It's been a pretty mild New York summer so far, but last week ended on a brutally hot note. Three days in a row in the upper 90s and we were looking for a place to cool off. Fortunately, our friend Lisa who moved out of the nabe recently for greener pastures in Long Island offered a respite with not one but two kiddie pools and some shade, iced coffee and bagels to boot. I threw in one squirmy octopus sprinkler and some water guns and the day was a success...
I know we don't have the benefit of a backyard with our apartment life, but thankfully with friends throughout the area who do we can enjoy a few days like this. Something about pulling the hose out and hooking up the sprinkler instantly reminded me of my midwestern roots. Summertime was always about the backyard and the waterworks that you could bring out when it was a scorcher. Of course, I also remember killing a lot of grass with all that flooding, but we tried to go easy on Lisa's beautiful yard. And proximity is so convenient on a day like this where running back inside to cool off for a few minutes helped us all. It really was so nice to go from the pool to the playroom in the basement without batting an eye. The kids don't get to do a lot of these playdates now because of preschool and other commitments so it was also fun for that reason. Hard to believe they are all close to turning 4 already, and that our summer birthday season is just about to kick off. So bring on the heat, I suppose, and let's keep the kids cool and entertained with a good soaking. Nothing like a bit of water to make it all more bearable.
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