Weekending it

Happy official start to summer!!

Last night I was scrolling through my phone looking at photos and videos from last summer. We really lived it up last year and I am so grateful we did having no idea that summer would look so different this year. I'm mostly bummed we won't be able to go to Governors Island or Storybook Land. We made so many fantastic memories at both places and this year it just feels like we will be either trapped inside our apartment or stressed trying to find some empty space to relax without masks.

This week NYC enters phase 2 which means playgrounds are reopen but I'm not yet comfortable letting Kip return to those spaces. I was reading through a feed in a local mom Facebook group about the status of playgrounds and the consensus seems to be mom's with little kids (toddlers and younger) are NOT going back to parks this year. Mom's with big kids seem to be okay with it. This makes sense since you can more easily convince an elementary aged kid to wear a mask, keep it on, and not stick their fingers in their eyes/nose/mouth. Ugh. It's a tough place to be post-partum with all the stress of a newborn and trying to balance what feels safe for me and what is realistic.

Anyways, this weekend we did our typical weekend adventure over to New Jersey. Picked-up lunch at the drive-thru and had a picnic in a park. Kip pushed his scooter (he prefers not to ride) and we followed the heat with an ice cream treat at Sonic.

I took exactly one photo on Saturday. Babe in a beach hat.

On Father's Day we stayed inside due to the heat. I let Dan sleep in and then we just hung out at home. Last year we spent the day at Coney Island. Sigh.

A fun package arrived from Aunt Judy and Aunt Kandi and Kippy had fun opening everything and playing with new puzzles.

In the afternoon he helped me make banana bread for a snack.

Happy Monday!