Cure for the Summertime Blues

Sometimes there just doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city and the sidewalk is hotter than a match head! What's a girl to do when she's stuck in the dog days of August in the land
of Endless Summer? Josie has many activities to help cope with the heat cause there is nothing on the television!


First of all, it's important to stay hydrated. Josie accomplishes this by drinking as much bath water as possible*. In her first few weeks of life, Josie wasn't too sure if she liked bathing, but now she is sold. Perhaps she caught a whiff of the consequences (i.e Dad).

Josie needs a rubber pterodactyl

Post Bath Luxury

Sometimes a bath just won't ease the misery, so Josie switches her microclimate. At the beach the temperatures are cooler, and there's nothing much to do but relax.

Under an umbrella at Torrey Pines

Enjoying the sensation of warm sand on her feet

In the late afternoon, the coolest spot in the house is the kitchen floor atop a quilt from Miss Donna Mae. Josie loves to roll from side to side and chat with various appliances and house plants.The cats cut a wide swath around her. Turns out cats not only understand the unifying theory of physics, they also know that baby hands are made for grabbing!

Sometimes the best thing to do is get out of the house and enjoy a meal on the town. Josie is fortunate to have many kid-friendly bars and restaurants within pushing distance. The trick is to find a nice, shady spot with lots of room for a stroller to jiggle.

Josie enjoys a bottle from Dad at the Linkery in North Park

*We try to avoid this as much as possible. Don't you worry!