Summer Joys

When I think of Summer as a kid I'm immediately brought back to those hot afternoons eating watermelon outside on the veranda with the juice dribbling down my face and arms while having a watermelon seed spitting fight with my brother and sister. Now I'm the one handing out the watermelon to my girls and watching them spit and dribble all over themselves and each other and my new memory of Summer as a parent is listening to those belly laughs and giggles of fun. Sure, someone always cops a seed to the eye or there is a slight moment where a child chokes for a second as they swallow too much watermelon and laughter at the same time but for the period where there is no tears or choking it is absolutely hilarious summer fun. The way it should be! xoxo