Just had to re-publish this one from the archives… too true not to share it again!!!
This is in honor of all our Scottsdale-mom sisters fighting the good fight to keep their families cool and their children sane this summer. Let’s take a moment to commiserate (and laugh) about some of the truisms that only a fellow Scottsdale mom could understand about summer in Scottsdale. So humor us for a minute and please – please – add your own to our list. Because… You know it’s summer in Scottsdale when…
- Your iPhone looks like the above picture at some point.
- The average age drops by 30+ years and you go weeks without seeing a Midwestern state’s license plate.
- Your children cry every time you put them in the car.
- You get front row parking at Kierland Commons.
- You stock up on some incidental grocery items (milk, OJ, fruit) at the nearest drive-thru restaurant to avoid getting the kids out of the car.
- You carry a massive bottle of sunscreen in your purse.
- You avoid turning on the oven like the plague.
- You run into your neighbor – in San Diego.
- You can actually afford to stay at a local resort.
- You drive around a parking lot 10 times to find a shaded parking space.
- You find yourself looking for which store opens earliest – out by 7am and home by 9am to beat the heat.
- Otter Pops are part of the four basic food groups.
- You’re excited for Saturday because the high is only 104 degrees.
- You think of a 1000 ways to use Amazon Prime and other means of home delivery just to avoid packing the kids in the car.
- You’ve seen all the Netflix instant movies and are considering upgrading.
- You have to buy a separate attachable fan for your rear-facing car seat otherwise your baby overheats.
- You buy a car seat cooler to keep the seats cool while you’re at the Children’s Museum.
- You take your family photos at 6am in the morning.
- The only humidity you feel is coming from the misters spraying at various shopping centers around town (until monsoon season of course).
- Then once monsoon season hits you have to hear the local news station’s obnoxious and dramatic Storm Watch tagline for a whole month. (It really is all they get all year as far as torrential weather goes…)
- You can’t actually run a cold cycle on the washing machine and you have to wait for your tap water to cool down rather than heat up.
- You’re seriously considering investing in one of those automatic car ignition starters.
- The chances of your car battery going dead seem to multiply tenfold.
- You need insulated bags and ice to ensure your groceries don’t spoil on your way home from the store.
- On the bright side, you rarely need to make reservations at your favorite restaurant.
HAHA! This is my first summer here and this is totally true! Thanks for the laugh! 🙂
Thanks Nidia! And good luck surviving your first summer. xo Heather
Awwww, thanks for the shout out!!! Need to get busy makin some more!
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