Whatever happened to those endless summers of our childhoods? For those of us with kids in year-round school, summer officially ends this coming Monday. Quinn and I remember our childhood summers in a magical way–long days at the pool, peeling sunburns before spf 50 sunscreen, drive-in movies (yes, I am old enough to have seen Grease at the drive-in when I was a kid), plenty of time for kick-the-can and flashlight tag. Yes, we actually ran around the neighborhood in the pitch dark! So it is our quest as parents to give our son a little bit of that magic. Here are some pics from our not-so-endless summer!
Water sliding in Evansville, IN, near Q’s parents’ house.
On the ferris wheel at the RI County Fair.
Our son had his face painted at the St. Louis zoo…and took his first trip to the arch as “El Tigre”.
Shades of things to come…no motorcycles until you’re 35.
Quinn is pretty sure he rode this ride back in the 70′s…this exact model, rusty chains and all. He was slightly barfy afterward; our son ate a corndog.
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