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Ryan has discovered the joys of shaving cream. He must have spent two hours in the tub just smearing it all over himself and anywhere else he could reach. Now that it's getting too hot to play outside during the day, I may be more grateful for this discovery in the near future.

My boys have also found a wonderful use for pool noodles. They cut them in half and use them as lightsabers. They can beat on each other to their heart's content without causing any damage. It has become nearly a daily ritual. My sons are Star Wars freaks. They love to play with the legos and the transformers. It does this mother's heart good to see the boys play together and use their imaginations.

You may have noticed that Ryan is not wearing pants. He's very good about getting them on when we are leaving and when we have company, but as soon as we're home alone, off come the pants! With the weather heating up, I may be joining him. Today we hit our first 100+ degrees. It is going to be a long 8 weeks until I get rid of this little internal heater.

I also thought I'd post a garden update. Our garden has just exploded over the last few weeks. The tomato plants are about 5 feet tall, covered with little tomatoes, and the squash is as big as Ryan. As far as gardening in Arizona, I am a square-foot garden convert. This is the first time we have had any real produce to speak of. As a matter of fact, we had three different kinds of summer squash from the garden with our dinner tonight! There is just something deeply satsifying about that.