New York Nanny Center » dad http://www.nynanny.com Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:35:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Summer is Here! http://www.nynanny.com/family-2/summer-is-here/ http://www.nynanny.com/family-2/summer-is-here/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:09:35 +0000 Alison Gore http://www.luckylildarlings.com/?p=1464   Read more (...)]]> After many long and cold winter months, summer seems to have arrived! I truly believe parenting gets easier in the summer time. Kids can play for hours outside without ever getting bored and then pass out at bed time because they are so worn out. Only real negative to parenting in the summer is the dreaded process of applying sunscreen multiple times a day. No one enjoys that…parent or kid!

Never forget the sunscreen!

The many sounds, sights, and smells of summer that I have always loved and anxiously await all winter long are here. This time along with the sound of birds chirping and the ice cream truck, I hear Avery’s amazing laugh as she goes down the slide and says  “One more time Mommy…please?”

One more time!

This time along with the sight of the beautiful flowers blooming and the sun shining all day long, I see Avery’s beautiful smile as she picks flowers for me in the backyard. This time along with the smell of dinner on the grill and fresh cut grass, I smell Avery after a long day outside playing and in desperate need of a bath. But I have grown to love that scent because I know it is a sign of a fun day in the great outdoors!

-Mindy is a former LLD sitter and lives in Chicago with her daughter and husband.

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