This week has been an attempt at getting back to normal. My father in law passed on the 12th and the funeral was over the weekend. It’s been an emotional, heavy, and exhausting few weeks, but I find comfort in knowing everyone is in a less painful place, or finding their way there. I’m also awed seeing how many people showed their support for Albert and our family. What a community we’ve got.
Last weekend marked the first time V has stayed in a hotel since switching to a big boy bed. Figuring out bedtime routine when everyone is staying in the same room but have wildly different bedtimes was interesting, but we made it work. (Hit me up for tips, I feel like I’ve got it down.) Even though we were staying in a hotel for a sad reason, I wanted Finn’s general experience to be one marked by happiness so we made a little bed picnic. We watched one of his favorite shows while eating a little candy and it was just a cool moment of him turning into a kid before my very eyes. Trips and hotel stays were a favorite part of my childhood, and I want him to have similar fond memories.
I received the coolest bday gift from Liz! Inside this box is a mystery novel and all sorts of bookish goodies. (The collection of items is on another level from most book boxes I’ve come across.) She said she saw it and thought “it was just so you!” And ya know what? She was just sooooo right.
We were all off on Juneteenth and, while the second half of the day was rainy, the first half was gorgeous. We took a family trip to Trader Joe’s to get picnic goods that we took straight to a favorite playground in Central Park. Finn ran around and had a blast in the splash pad. It felt like pure summer.
Peaches to Apples 