7/6/06—Cal and I tried to fry an egg on the sidewalk. It just ran all over and made a mess. Mom made me spray it off with the hose, so I guess we ended up poaching an egg on the sidewalk.

7/7/06—I went to Whit's End, and it was packed. I don't think it was a coincidence that the two most popular Imagination Station programs today were Robert Peary's voyage to the North Pole and the program of some scientist who studied penguins in Antarctica.

7/8/06—Things you shouldn't do when it's 102 degrees outside:

1. sled
2. eat spicy foods
3. run fast
4. run slow
5. move in any direction away from a working air conditioner.

7/9/06—The temperature was only 97 degrees today. I broke out my mittens and toboggan cap.

7/10/06—Mr. Whittaker set up a series of sprinklers in the lawn outside Whit's End this afternoon. We ran through them. It was a lot of fun. I was even glad that it was so hot. We couldn't have had that kind of fun in January. I realized there's no use complaining. Summer is summer—heat and all. And it's still my favorite time of year.