Summertime
July 11th, 2011
I took last week off just to kick back, enjoy summer and catch up on some stuff, if by “stuff,” you mean, oh my God everything. We went to parades! Barbecues! Nantucket!
Yes, we saw Meredith and family last week, and oh, man, I just love them so. Unfortunately, I took jack for photos, so you’re just going to have to view Mer’s, which includes a photo of our children KISSING. Felicity is a dream, and did, quite literally, follow Sam around whisper-yelling, “SHAM! SHAM!” Her little face is this amazing mix of everyone in their family — I could see Joe, Mer’s parents, Meredith. It’s not often that a kid is such a perfect physical reflection of everyone who loves them, but she really is.
It’s a hideous thing when your friends don’t live near you, and I hate that our kids won’t live near each other to grow up and poke each other in the eyes in greeting for as long as they live at home. Meredith, too, as always, makes me feel normal and sane just in being near her for five minutes. And Joe. HA! Joe had Sam wrapped around his finger the moment he picked up and ant, just for her, and let it wind between his fingers while she screamed in excitement, “LOOKIT MOMMY! It’s an ANT!” followed by, “Joe is so cool.”
I am unfortunately (fortunately?) blessed with a child who, like her idol Muno, thinks bugs are the bomb. An hour doesn’t go by in our house where she’s not screeching from her playroom (a converted patio, now a sunroom and its former patio nature attracts more bugs than the rest of the house), “MOMMY! MOMMY! IT’S A SPIDER!” Following this excited declaration, I either sweep up the spider in question to, um, put it down for a nap in night-night (what?) or inform my precious offspring that it’s a fuzzy or a piece of lint. “It’s a FUZZY,” she says with total reverence. “A FUZZY!” As though this stray piece of flurn is a new species of bug, waiting to be discovered and documented.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I am enjoying the hell out of this summer with my kid. I really am. We’re spending most days outside, covered in sunscreen, sweat and the mist of whatever water-type attraction is in closest proximity, even if it’s just the $10 baby pool I got at BJ’s (totally a store, not a euphemism). This year, one of the smartest things I did was to get a season pass to Davis Farmland, because we’ve spent at least two days a week there, feeding the goats, cows and sheep that, um, roam free, for serious (“ANIMALSGOATS!” all one word, just like that), hitting the splash pad and getting ice cream before we play in the bubble pit. (There is a bubble pit. I KNOW.) When we’re not there, we’ve been hitting playdates galore, and one of our good friends owns (OWNS!) a near-regulation size bounce house, and there has already been bouncing, and promises to be a lot more.
I tell you something, for as much drama as they bring, two-year-olds are basically advertisements for why people should have children. I’m having so much fun with this kid lately. She’s verbal enough that communication is rarely a source of frustration anymore, super-sweet and affectionate and is at a stage where I am not only her favorite person in the world for things like food and comfort, but conversation and hanging out, too. It’s so obviously fleeting — hell, she’s going to SCHOOL in the fall — but I just want to freeze time and make this summer go on as long as possible.
I’ll see you more this week, but for now, I’ve got to crash. Two parks, a trip to Davis, some pool time and a long walk in the neighborhood (ALL TODAY) tuckered me out, although it barely made a DENT in my child’s energy level, WHAT THE HELL?
Happy Tuesday!
*Jesca Hoop. Usin’ it again!
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20 Comments Add your own
1. Erin | July 11th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Ok you guys HAVE to come to the town pool with us one of these days. Summer rules.
2. Sourire11 | July 11th, 2011 at 11:26 pm
Well said about 2 year olds being drama-filled and awesome all at the same time. My daughter is the same age as Sam and has been an absolute ball this summer. When she’s not having fits about silly things like the JAZZ HANDS ELMO underwear not being clean (seriously.)
3. Lawyerish | July 12th, 2011 at 9:43 am
Ah, we love you guys to pieces. Sham!!
4. Lawyerish | July 12th, 2011 at 9:52 am
By the way, I am wondering if I make you feel normal and sane because I have a soothing presence, or because I am such a loon that anyone would feel collected next to me. I am guessing the latter.
XOXO.
Someone needs to move NYC closer to Boston, STAT.
5. Christine | July 12th, 2011 at 10:11 am
Oh gosh, the picture of Sam and Felicity looking at each other over the couch arm: SO adorable. Jealous of your awesome week and hope that this one turns out just as well.
6. Jen | July 13th, 2011 at 11:28 am
Favorite age, no doubt. I miss it with Maggie and am looking forward to it with Audrey. Such sweetness at that age, tantrums and all (the tantrums I found HILARIOUS! ha)
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All of my friends are baby this, baby that and I’m all, “I will take all of your children when they turn 2.”
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