We Might be Crazy

Memorial Day weekend is here- the unofficial start of summer!

I always get excited thinking about the beginning of one of my favorite seasons- the BBQs, the trips to the beach, the wearing of flip flops and swimsuits constantly, the ice cream, the lobsters, cold summer ale, the seemingly endless nights of fun and laughter.

For this year's unofficial start of summer, we're doing two things we generally never do:

1. Getting on the Mass Pike and heading toward the Cape. This is what crazy people do on a holiday weekend. Apparently we are the crazies now.

2. Going on a 2 night camping trip... tent camping, that is. Not the cozy VT cabins. They have spoiled me. I have only gone tent camping a handful of times, and definitely never as a family of four.

After looking at both 1 and 2, I conclude that we are, indeed, crazy. But, if I stopped myself from doing things because I thought it might get a little crazy with the kiddos, I would never leave my house. Thus, I will step outside of my comfort zone again and give this a go.

Our good friends, who have two kids about the same ages as Rosie & Buddy, invited us and a few other couples and families. Each couple/family will be in charge of a meal to make things a little easier. I hear there will be s'mores, and that there is a beach only two miles away. Excellent. As long as we don't forget the summer ale I mentioned before, I'll be ready to take on anything.

Now that I'm 30, I'm going to join the old timers in saying: "It'll be Labor Day before you know it!" You know it's true, though. So let's make the most of this first weekend, and every weekend after this, no matter how crazy they might be.