The summer Slide

The summer Slide

Summer Sunset: Mango "snow" with sweetened condensed milk drizzle, mango & strawberries. Image via www.snozenshavedsnow.com

Driving my kids to and from summer camp has meant more meals out and more treats, than we tend to do in the school year.  And yes, we try to mix it up, adding boba tea (no milk, no sugar, half lychee jelly) or small ice creams, but sometimes it's easy to spend a brief air conditioned afternoon with a true treat like the Snozen "Summer Sunset" pictured above. Noticing is a good first step toward change. So is doubling down on the planning. Getting to exercise (for me it's dancing at the gym when I can, or walking my daughter to camp when possible), cooking dinner in the afternoon (making friends with the slow cooker and rice cooker again and again) and some big time forgiveness and empathy.  We're counting treats like this as multiple reds (although the shaving of the snow means it takes up more space on the plate than a small ice cream, there's lots of air too.)