I can not write another post about still being pregnant. I can't do it to you - it's too boring. So lets talk about favorite summer time memory.
I was going through the Flickr photostream and every time I see this photo I just can't help but smile. This little guy is clearly having the very best time of it. He is not thinking about a thing except the joy of his body flinging off of the very big slide and the feeling of the water as all those bubbles come up around him.
I think back to all of my childhood summer memories and I think about the days that Mark and I would ride our bikes from our house to Grandma Janice's house....I don't know how far it was but in our kid minds it was VERY far. The privilege to do this without an adult was a hard win and I remember the first time we started out just the two of us on this ride that we got over the bridge by the park and Mark and I looked at each other and admitted we were very scared to go by the dogs. But we did it and we must have made the bike trip hundreds of times. It was worth it every single time because my Gram had a pool and we'd get off of our bikes and race to jump into the pool that was the best. Gram also had a seemingly endless supply of Popsicles and we were always in the garden picking green beans and peas hot from the summer sun. We'd have jumping contests and races back and forth it was a great time.
What's your favorite childhood summer memory?
Sunday, July 20, 2008
I simply can not do it.
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I think you're gonna have her on my due date - the 23rd. That would be fitting. :)
As for summer childhood memories, it would probably be going to my great-aunt's pool and eating sandwiches and playing cards. Her house was a novelty because we lived in a urban apartment, so the suburbs were very cool.
As an adult (before children) I loved going to the seaside restaurants and bars with Mike and friends and just sitting and talking at the beach with a mojito.
Sigh.
I'm so sorry about still being prego, I swear though I've never heard of a baby not coming out!
Summer memory, just swimming all day long and never getting out of your swimsuit. Sounds horrible now.
Hmm . . . summer memory . . . we really never went anywhere, so most summers were spent just hanging out in our neighborhood. But, I did love band camp once I was in high school. Maybe that's a sad statement, but oh well! We did have fun there.
Summers involved hanging around in my backyard with my brother, swimming in our pool. We'd make whirlpools until the ladder nearly ripped off the side of the pool and jump in over and over. I had this crazy towel~it was an ugly man~ that I just loved. Weird.
The joy on that kids face is priceless. I would give a lot to get that expression back...happy i have, that kind of joy...it has been awhile!
Good Luck with the baby report tomorrow!
My favorite summer memory is the year we grew watermelons, and all summer, we'd eat watermelons by the pool and get sticky and wet, and then jump in the pool to wash off. :)
Ahhh. Summer memories. I LOVE them all. I think my favs are playing in the sprinkler, eating Popsicles, playing hide & seek, camping with my family . . .The list could go on and on!
I wrote a blog on the same thing and then ran across yours. I'm linking to yours since it's so fitting. Unfortunately, since it's a corporate blog it won't be up for another week or two yet (got to love Legal)
Anyway, thanks for making me remember even more of the good times!
--Amy (from Graco)
Hi Cass! I wish I could've e-mailed you but for the life of me, I could not find a way to contact you!
Well clearly this won’t be the most exciting thing you have going on in your life right now, but who knows – maybe when you read this, you just cleaned up one of your daughter’s poopy diapers and you need a pick me up! I just wanted to let you know that the Graco blog team (specifically Amy Sleep who is a new mommy herself) chose your “I simply can not do it” post as one of their favorites over the last month. This is a monthly series called “The Graco Nod” where we share our favorite posts/blogs with our Graco blog readers. http://blog.gracobaby.com/2008/08/01/gracos-monthly-nod-july/
We have a small prize that we would love to send out to you for being a July Nod “winner.” If you can send me your mailing address, we will get that out to you.
Also, you’ll note we have a ‘Graco Monthly Nod’ badge that you can use if you would like, you can download it at this link.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gracogettogethers/2308450000/sizes/o/
Thanks for being a part of the parenting community and sharing your stories with all of us. We’ve enjoyed reading and we appreciate you stopping by our blog as well!
Congrats to you and your family (for the new, beautiful addition - not the nod!)
Lindsay
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