Yvette

The month of May has gone by in the blink of an eye! I can’t believe there are only 5 more days until summer vacation! I have had an amazing month!

My family took me to the beach for Mother’s Day. I was able to chaperone my daughter’s 5th grade dance, her band field trip and her field trip to Busch Gardens. My husband chaperoned my son’s 8th grade trip to Universal Studios and we spent the rest of that weekend in Orlando lounging poolside and visiting the Magic Kingdom. This past weekend we went back to the beach for our 16 year wedding anniversary where we swam, avoided stingrays, soaked in the beautiful weather, and even caught a 15-inning Tampa Bay Rays game! (Full disclosure: we left after the 10th inning.)

Here are some pics of our beautiful month so far:

This summer is going to be bitter-sweet for me. Both of my kids will be entering new schools in the fall. My son is starting high school and my daughter starts middle school. I officially no longer have babies. Our schedule next year is going to be insane, with my son’s first bell ringing around 7:10 a.m., and my daughter not starting until 8:20–even though the schools are right next door to each other and 8 miles away from my house. (Seriously, what kind of masochistic school board do we have out here?!)

My goal is to spend as much time with my kids and have as much fun as humanly possible in the 75 measly days we are given between school years. I will be starting a #100happydays project on instagram that will spill into the beginning of the new school year, highlighting at least one happy moment in each day. I hope this inspires you to do the same.

I will also have a lot more free time this summer…more on that after this weekend…

Finally, I will be giving myself a pass (or as my friend Autumn calls it, a Summer Card) when my lofty goals do not go as planned. La Casa de AquaSeventy6 will be a “guilt-free zone” this summer, or as guilt-free as a Catholic Cuban-American mom can be.

I want to be chill, like this guy, the most interesting kangaroo in the world:

How has your May been? What are your big summer plans? Meet any interesting marsupials lately? Tell me in the comments!

It’s been the weirdest week ever, and it’s only Wednesday. For all of the ups there have been an equal number of downs. Just today I was given some news that has taken some time to sink in. It’s both good news and bad, and at the same time it’s neither bad nor good.

It’s something that I’ve been wanting to happen, yet unexpectedly, made me a little sad. I will share this news in the next couple of weeks when everything is said and done. In the mean time, in case you were wondering, it has nothing to do with pregnancy. (I’m 38 people…there are cobwebs on these here ovaries!)

I can share that this news will mean bigger and better things for AquaSeventy6, and for that I am STOKED! Stay tuned….

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One of my ups this week was my monthly girl’s night out. Mention GNO and visions of dance clubs and male reviews, jager shots and streaked mascara come to mind….yeah, none of those. In our ~~late~~ mid-30s, we try to maintain a level of decorum that won’t leave our teenagers horrified or scarred for life when opening their social media accounts. “Hammered-mom-at-a-bar” is not a good look, ladies–at least not for me…anymore…at this age. 😉

Instead we choose a nice restaurant where we can have a glass of wine (or a Captain and Coke), ~~bitch~~ chat about our hubbies, ~~brag about~~ discuss our kids’ recent accomplishments, ~~complain~~ talk about our jobs, but mostly just laugh and have a nice time. (Sans kids, sans hubby.) Our kind of GNO may not be one for the Richter Scale, but it’s much needed and suits us just fine.