These summer storms. Delicious rain and wind and actual cool air blowing in our windows, breaking the oppressive heat. Was it sublime to have two solid weeks of sun for our vacation? Yes. Am I loving this rain now? You bet.
Target brand sugar free peach iced tea mix. Make some of this stuff up in a Bell jar with as many ice cubes as you can fit, and you feel like you are having a decadent treat. Not too many treats at the moment as we are attempting to atone for our " desert every night " madness in NY. Sigh.
Alone time at home. I probably shouldn't admit this sort of thing on a "Mommy's Blog" which seems to exist only to glorify my children, but oh, I do love a little time at home without them. Sensing that I needed a sanity break, Nat stole them away to the Natural History Museum and I had 2 glorious hours in which I did some schoolwork, puttered about, cleaned the playroom, organized toys, and wasted time on the internet. It was great. And, I was truly happy to see them come home, which was even better.
Going for a walk, half a block behind my boy because he's racing ahead on his bike. He's a man obsessed, putting on his helmet first thing when he wales up. It's all we can do to get breakfast in him before were off. Ivy in the stroller, Cor ambling along beside us, through our sun-strewn neighborhood. It's a picture postcard, really it is.
Ivy's funny voices. She does this gutteral little chortle, and babbles on and on in a voice that can best be compared to a joking dinosaur. And babble she does! She has so much to say right now, if only we could understand it all.
Her curls. Can't keep my hands out of them. I am always reassuring her that she is more than just a nice head of hair... but I love that hair as much as the rest of the world, it turns out. And all this humid weather we've had, only makes her curls better.
Our friends. We had the most delightful evening yesterday, fishing up a 98 degree day (4 hours of which were spent at the mall. yep. We were those people...) with dinner at Melinda and Will's. We were going to grill out and run children in the sprinkler but a storm came along and kept us inside. Turns out, that was perfect because through some miracle of planet alignment, all 4 children played and wandered quietly for the better part of an hour as the adults carried on a real, live conversation. I'd almost forgotten what that felt like...
Picnic season. In full lake withdrawl today,we headed off for a dinner picnic at Rocky River Beach, 30 minutes of driving for a 45 minute stay as a rumbly storm moved in moments after our arrival. We managed to fit in some wading for Jack, some sand exploration for Ivy, plenty of swimming for Cor, and even a picnic, albeit a somewhat abbreviated meal due to the fact that we packed up at the first raindrops and raced home ahead of the deluge. We finished our meal back at home on the front porch, watching the rain fall. Jack danced around in his shoes, undies, rain coat and duck umbrella. Ivy wandered the porch and exclaimed in her funny voice about the bikes. We drank peach iced tea. Summer is good.
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