{"id":42507,"date":"2019-08-13T18:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=42507"},"modified":"2019-08-13T08:33:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T13:33:49","slug":"a-recap-of-our-summer-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=42507","title":{"rendered":"A Recap of Our Summer Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe it is August.\u00a0 Time sure flies when you are having fun, or it sure flies when you are busy getting your son<\/a> to feel safe, loved, and adjusted to his new life!\u00a0 We have not been doing much in terms of DIY this summer, so I thought I would share a recap of our summer activities with you.<\/p>\n

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Walks, walks and more walks. We LOVE our neighborhood so much, and the thing that really drew us not only to the charm of the houses was the great walkability.\u00a0 We walk to the park, library, grocery store, and our favorite local bakery.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Little Miss has been a champ on the bike so she likes to bike while I push Google in the stroller. She thinks it is so fun.\u00a0 She is faster than we are and loves to ring her bell every chance she gets.\u00a0 (Side note: \u00a0 She has been on a pedal bike since she was 3.5 years old.\u00a0 We skipped the training wheels stage.\u00a0 When I lived in Hawaii, my job through the school system was to teach biking and bike safety to children, so I am here to tell you to start with a balance bike.\u00a0 Then go straight to a pedal bike.\u00a0 You will be shocked at how much earlier children can ride bikes.)<\/p>\n

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Pools, splash pads, and anything dealing with water outside have been big activities.\u00a0 Charlotte has been so hot this summer, which is no surprise.\u00a0 While we do try to do the pool, Google is still getting used to the whole pool thing.\u00a0 Whereas, Little Miss is basically a mermaid and wants to be in the pool all the time.\u00a0 A good compromise has been splash pads.\u00a0 They have some great options in Charlotte, and Google can get his feet kinda wet while Little Miss is all in.\u00a0 It is fun to see how far she has come because her first summer home, the pool was not fun for her either.\u00a0 Over time she has begun to love water.<\/p>\n

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We have also been exploring the nature Charlotte has to offer.\u00a0 We have a great Greenway system that is fun for all of us.\u00a0 We can be beside creeks and ducks, and then look up and see the skyline.\u00a0 In the morning before it gets too hot, we have had fun exploring.<\/p>\n

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Little Miss has been playing photographer this summer, and she likes to bring her camera along.\u00a0 It is fun watching her with her camera as she finds something beautiful. Then she takes a picture.\u00a0 Something to remember….. we really must stop and smell the roses in our life.<\/p>\n

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We have waited until just about now to really explore our museums.\u00a0 Sometimes they get a little busy and crazy in the summer, and it can be too much for Google.\u00a0 When Little Miss was staying with my parents for their camp week, I did take him to the aviation museum in Charlotte.\u00a0 This boy loves airplanes, and they had the plane from the Miracle on the Hudson.\u00a0 Oh my, he loved all the planes, and I really enjoyed reading all about the experience.\u00a0 It really was a miracle that everyone survived.<\/p>\n

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This school year Little Miss starts Pre-K, which means a half-day of school Monday through Friday.\u00a0 Last year was her first year in Preschool, and we did three days.\u00a0 So, this is another big leap for me.\u00a0 She will do great and will thrive and is so excited for Pre-K.\u00a0 I am going to miss my girl, so this summer we have been trying to carve out some one on one special time.\u00a0 I can’t brag enough about how amazing she is as a big sister and how patient she has been during the process to meet her brother and get him settled.\u00a0 She doesn’t complain, and she is a helper.\u00a0 She still talks about having a girls’ spa day to get her nails done when we were in Kentucky for the July 4th holiday.<\/p>\n

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Another place we both love to go to is the amusement parks, so now and then she and I will leave as soon as Charles gets home from work.\u00a0\u00a0 It gives the girls special one on one time together, and the boys get their special time together, too.\u00a0 She gets to stay up a little later past bedtime to ride the rides.\u00a0 She talks about all the things while we wait in line, and I love it.\u00a0 She wanted to take my photo with the roller coaster in the background, so this photo credit goes to Little Miss.<\/p>\n

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I couldn’t imagine doing our summer activities without a Baggalini purse<\/a> by my side.\u00a0 I have been using the Take Two Bryant crossbody<\/a> all summer because it is large enough to hold my phone, camera, bank card, lipstick, and keys, yet it is small enough to not get in the way.<\/p>\n

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The Take Two Bryant crossbody<\/a> has been my go-to when I do get a chance to have a ladies night out.\u00a0 It holds just what I need.<\/p>\n

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Another bonus for this bag is that I can take off the straps and use it as a wallet when I need to carry a larger purse.\u00a0 It keeps things organized in a big way!<\/p>\n

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While we have had fun out and about it also seems the little things seem to be entertaining as well!!<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n

This post was sponsored by Baggallini<\/a> but all opinions are our own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe it is August.\u00a0 Time sure flies when you are having fun, or it sure flies when you are busy getting your son to feel safe, loved, and adjusted to his new life!\u00a0 We have not been doing much in terms of DIY this summer, so I thought I would share a recap […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42507"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42507"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42557,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42507\/revisions\/42557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}