Wednesday Walktails

Does anyone else feel like Wednesdays are the looooooongest day of the week.  I know the camel is all excited about Hump Day and all, but I feel like Wednesdays drag on FOR-EV-ERRRR.  You're three days into the week, but it still seems so damn far from the weekend.  By Wednesday I've usually already blown my diet for the whole week, given up trying to fit in a workout and relegated myself into that "just do whatever you can to survive the rest of the week" frame of mind.  I read somewhere that Wednesdays are the middle finger of the work week.  Yeah.  Exactly.

Wednesdays are also usually the day that my husband has after-work meetings for the charity he's involved with, which means that I have Mac all to myself in the evening.  While I love my undivided Mac-time, it's definitely not easy being the only one at home during dinner, bath and bedtime.  Seriously, how does one tiny child have the ability to totally exhaust two adults in an incredibly short amount of time?  It is hard keeping up with him!  We call him the Macnado or Hurricane Mac, leaving a path of destruction behind him everywhere he goes.  The safest place (for both our home and my sanity) is usually the front yard, where we can play with the sprinkler, the wagon, the Cozy Coupe, the trike or the water table (or all of the above in a matter of minutes).  

We usually end up in the little red wagon.  Mac's obsessed right now with the seat belt in the wagon.  He wants to snap and unsnap it over and over and over and over.  I don't know why that is so interesting to him, but whatever.  I just roll with it - it's his world, I'm just living it in.  While he's busy with the seat belt, I'm usually dragging the wagon up and down our street.  We stop to wave and say hi to all the neighborhood kids.  We stop and pick up sticks and rocks.  We stop to check the bird nest at the neighbor's house and see the mama dove.  We chase squirrels.  We pet all the dogs on the block.  We hop like the bunnies down the street.  I love it. It's our time to unwind together after a long day and rediscover our quiet little street.  We're really lucky to live at the end of a cul-de-sac, on a quiet street full of kids.  We're never going to move. 

The best part is spending time with Mac, of course, but it never hurts to have a "walktail" in hand for this little adventure.  I mean, it's 5:00 somewhere...and somewhere is right HERE, right NOW.  Ryan and I are both big fans of the walktail.  We got the idea from some neighbors who told us they never leave the house without one!  (We have the best neighbors).  Basically it's happy hour on the move, little one in tow.  

At the moment, my favorite "walktail" is a combination of Ice Mountain® sparkling water and cucumber vodka.  YUM.  I became obsessed with sparkling water while I was pregnant and still have a thing for the bubbles.  Ice Mountain® Sparkling Natural/Mountain Spring Water is comprised of just three natural ingredients—spring water, natural fruit essence, and bubbles! And, with no sugar or calories, Ice Mountain® Sparkling Natural/Mountain Spring Water is a good alternative to soda.  And cucumber vodka...hello, where have you been all my life?  I love this combo - so light and refreshing and perfect for those hot summer nights where you're dragging a giant red wagon and a 25 lb toddler all over the freaking neighborhood.   I'm convinced this is why the little red wagon and Cozy Coupe have cup holders!!  

Cucumber Lime Fizz:

- cucumber flavored vodka 

- Ice Mountain® sparkling water (lime flavored)

- sliced cucumber (and/or squeezed lime)

- ice 
- (if you want to get really wild, add some fresh basil or mint - mind blown)

Anyone else a fan of the walktail?

What do you do to get through that mid-week slump?  

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