Summer

It's officially summer and I am trying my best to embrace the warmth! Of course I much prefer the Spring and Fall months because I enjoy feeling the cool soft breeze that surrounds me during that time, but this year I am hoping to finally be able to enjoy all that the Summer season has to offer.

For the last two consecutive years Arley has been very sick and unable to enjoy much of anything from May to September so it's my personal goal to make sure that no matter what happens, we WILL have an amazing summer. So far, so good. Fingers crossed.

We started off the season by going to our favorite local Pick-Your-Own Orchard and the strawberries this year are plentiful. So big, ripe and red. Arley had a blast picking out a container full to bring back home. While neither of us eat them, she did at least taste it so that's positive even if she didn't like it. 

I take her to this Orchard several times a year. We go there to pick apples, peaches, and pumpkins however I'm thinking of taking her to pick some blueberries this year when they are ripe in July.

Our second fun event we did was visiting a local nearby park that she really enjoys. It has a two separate play areas. One for ages 2-5 which is falls into and one for older kids. I like how they have one of each because whenever I take her to another park we used to frequent the older kids wouldn't be mindful of her being so little and would practically knock her over and not think twice about it, so this is a much better and more fun alternative. 

Third we met up with some of our play group friends that we haven't seen in a year and had a fun time hanging out at the library and then we attended the Strawberry Festival that the Orchard I mentioned above hosted and for the first time ever she got her entire face painted. Usually she goes for the hand, arm, leg, or foot, but not this time! She sat still the whole time and it came out awesome! I am one proud mama because this is a huge step for her.

Also, just the other day we went to an indoor bounce house that we haven't been to in a while with our play date friends and had so much fun! The only downside was the older kids were not mindful of Arley needing to take her time to climb up to the top before sliding down and would climb practically on top of her. Their parents never said anything about it either which is annoying because if you see a younger kid trying to figure things out, let them. I mean at one point they were just learning too!

Anyway, we have a long bucket list of fun we plan to accomplish from going to the movies, museums, amusement parks, Boston, picnics, crafts, bike riding, s'mores making, the list is almost endless. Be sure to keep checking back frequently to see what all Arley and I are up to.

Next up on the Rhabdomyosarcoma journey is a year post radiation check-up.