As most people are well aware, it’s been a steamy week. Unbearable, I’d like to call it. We stayed in a lot, to be honest. We usually did one thing in the morning, and then home for lunch and nap, and it was indoors the rest of the afternoon with the air conditioning. We did have to go out Tuesday evening for the CSA, but other than that… there was some fort making in the living room.
I always feel guilty using the A/C so much but weeks like this there really is no alternative.
Anyhow, here’s how we beat (or got beaten by) the heat this week. We enjoyed one of our favorite places, Pier 6 at Brooklyn Bridge Park, with Daddy last Sunday.
Theo also got to go there a second time with his babysitter on Thursday. He was tickled to get to take a bus ride with Sarah AND visit Pier 6 AND eat pizza. She said he was so well behaved and went potty twice while they were there.
We visited a playground he loves nearby with cool sprinklers and, more importantly, a drain.
We went to one of the city pools in Williamsburg and it was such a great time. I knew it would be crowded so we aimed to get there around 11am when it opens to the public. There were already tons of people swimming when we got there at 11:30 but we still got in no problem. Theo and I had such a nice time swimming around together and enjoying the pool and sprinkler area. We only spent about an hour there but it felt like a really special time, just the two of us. When we left there was a line wrapped around outside that looked like people were waiting for an amusement park ride, or an amazing concert. NYC is crazy like that.
We also saw some friends for a street fair yesterday and Theo went in a bouncy house. Boy was he happy about that!
Sometimes we just go to a coffee shop and share a muffin, or a scone, while enjoying the A/C and the atmosphere. Theo loves those kind of outings. Tonight/tomorrow is supposed to be the big cool down so I’m hoping it gets here already. The next few weeks it looks like 80’s, and then even some 70’s, so I’m planning beach trips with Theo. The summer feels like it’s already slipping by.