Summer Tips

1.  Don’t wear a two-piece bikini.  (Do I need to explain that one?)

2.  Shave the morning before.  Although no one is ever going to get THAT close to see my body hair, people will notice the Hello Kitty band-aid I used for my healing razor cut.

3.  Don’t forget the lotion – ANY lotion.  Because you just can’t hide dry, chalky skin in full sunlight.

4.  Get a pedicure (or give yourself one, if you’re brave enough).  Flip-flops scream, “Look at my toes!” all day long.

5.  Bring something to read (for you AND the kiddos).  Everyone and their mothers will be out.  There will lots of waiting (and staring).  Everywhere.

5.  Don’t forget to put up the windshield sun cover.  Coming out of a day full of hot sun and going in to an oven-like vehicle is not fun!

6.  Always have extra bottles of water.  One, so you won’t have to spend $4 to buy a bottle.  And two, so you don’t have to multiply $4 to the number of kids you have, plus you.  People will notice when you hesitate to buy everyone in your party their own bottle of water.

7.  Don’t leave your groceries in the trunk.  After you go shopping, you MUST drop off your groceries at home BEFORE going anywhere else.  Nothing like heat to hasten the rotting process… And you don’t really want everyone else to see all the junk you buy every time you open the trunk, do you?

8.  Bring extra clothes for all your kids, no matter what their age, and for you.  Just think water parks, ice cream runs, restaurant hopping, cotton candy days, and gallon-of-sweat-inducing sunshine.  Stains stand out in a crowd.

9. BRING THE CAMERA!  Every moment must be captured in film.  Every summer is different.  Memorialize it all on film – and then blog about it!  (And then worry about all the people who will see your pics later.)

There.  Now don’t you feel more prepared for summer?