Hotter Than Blue Blazes List

The temperature in Las Vegas topped out around 109° F today, meaning that the "heat" has officially arrived. I have an annual tradition of making a list of things for us to do when the weather is too hot to go outside and I figured today was a good day to share it.

Here are some things we could do this summer:

• install a ceiling fan in the living room
• visit the mermaids at the Silverton
• play Ring Around the Rosie
• make our own popsicles
• finger painting
• go to story time and get a free carousel ride
• go camping at Mt. Charleston
• play hide-and-seek
• make milkshakes in the blender (or almond milk with crushed ice)
• work on numbers larger than 13 with my 4 year old
• have friends over each week to play
• create a reading list for my teenager
• work on lowercase letters with my 4 year old
• potty train the 3 year old
• sleep naked
• teach the baby colors and shapes
• watch a family movie with everyone
• sew something for myself
• take the teenager to the Adventuredome
• help my 3 year old with numbers and counting objects
• make fruit salad
• go to the Silverton to see feeding time at the aquarium
• go to the atrium at the Bellagio
• make ice cream in our new ice cream ball
• celebrate the summer solstice
• make kabobs on the grill
• paint t-shirts with fabric paint
• do a photo shoot with the four kids
• play Chutes and Ladders
• make Dirt Cake