Huge thanks to Gymboree for sponsoring this post and outfitting my constantly growing children.
We are T-minus four days from the unofficial start of summer because our lake opens this weekend. I honestly don’t know how we survived summers before we had a lake membership. For the past few years it has been a lifesaver on hot days: a cure for too much screen time, a place where the kids almost always find friends to play with, and a much-needed break for me from cleaning the same mess over and over.
But the lake isn’t the only thing I look forward to. I’m an ocean devotee — the sand, the salt, the smell: all of it is essential to my happiness. Just knowing I can reach the ocean in a few minutes lifts my mood. I don’t know if I could ever live far from the coast. How do people handle so much dry land?
Thanks to a few true summer days last week, we’ve already been to the beach once this May and we’ll go again over Memorial Day weekend when relatives from across the country visit. They specifically asked to go to the ocean, so we’ll probably take them to Ocean Beach to give them the full Atlantic experience: cold water, hot sand, the boardwalk, rickety rides, and overpriced ice cream. It’s all part of the fun. My friends at Gymboree helped us get ready — the kids will look stylish and patriotic for our weekend plans. Their new Star Spangled Days collection is perfect for Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, or any summer day when you’re feeling red, white, and blue vibes.
Caroline’s favorites from this look are the sunglasses and her playful “high heel” wedges.
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You can find the shoes here — they’re adorable and they also come in big kid sizes.
One of my favorite things about Gymboree is that they still make clothes for all my kids, so it’s easy to coordinate even when my cool eight-year-old doesn’t want to wear the exact same shirt as the two-year-old. Though who wouldn’t want super-sweet glasses like those?
My very attractive and well-behaved children are the perfect fashion models — in opposite world.
Evan has worn that hoodie every day since we got it, which is about as strong a recommendation as anyone can give.
Four more days until Memorial Day, eighteen more days until our summer vacation starts, and forty-three days until the Fourth of July — I’m hoping for perfect New England summer weather every single one of those days. What are your plans for the holiday weekend? Is it summer yet where you are?