I haven’t blogged in awhile, I know. I’ve been dealing with some glitches in my website/blogsite I’m trying to figure out how to fix. I’ve managed to resolve the problem for two of them, but as for the others, I’ve been unsuccessful. I believe my last post was sometime after Father’s Day… and now it’s officially summer. Actually we’re even beyond that, we’re in the middle of summer! What’s kept me away from my blogging the most, besides little glitches, is me truly living and enjoying the freedom of summer life! Every single day!
On Nico’s last day of school, I took Kalina to the beach near our house. It wasn’t officially open yet so there was still a lot of lake vegetation to be cleared along the sand and edge where you’d enter the water to swim. It was still beautiful though, as it always is, and it was a great feeling to be outside, on the beach, in our bathing suits, soaking in the summer warmth!
We played, she swung in the swing, she even likes the big kid swing better than the safety baby swing! As we were enjoying our day, I had an overwhelming feeling of sadness! I was so happy it was summer already but then so sad it was already summer!
Everything seems to go by so fast sometimes, often it’s my own thinking that makes it speed ahead! I’m always planning for the weekend, then making sure Nico is scheduled for his summer camps, sports, swimming lessons, piano… I want to get Kali started in kiddie gymnastics (see video below, she loves to do front rolls… as well as other tumbling exercises and she’s done splits since she was a baby!)
Plus we have something to attend almost every weekend! And the biggest thing that propels me into the future is that I’m so looking forward to and am beyond excited for our trip to the Tetons in September! I LOVE late summer into Fall, my absolute favorite time of year! As I’m planning everything, shooting ahead weeks and months, it gives me the feeling of summer already being over… when actually has just begun! There are days where, in my mind, I’m already returning from our Teton National Park trip and getting Nico back on the bus to start school NEXT YEAR! What am I doing, Noooo!!!!! Not yet!
I am so grateful and so lucky to be able to do the things I do, I owe it to the universe (And my husband for working super hard!) to show that gratitude right now! In this moment! So to rid the sadness that was overtaking me, I took some pics of us at the beach and made a promise to live in the now throughout the summer! I posted that promise on instagram Instagram I’ll still plan ahead obviously, and be organized the best I can, but really enjoy every moment! Even brief little moments like a few hours at an unopened beach. Be there. Look how much Kali has grown!
It was this same beach just two summers ago, in July of 2015, where I took a pic of us; me and my new baby girl! She was only three months old!
I now know that feeling of Summertime Sadness was just a reminder for me to not worry about getting another blog posted, to not worry about finding the glitches right away, to not worry about making sure the house is clean or the schedule is precise, and to be thankful and happy and just spend time in the NOW, with friends, family, my husband and with the kids! Before they get too big and grown up and don’t want to spend time with their mom. <—- Sneaks is already doing this and he’s only six! His schedule needs to be simple and that of a six year old! Just free summertime play!
I love having my blog and being able to put out into the blogosphere my ideas, thoughts, recipes and workouts, but when it’s beautiful outside, the last thing I want to be doing is sitting in front of a computer… inside.
Getting outside and playing in the dirt! That’s where the fun is!
So my summertime sadness has turned to pure happiness! The summer is still here and what has gone by we’ve used it to the fullest! We made our annual trip to LBI and had a ton of fun on the beach! It was the perfect quick weekend trip! Below is from last year…
And a new cutsie Toddler Tankini from this year! So happy!
Kali clearly loves the beach as does Sneaks, but all the while he’s always looking for a friend to play with! So we’ve definitely enjoyed some super fun times with our best friends at their pool! My favorite days, all the kids are growing up quick! And those great days often lead into fun summer nights!
My husband and I had the perfect NYC datenight for our 11th Wedding Anniversary! Eleven years we’ve been married!!! Talk about time going by super fast!
We stayed at the Roxy Hotel, I highly recommend!
We’ve made visits to local farms and did some fruit picking at local Orchards!
We’ve gone on summer hikes! Muggy summer hikes!
And we made our garden! Actually my husband did most of the work!! New blog on his amazingness on building this coming soon!
And back to the city, where I had the best day with my sisters while they visited from Ohio — our Sisters in the City Day!
There’s so much to be happy about, living RIGHT NOW! I think we all might get a bit of summertime sadness, whether it be at the beginning of the season or the end, thinking about how soon the freedom of summer will be over or perhaps we’re looking too much into the future to the next big thing in our plans and it takes away how great things are happening in the present moment! How happy we are right now in life! So let it all be Summertime Smiles!!! Be Well-Defined by being Well-Present! Enjoy the day today, even simple moments matter!
