So, last week, we had a blackout in Ferndale. Yes, the hottest week of the year. Wednesday night, we lost power about 5:30 pm at the store. We find out soon, that we lost power at home too, and so did most of Ferndale. DTE estimated that power would be back by the next evening between 9 and 11 pm. Thursday was supposed to be 100 degrees, with a heat index of 108. John was out of town, so it was me and Jack fending for ourselves (and the baby) on the hottest day of the year with no air conditioning. The store was closed, obviously. Here is how our day went:
We slept downstairs, trying to stay cool. Fortunately, my dad's bed was still down there. Jack slept in pretty good that morning.
We got up, ate a bagel with cream cheese for breakfast (before throwing out the cream cheese), some canteloupe, and opened up the freezer to get some stuff out. The mini ice cream cones were soft so we ate some of those before throwing them away.
I filled up the freezer bag to take over to my sister in law's house, where John's parents were staying.
We went over to see Grandma and Grandpa, and played in the air conditioning for a while and then Jack found some bubbles and insisted they go outside to play. They played for bit outside in the 100 degree heat, before I said it was time to go!
Jack and I headed to Great Lakes Crossing. We went to the Rainforest Cafe for lunch....Jack was a little scared of all of the animals.
And after shopping a little bit, we went and saw a movie! Jack's first movie, Winnie the Pooh (or as Jack would say, Winnie A Pooh!) I was sad to do it without John, but we had to find cool stuff to do today!
Sitting in his seat!
He loved the movie! He sat and watched the whole time! He doesn't look happy here, but I just think he didn't want his picture taken.
We drove home, here is the temperature...
And met with Nana for dinner. Jack was clearly not feeling well, and zonked out right at the table.
We had talked about getting some books, so even though he was sleeping, we went and bought him some books. When we got home, Nana read Jack a new Winnie the Pooh book by flashlight.
And then we slept in the basement, that wasn't nearly as cool as the night before, again. Our power came back on early Friday morning at home, but not at the store, so we were closed yet again. The power finally came back on at the store on Saturday morning.
Then, on Sunday, we drove out to Fennville, Michigan to visit with my Aunts/Uncles/cousins that had rented a cabin. We had a great day at Lake Michigan!
Getting in the lake..
Jack had fun in the lake, but once he started playing the sand, that was it for him. He did this for HOURS.
We had such a good time, we are trying to plan a weekend in South Haven or Saugatuck soon!
