Comments on: Update on the summer fun list: My “tri” day and Ocean Grove https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/07/update-on-the-summer-fun-list-my-tri-day-and-ocean-grove/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:03:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Sarah KK https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/07/update-on-the-summer-fun-list-my-tri-day-and-ocean-grove/#comment-32538 Tue, 19 Jul 2016 18:05:47 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6156#comment-32538 Love your summer bucket list idea! Am totally copying this.

]]> By: Rocio https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/07/update-on-the-summer-fun-list-my-tri-day-and-ocean-grove/#comment-32537 Thu, 14 Jul 2016 01:29:38 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6156#comment-32537 loved the Summer fun list idea! Philarmonic concert in the Park, Kayak, lots of picnics in Central Park with our son, fireworks, drinks in a rooftop with my husband, see the sunset in the beach..checked! I still have a lot in my list like see the sunrise in the beach, two other special dates with my husband, family hike, and our summer vacation in August! Thanks Laura, I am loving planning every weekend and ckecking my list 🙂

]]> By: Jennie Evans https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/07/update-on-the-summer-fun-list-my-tri-day-and-ocean-grove/#comment-32536 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 22:28:17 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6156#comment-32536 In reply to Sarah K.

My kids are teacher’s kids and don’t get a whirlwind summer. If yours are like mine, they enjoy the downtime. A couple extra hours watching mindless tv or playing a game. A rainy day movie marathon. I don’t do blockbuster blow out summers. We do a handful of fun things and then keep it light. Our list is usually: drive inn, hike, swim, outdoor concert (free and easy), get snow cones, grill hotdogs, summer camp, make and eat a pink lemonade pie… Simple summer favorites. We attend the town firework show… that type thing.

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/07/update-on-the-summer-fun-list-my-tri-day-and-ocean-grove/#comment-32535 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:55:34 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6156#comment-32535 In reply to Jennie Evans.

@Jennie – the sun always finds us out. Whatever spot got missed or washed off – we see it that evening. Sigh.

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/07/update-on-the-summer-fun-list-my-tri-day-and-ocean-grove/#comment-32534 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:55:02 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6156#comment-32534 In reply to Sarah K.

@Sarah K – those all do sound very doable! And yes, canoeing, Legos, and grandparents sound like a pretty good summer.

]]> By: Sarah K https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/07/update-on-the-summer-fun-list-my-tri-day-and-ocean-grove/#comment-32533 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:41:02 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6156#comment-32533 My 6yo son made a summer bucket list at school, and it only had 3 items on it — go canoeing (we live close to good floating rivers, so this is easy), play legos, and go to “grandma camp” (he goes to stay with my parents for a week each summer). As a full time outside the home working mom, I have a huge amount of guilt about my kids not getting the kind of summer leisure time that kids of SAHMs or teachers’ kids get. Seeing his expectations were so reasonable gave me a lot of comfort!

]]> By: Jennie Evans https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/07/update-on-the-summer-fun-list-my-tri-day-and-ocean-grove/#comment-32532 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 02:22:41 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6156#comment-32532 Sounds fun. We have to do certain things or it just doesn’t feel like summer. We have a drive in movie theater and that’s always a must. Of course, pool time and hikes. As the mom of 2 “burners” (no matter how much or how strong the purported spf, they burn) I am a strong supporter of coconut oil. Where I live the sun and heat are outrageous (109 yesterday), and I can apply spf 50 religiously and somebody’s got red spots. Coconut oil is the bomb.

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