School actually started last week, but now that Labor Day weekend is drawing to a close it officially feels like the season is ending.
This summer had its highs – for Ella & Claire that was probably the Taylor Swift concert at MetLife stadium back in July (after the concert the soundtrack for our summer became her Red album; I hope I always remember Lucy’s voice in the car requesting “Taylor Swiss”) – and its lows – for Matt that was probably coming down with a case of the shingles (when your doctor tells you that many people who get this disease go on antidepressants because of the intense chronic pain, you know it’s not going to be fun).
In the midst of it all we tried to pack in as much as we could (much of it documented on Instagram), including:
almost daily trips to the pool (it was the first time I haven’t been stuck at the baby pool all summer… bittersweet)
pizza dinners at the beach
fireworks
the town 4th of July parade
evening walks around our new neighborhood
celebrating Matt’s 38th birthday
a trip to Brooklyn for lunch in Williamsburg, a few rides on Jane’s Carousel, and ice cream at Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory
rowboats in Central Park with cousins
swimming lessons
lazy evenings on the hammock
Ella riding her new red bike up and down our street
flying to Oregon
rafting the Klamath River with my dad
a getaway for me and Matt to San Francisco & Carmel (my first time back to the Bay Area since we moved away 6+ years ago)
the girls playing with all my childhood toys (think vintage Little People and American Girl dolls) at my mom’s house
visiting the Oregon Coast
catching fish
celebrating our 14th anniversary in New York with dinner and a show (Once)
We moved into our new home just before school got out, and so the summer was also spent settling into our new space. And even though half the house isn’t furnished and we all still seem to congregate in one bathroom despite the fact that we now have two additional full baths, I am looking forward to moving into the schedule and rhythm of the school year and putting most of the upheaval of this year behind us.
Hello Fall!
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