May Recap ☀️✨
What I learned, watched, ate, and shopped in May! + one thing that wasn’t working for us!
Happy June!
Lately I have found myself wishing for more tim. I’ll look back on the week and wonder how it’s already over. They say the days are long and the years are short, but it all feels short to me right now. Maybe it’s because my kids are at the age where everyday is chaos, in a good way, and I’m never left with anytime to reflect on the day while it’s happening. Only when I sit down months later, I realize how quick it all is flying bye.
May was nothing short of how I’ve been feeling. I love doing these recaps because it forces me to reflect and I love remembering even the smallest of details. I turned 30 this month! I still feel 26. I think that is the age I will forever feel no matter how old I am. A friend asked how I was feeling about turning 30, and I genuinely am excited! I feel the most myself I have ever felt, I’m confident in myself as a mother, daughter, wife, sister and friend. It feels like I’m at home in my body and in my soul. We celebrated Mother’s Day, one of my best friends had her sweet baby girl, we swam and swam and swam some more. Splash pads, park dates, friends birthdays and so much more. It was sweet and I know these months at this age with my babies will be what I look back on and miss.
Learning
+ Joy is a muscle. My life really is so great and a true blessing. There are so many things I choose to complain about that in the grand scheme of life mean nothing and in comparison to the many blessings I have do not hold a chance. March and April bring about a lot of heavy emotions and underlying grief for me. I find myself lost in thought and reflecting on all that we went through with William. Over the past two years May has always felt like a cloud is being lifted from me and I can get back to our “normal”. I often find myself internally comparing and wishing things were different instead of being grateful for what our life looks like now. But this year, I realized how far we have come as a family and how far I have come after walking through that traumatic life event. All I wanted for my 30th birthday was to be at home, with my family. I sat in our backyard and watched Danny pitch baseballs to William, Bailey walking all over the driveway in her little walker and cried happy tears that we finally get to live the days we hoped and prayed for and they are far better than anything I could have made up. I don’t think I had to go through almost losing my son to know that, but it does make me appreciate it far more than had we not went through that.
Watching
+ Sirens!! I watched this over the course of a week and LOVED it. These types of shows are what I live for. I may be basic but I think they’re so good.
+ The French Open!! My tennis obsessed self is living for this years French Open. Because I am home 80% of the time I’ve gotten to watch so many amazing matches. I keep it on in the background and I’ve even gotten William to watch a few points with me. Let’s go Coco!!!
Reading
+ I did not read one single book this month and that’s due to my Instagram obsession that makes me want to throw my phone across the room. But this month I am vowing to quit that, more to come on that next month. I did however read some amazing Substacks. Here are my top 5 from this month, if you can’t tell I was leaning into finding my style and book recs.
Eating
+ Trader Joe’s Vegan Cheese Savory Squares. A few of my girlfriends had a girls night to celebrate my birthday and on the charcuterie board were these crackers. They taste just like a cheeze-it, I am not even kidding. I bought two boxes and went through one in 3 days. They are SO good!
+ Hu Dark Chocolate bites. My husband and I hunted down every health food store to find these. They taste very similar to the chocolate bars, but are in a bigger portion and the chocolate seems a little softer to me than the bar. Creamy coconut is my favorite, but you really should buy all the flavors and try them out. I eat one every night 😋
Doing
+ I started playing tennis this past month! Our family has taken our hobbies up a notch this month and we’re very happy about it. Make no mistake, putting the kids to bed solo is single handedly the hardest thing either of us ever has to do, but it’s so worth it to us! I am by no means that good, and almost every week I get a pit in my stomach on the drive to the courts because I believe I’ve completely forgotten how to play. But once I’m there that goes away and it’s so much fun! It also gives me the healthy competition with myself and others I’ve been craving!
Shopping
We did a lot of shopping this month. Mostly because it was MDW sales, my birthday and Mother’s Day. This is the most fun month next to Christmas for me and this year I finally think I cracked the code on buying staples and not falling for a lot of trends.
+ Tory Burch Sport Sandals. I’ve been eyeing the Prada ones for years but then came across these last month and knew they would be such a closet staple. I can pretty much wear them with any outfit and they are insanely comfortable!
+ Abercrombie Loose Shorts. I’ve been searching for a summer short that isn’t too tight or too short. I had to size down 2 sizes than my normal size because they really mean “loose”!
+ HART charm necklace and Kendra Scott Charm bracelet. This is so early 2000’s of me but I am obsessed with a charm lately. I’m extra excited about my charm bracelet because I can add any charm I want due to the design of the bracelet and I’m already eyeing this cute heart and this fun shell.
+ Gap Pull-On Barrel Jeans. These are as good as everyone has said they are. Think a mix of a sweatpant and a trouser. So soft, roomy and cute!
Wearing
I really tried to document my outfits this month, but I only took pictures of three…My goal in June is a full week, here’s to hoping!
My May workhorses were:
+ Aerie Midi Skirt (white and gingham).
+ TB Aritzia hat. I wear this at least twice a week!
+ Gap cotton t-shirts. I have black, white and grey. Such a summer staple.
+ H&M linen pants. So breezy and elevate any top.
+ Soma Racerback bra. I was on the hunt for a bra to wear with my high neck tank tops and this is so comfortable and was on sale!
Not Working
I feel like I should also include one loss from the month, something that is in fact not going well. This past month it has been sleep. I felt like we were in a grove two months ago, but wow has May really rocked us. I’m drinking way more coffee to compensate and I don’t see an end in sight. Any moms further along, please tell me it gets better.
xx,
Megs 💌
I loveddddd Sirens.
And thank you for the shoutout! :o) Only fluffy reads here.
Good luck on sleep issues! The worst.