After weeks of cold, thinking summer was going to be rainy and cold like two years ago, the hot weather arrived without warning and without relief. Memorial day weekend felt just about perfect with temperatures in the 80s and lots of sun. Friday night we had Lenny over for dinner. Then Saturday morning Eric, Tess, and I drove up to Bear Mountain for some retreat-from-the-city time. Usually, we hike there, but Tess was cranky, it was hot, and Eric and I were tired. So we walked around the lake, went to their little zoo, picnicked in a quiet spot, and let Tess play on the playground.
Sunday we stayed home and did chores: laundry, farmer's market, buying air conditioners. :) And then Monday we were the first tourists on the ferry to Governor's Island. We managed to snag a hammock in the shade at about 10:30, and we didn't leave until after 3pm. We came home via Chinatown where we ate at our favorite vegetarian restaurant, and got home tired and sun burnt.
When we were driving on Saturday, Tess was cranky so I offered to put on some music. I put on Wheels on the Bus, which we haven't listened to in months. It was the theme song of last summer, especially on long car trips with Tess. Tess got so excited to hear it again, and it felt oddly comforting to me as well, considering how sick I got of it last year. But hearing it in the car this weekend felt like the inauguration of travel, heat, water play, and all things summer.
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Meanwhile, in California, I had to borrow an umbrella over the weekend.
Thanks for sharing about your weekend! :)
It all sounds so fun!
I get nostalgic for songs like that, too. I heard one song the other day that we hadn't listened to in ages, and it brought me right back to little baby Atticus (JUST baby Atticus) listening in the back seat, doing the sign for "more" over and over again to hear it again.
Is Tess still napping? I'm just curious. I keep meaning to ask.
Yes, Tess is still napping. Two hours on the days I put her down. But those days, her bedtime gets pushed back by at least an hour.
Other days when I don't give her a nap, she gets SO tired around 4 or 5pm. Often she's in bed for the night at 6:30 or 7 on those days, and then she wakes up at 5am the next day.
It's a gamble which scenario is preferable. :)
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