Summer weather is ramping up here in Michigan, and we had a couple of days of temperatures exceeding 85* over the weekend. We celebrated by getting Slurpees twice in one day, doing a hasty restock of summer essentials (sunscreen + swim diapers + popsicles), & skipping our scheduled swim lessons to stay longer at the recently opened neighborhood pool. The boys alternated between sweaty and chlorinated, missed a couple of meals in favor of cracker snacks and carrot chips consumed atop lounge chairs and underneath damp beach towels, and slept like logs at bedtime.

Even as an adult, there’s something deeply satisfying about looking at your day’s agenda & knowing you’ll be outdoors so much that there’s simply no point in bathing until right before you call it a night.

But the real MVP of the weekend was this gem:

Per usual, I am evidently years late to a given trend as lots of people have confirmed this is, indeed, delicious… but I only just discovered this after my friend, Julie, surprised me with this treat at our sons’ soccer games on Saturday morning. It was light, fresh, flavorful, and I now have an official “treat yo’self” plan for the summer when I’m out.