind and I'm now hooked on the real brew tea. Much better for beating the heat - and just add a splash of lemon for zip!
I'll leave a comment here as the contest entry wouldn't take my postal code (so I used my husband's previous zip code).
Use your crockpot!! My kitchen gets sooo hot when I turn the stove on, so making as much as possible in a crockpot really helps!
When it's so hot and sunny that even letting my toddler play with water toys outside seems miserable, I can let him play in the bathtub and he seems pretty happy. Our public library here is always cool and has a ton of toys, too, so that's a good option. Also, even though it means leaving the car to get really hot, going to the grocery store and getting some shopping done is a good idea! Thanks!
sprinklers outside then making fruit pops and board games inside.
We beat the heat by keeping pitchers of homemade iced tea and lemonade in the fridge. Nothing quenches your thirst better than that!
On hot summer days we fill up the kiddie pool, which my kiddos adore. We also love going to the beach and hanging out at the waters edge. My 3 year old daughter loves ice pops (either homemade or favor ice) and I love the idea of frozen mommie milk pops! I can't wait to try it with me little guy, he will love it
I have also posted about this contest on my blog: www.place4mommies.blogspot.com
Like many others, I couldn't enter because it wouldn't accept my postal code! I would love to win as we want to use cloth diapers for our next baby!
To stay cool, we keep all the curtains closed during the day. We also spend most of our day in the kiddie pool outside Eating homemade fruit pops. I add yogurt so they're really smooth and refreshing.
We go to the local library or mall. Also we have spray bottle battles in the backyard.
We beat the heat by:
-Having water balloon fights, though my toddler isn't QUITE strong enough or coordinated enough to launch them and hit someone She still loves the action and fun!
-Taking trips to the local water park! The lazy river is perfect for relaxing, while the water slides and wave pool provide some fun!!
- Going to this little secluded beach near our house that not many people know about. It's clean and not alot of people means Mama can swim without being TOO self conscious about wearing a bathing suit!
- If all else fails we pack up and head to Nana and Papa's (a mere three miles away) to soak up their company, and er...air conditioning
I had use use 11111 as my postal code because it wouldn`t accept my real one.
We take our water table and fill with snow cone ice. It takes a lot of ice cubes, but the kids love having winter in July!!!
I tried to take the survey and it said I've already taken it...hmmm...pretty sure I haven't. So here's my answer: We stay inside when the heat is too bad and when we do venture outside we bring lots of popsicles and turn on the hose to spray our flowers and each other.
I posted a link to this contest on my blog: erikahigley.blogspot.com
We beat the heat by:
playing in the sprinkler or pool
visiting to local sprinkler park
visiting the library or bookstore
OR
just staying in and playing inside or eating popsicles on the porch
We keep the shades closed and the fans going. We also stay inside during the hot part of the day - 10am to 4pm. And we keep hydrated by drinking lots of chilled water.
I put a wet washcloth in the freezer, once it's frozen I put it on my forehead or neck, it's such a relief!
Also we love to make smoothies with ice, strawberries, bananas, vanilla ice cream and milk. So tasty!
I tried to enter through the form but it wouldn't accept my Canadian postal code!
We wet a wash cloth, and then wipe it on our sin while sitting in front of the fan. As long as the cloth is wet, it always feels cool. Gotta beat the no a/c thing somehow.
I also tried to enter, and it didn't accept my Canadian Postal Code as well.
Also linked the contest to my blog (which is under Homepage).
Water!!!
Water in the kiddie pool,
in balloons,
from the hose into buckets for carrying and filling bigger buckets (my toddler loves this),
from the sprinkler,
colored ice cubes for melting together or transfering with spoons,
giant ice cubes (made with water, ice cubes, toys, and food coloring in a large yogurt container works well) for excavating/treasure hunting,
giant ice cubes for squirting with colored water in squirt guns/spray bottles,
Plastic (or real) ice cubes for the pool,
Letting small children water plants,
Playing in the occasional mud puddle that has occured from all the water play,
and finishing off the day with fruit smoothies or ice cream cup cakes:
Make cupcake batter and place 1 Tbs into each greased cupcake hole.
Bake a few minutes less than normal (about 
and cool 10 minutes.
Add a scoop of icecream and icing and freeze for an hour! Delicious!
we stay inside and read or color.
also trips to the toy store to look for new toys to ask for- birthday is coming up for my daughter.
I'm using prefolds and covers now but would love to try an all-in-one diaper.
We stay cool with cold washcloths on the back of our necks, iced tea, hardwood floors and swimming when we can.
Ice cold watermelon & a pool.
turn the fans on full blast at night, then off in the early morning and shut the windows to keep the cool air in and the hot air out.
We keep the house "closed down" in the daytime and open it up at night. We also make our own "swamp cooler". Just stick a bowl of ice in front of your fan for some cool mist as the ice melts. Works great and is very old fashioned!
My advice to beat the heat:
1. I love the crushed ice feature on our fridge-- make yourself a big cup and head outside.
2. Spray bottle full of cold water---the kids love to squirt YOU and each other-- this is a great way to cool down!
3. Ice Cream Man-- I am a sucker for them-- snow cones get me everytime...the kids don't mind either!!
Thank you for the chance to win!!!
To beat the heat!? We stay indoors to play games & such after lunch/before dinner. We don't go out unless it's absolutely necessary during those peak-heat hours! I love swinging by the store with the kids after dinner & grabbing a box of Drumsticks & taking them to the park to have a cold, sweet treat & then play during the enjoyable part of the day!
To beat the heat!? We stay indoors to play games & such after lunch/before dinner. We don't go out unless it's absolutely necessary during those peak-heat hours! I love swinging by the store with the kids after dinner & grabbing a box of Drumsticks & taking them to the park to have a cold, sweet treat & then play during the enjoyable part of the day!
Living in Florida, we GOT to beat the heat!
1. We color with finger paints outside Not only do we avoid a mess indoors, but when we are done we can play with the water hose!
2. Go to the pool
3. We make our own ice cream! Coffee can ice cream is so easy and the kiddo loves to roll it around.
4. Go see movies. Air conditioning can be nice sometimes.
5. Go to the library. Not only is it educational, but it is nice and cool and lots of comfy chairs!
6. Start biking everywhere. Yes, it is exercise, but it feels great going downhill with the kiddo on the bike and saying "wheeee!" Uphill? Not so much fun...
7. I let my son fill up the ice trays. He likes to do it, and then we use the ice later for a nice cool drink.
8. Instead of heading indoors during the rain, we go outside and play in it! It is so hot here that it's like a warm shower.
Posted this contest at http://blacksheepdancing.blogspot.com/
We beat the heat by living in Alaska. It's hardly reached the mid-60's so far. :-P
We're not very original. We just eat Popsicles and swim.
It feels even hotter than it really is since I'm pregnant. 
I take ice and put it on the floor (or I spill a bit of ice cold water) and I stand in it or sit and put my feet in it. Something about having my feet cold helps me be cool all over.
And then I clean up the mess.
I am pregnant with our 4th and we live in Texas. We beat the heat by staying inside with air conditioning that we feel very blessed to have The kids love to play out in their little pool and eat popsicles.
Posted this on my blog at
http://clarkandcrystal.com/myblog/?p=209
great contest.
to beat the heat, my husband just bought me an air conditioner, but we also love to eat freezies, and make frozen fruit smoothies.
Recipie
Your favorite Frozen fruit
some of your favorite fruit juice
1/2 cup of water or so
a couple ice cubes
(optional - frozen yogurt or icecream)
put it in the blender, and run till smoothe. Makes enough for 3 adults or 2 adults and several children
We go for walks and run our errands in the cool morning, then we stay indoors through the heat. We cook quick and simple meals and we run our dishwasher at night. Somedays we grill out by the pool to stay cool. Fresh lemonade and icy cold fruit are always a nice cool treat too!
I apologize if I have already done this; I'm not trying to get an additional entry. I could have sworn that I entered, but I have not been able to find my comment.
We have AC. I try not to run it too high, though, and if it gets cool at night, we open the windows.
I keep all the blinds closed during the day to keep out the sun.
Use lots of fans.
Wear cotton clothes.
Drink smoothies and eat lots of cool, fresh fruit.
Ice water with lemon.
Go to a friend's house to share their pool!
My favorite way to beat the heat is to play at splash parks, or to visit the (indoors) Nature and Science Museum.
A quick cool treat to help beat the heat includes sliced grapefruit, cherries, and blueberries. Dish into a pretty glass and cover with chilled sparkling white grape juice. It's absolutely refreshing.
P.S. Adding link to my blog: http://www.earthjaunt.com/babyhopes/
We beat the heat by hanging out in/by the kiddie pool and sprinklers!
Never cloth diped before, but here goes! We stay cool by dipping in the ocean as much as we can..plus where we live is really breezy so usually we can find a shady spot outside and enjoy the day.
Thanks,
Jenn
I don't think my first entry took?
I beat the heat by wearing 100% cotton and by keeping my 3 1/2 feet of hair clipped up off my back and neck. And by playing "How long can I go without using the oven?" My record is 15 days.
Strawberries and ice cream--yum! Also, I live for A/C.
Freeze some bottles of water and bring them with us when we go jogging, it has to uses of keeping the water cool, and can be used as an ice pack to cool our forheads.
we stay inside when it is really hot & the kids enjoy frozen fruit!
Stay out of the direct sun and take advantage of the little pool at our park.
I live in the Adironacks, which are beautiful and full of fun things to do in the summer. So when the mercury soars, i beat the summer heat by remembering how SHORT our summer season is and how i looked forward to the warmth all winter-long! No sense in complaining away our few, short, summer days! :P
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My favorite way to beat the heat is by running through the sprinkler - what other way can someone of any age feel so young! If the water doesn't cool you off, then visiting an air-conditioned exhibit at the zoo, art museum or history museum is sure to be cool and educational.
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Freeze your undies while they're damp. Very refreshing in really hot weather!
Go down to a local creek and splash around!
We eat ice pops. We go in the pool and swim! We go visit Grandma who has her AC on all the time Thanks for the entry!!
We stay indoors for the worst of the heat, and keep most of the blinds closed. In the evenings we like to sit on the porch or go for walks to get some fresh air after it's cooled down.
My daughter and I break out the Otter Pops and she helps me water the garden.
If it's unbearably hot (we don't have AC) we'll drive to the mall or spend the afternoon in shops that DO have AC. Woo hoo!
These are great ideas!
Mostly we keep the blinds closed during the day, stay in the AC when we can, and always take chilled/ice water on walks. It's great for drinking, but also for wetting his hair to cool him off.
We go to the indoor jump house. Kids get to play, and mommy gets to talk. The best of both worlds!!! Our shopping trips take a litte longer. And the splash park is a must. The AC in the library is also nice too!!
We: stay inside (I have an infant only) during the hottest part of the day. My babe LOVES being outside, so when it's reaching 100, we walk early in the morning before it heats up, or in the evening as thr sun is going down. In another couple weeks, baby will be old enough to go to the pool for the first time.
i jump in a freezing cold shower :o
We love Bum Genius- great contest!
We wear LOTs of sunscreen and head on over to our community pool. Drew's only 7 months, but he LOVES to "swim" (aka splash and kick like while I hold him) like a little fish. Speaking of fish, when its just WAY too hot to head outside, we go to the aquarium
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Fun things to do:
Have a popsicle in a blowup pool
watch a winter/snow themed movie while eating ice cream
I would love to try cloth diapers, but my husband is iffy about it, so this would work well to test them.
To beat the heat, we go to Target since they have A/C and we don't. At home, our toddler just wears a diaper (which is also nice because it cuts back on laundry). ANd we drink lots of lemonade (or limeade..yum!)
The diapers would be a super baby shower gift for my niece! I stay cool in summer with water. I drink lots of it, I spray myself with it, I bathe in it and I swim in it.
Great contest!
To beat the heat if we're not hovering indoors with the A/C (hehehe), you can find us at the pool, with a popcicle/ice cream, playing in sprinklers, etc. But best of all... WATER BALLOONS!!!! hahaha
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To beat the heat..
We stay in doors in the a/c
Go to the grocery story..still a/c
Go to McD's playland..indoors
Visit children's museum (ours is the largest in the country and awesome).
Today we did the zoo..we visited a few animals and then headed straight for the sprinklers.
I hope you tell us how many entries you ended up getting! Cloth diapering has really grown on me - but I need a few more so I can wash every couple days!
Who won?!?!?!?!?
I also am wondering who won!
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