Happy Father’s Day Weekend…

What. A. Week.  We celebrated Mike’s birthday, school ended, and now we’re packing Raines up for a two-week SLEEPAWAY CAMP….on Father’s Day (sorry, Mike!).

Don’t freak out – Pax and I are going, too.  At least for the first week.  It turns out that good friends of ours run the whole thing, and when we first learned about their “summer job”, I think I said something gracious like, “Hell will freeze over before I send my kid to sleepaway camp.”

But because it’s me, the universe laughed and laughed and now I’m eating serious crow.  #storyofmylife

So. I’ll be gone all next week and will hopefully have lots of pictures and stories to share.  If I can find cell reception, I’ll post to Instagram (@shanachristine).  Be ready for a serious investigative report when I get back, “The Truth About Sleepaway Camp” or something equally dramatic.

Packing for this adventure has felt like a full-time job.  (Working mothers everywhere are snorting.)  But there are just so many lists!  And lists to be Googled!  And puzzle-like, everything must fit!

I’m exhausted.  Raines is packed.  Pax is packed.  I am….almost packed.  Which brings me to…..

Purchases I Desperately *Need* For Summer Camp

TEVAS.  Does it smell like teen spirit in here?  OH YES I THINK IT DOES.  Unlink my 90’s self, this time around I went with the thong style – SO much more comfortable, and, IMHO, cuter.  When I get back I’ll work on a post or two making these street-ready (not just trail-ready).

I also needed a comfortable rain jacket/windbreaker, but didn’t want to take anything fancy.  So I’ve been searching and searching for something that wasn’t a North Face jacket…so of course I ended up buying a North Face jacket (see earlier comments about my universal karma).  But it’s wind and water resistant, and the inside is slightly brushed fleece (so it’s not scratchy or sticky like other rain jackets, making it comfortable to wear over a tank top) and….it’s actually pretty cool.  Manages to hit that city/outdoorsy vibe perfectly, without being too much in either direction.  So yeah.  Win.

Fun Weekend Links

Meagan and I did another podcast!  Episode 5 of The Style Hour is all about guy-style, in honor of Father’s Day.  To summarize: Disney Crocs?  NO MEAGAN, NO.

Still need a fun idea for Father’s Day?  Amanda is over on the World Market Blog, talking about a S’mores Tasting Party.  Yum.

I LOVED Refinery 29’s article on female skater style.  Think pretty dresses + sneaks + real chicks skateboarding.  Better than Vogue, that.

Popsugar had seven of their editors try on my personal favs, Madewell skinny overalls…and they looked good on EVERYONE.  See the full story here.  (I’ve been wearing mine with stripes and Tevas.  I’ll try to instagram something, if I get a sec – @shanachristine.)

Nickel & Suede, a jewelry company founded by fellow mama blogger Kilee (from One Little Momma) just celebrated their 1st birthday!  I haven’t been paying close enough attention (Kilee launched right in the middle of my chemo craziness and recovery) but I AM NOW.  In addition to super light-weight earrings, they have a line of leather cuffs that are TO DIE FOR (I’m obsessed with this one and this one).  Congrats, Kilee!

Camp Patton just had her…fifth? twelfth? baby…and wins the prize for best boy’s name ever:  BOSCO IGNATIOUS.  [fist pump]

LASTLY….

Look familiar?  MWAH HA HA HA….

Huge thanks to all of you who gleefully wrote in to make sure #harnesslife2015 didn’t go unnoticed over here.  Just like TSwift, I too, am always ready for a zip line/rock climbing.  OBVIOUSLY.

So that’s it, folks!  Hope you have a wonderful Father’s Day and a relaxing week.  I’ll be gone all next week, but I do have some posts at the ready, and the rest of The Mom Edit team have some exciting topics (no-foundation summer beauty tricks, affordable summer dresses, the coolest graphic tees for kids, just to name a few).

Enjoy!!  (And if anyone is going to be around Philly next weekend, be sure to check out the arrival of the world’s largest rubber duck.  It’s pretty cute.)

Wish me luck at SUMMER CAMP you guys.  SUMMER. CAMP.

xo!

S