You Know It's Summer in Lander When...

• you make your kids wear their heavy coats, even though they have on shorts & sandals
• you run the swamp cooler and the furnace within a 24 hour period
• both dishwashers get filled up twice in one day
• there are 42 cups on the counter by the sink
• "every day is a play day! yippee!!!" -- Teancum
• the baseball coach calls a "rain delay" during the ball game because he's just sure it will stop pouring rain in 5 minutes
• it really does stop pouring rain in 5 minutes
• no matter how long you wait to get the summer clothes out, you still think you got them out one day too soon.
• James' allergies start acting up
• "Are we the Whitings or the Fightings?" -- Mom (or Dad)
• Shoes? Who needs 'em?
• perfect running weather
• What happened to all the snack food?
• What happened to all the food?
• Is that another dead bird in the house? Harold?!?!???! Timmy?!???!??!!!!
• lots of big smiles, brown feet, and freckled faces