We showed up to the beach the other morning totally unprepared. There’s a lot I’ve learned since becoming a mom, but one of the most important is this: pack the night before and think ahead. I did neither. Thus, we arrived at the beach Monday morning looking more like we were going to play at the park on a cold winter day. Clearly I had delusions of grandeur thinking I could handle both babes and Sarah. We met a friend down there with her two boys and their dog because it’s always better to have a friend that has delusions of grandeur as well. In any case, we came with pants and sweaters. Then Hoop rocked the t-shirt and diaper. Realizing I didn’t bring any Kleenex, his shirt quickly became the snot rag and when Van spit up, I used it for that too. So Hooper ended the day in his diaper, which he really shouldn’t have had anyway because we’re trying to do the whole underwear thing. I ended the day feeling like a lazy and unprepared mom. How do so many do this motherhood thing? And how do so many do it so eloquently? Hash tag: Still learning.
you may feel like a hot mess but the pics are great and the kids clearly didn’t give a rats ass! lol!
True, true. A token for the memory bank 🙂
i’d say give yourself a HUGE pat on the back for even trying this adventure. everyone seems pretty darn happy in these pictures, and i’d call that an outright success!
Love those beach days in Feb. They’re the best! Van looks like such a little man:-)
He looks like a little old man. Elmer Fudd. Right?
Boris:-)
Oh my god, Van looks so wise. I want to ask him for advice on my finances or something. They are both going to be little beach boys. They’ll remember the fun they had; not that their mom seemed frazzled as all hell.
Pretty sure that if you put money in front of him, he’d eat it.
We all have days like that. On one of my first outings with Isla, she blew out of her diaper. I didn’t have a change of clothes for her and it was winter. So I improvised by dressing her in a size 24 months boys shirt when she was barely a month old. Oops.
Despite being ill prepared, you are an amazing mom. You took your kids to the beach! And the kids will just remember having fun at the beach, not that you forgot everything.
Oh those blow outs always come at the worst time, don’t they?!