Waaay back in June we had all these plans for how to spend our summer with our kids, enriching their lives. We would go to France, or at least learn French. Then July hits and we think, still time to go to a foreign film in French. Now it is the end of August so you settle for ordering a “grande latte”- that’s French, right? With a side of fries- no, make that French fries. Oh, zut, je ne sais pas. Wait, did I just learn French?
Enough about French, we still have one day to combine my two
passions- shopping local and cramming some culture down the throats of mes
enfants terribles.
To fully embrace this day wherein you attempt to fit a summer’s
worth of time into a one-day period, you need to get up and get moving
early. So, to start, head over to
the YMCA; they open at 5 am.
Work out, really, really hard. You should be done by 5:10, right? OK,
fine, run until 6 then go back to bed for a few hours.
Ok, it is now 8:15. You’re having difficulty moving due to
that hard run but you must! Head
over to Fort Thomas Coffee and get that latte- only make it a triple and grab a
pastry. You earned it! You ran like a whole mile. Say hi to Lori for me and go plop
your child down at the back. Tons
of educational toys so while you nod off with cinnamon crumbles on your chin,
he can learn how to spell the word “cat” on the magnetic wall.
After Fort Thomas Coffee, walk down (ok, drive, geez) to
Fort Thomas Central. They open at
10:00 am and you can get a really neat first day of school gift for your… oh,
shoot! Run, I mean RUN back to FTC
and pick up your kid. He’s fine,
he may have just drunk coffee but, by golly, he will need it for all of today’s
culture!
Mini-crisis averted, we’re back on track. Head back to Fort Thomas Central and
get a neat gift for his first day of school. And get a CAKE bumper sticker for the back of your car for
two reasons: 1) you’re starving after that workout and cake sounds delicious, and
2) your kid just now learned how to spell “cat”; you’re never going to have a
“My Child is an Honor’s Student” bumper sticker anyway.
Next up is Dirty Hairy’s. Give your kid a good washing prior to that first day of
school; I mean, he hasn’t bathed all summer unless you count pool water. What? It is a store to bath dogs? OK, well, skip it for now but you should really be a better
dog owner. Make a mental note to
come back tomorrow and wash Fido off (actually, it is a really cool
self-service dog spa with ergonomic sinks and all the tools needed; if you
haven’t tried it, you really should).
Before you eat that CAKE bumper sticker, head down to the
Cobblestone Café off Highland Ave.
Get a delicious Apple Waldorf Salad and something off the kid’s menu for
Fido, I mean for your kid. But do
more than just scarf down the salad.
Sit out on the patio and take some time to talk about the first day of
school and how your child feels about the upcoming change, his teachers,
classmates, etc. Schedule seven
minutes for this and plan to do most of the talking. Treat yourself with a brownie (they’re amazing!) and then head
back to the car.
Mental note #2, you should’ve brought that dress to the
Highland Avenue Plaza to have it altered.
You had forgotten that Alterations by Frances moved in. Do that tomorrow after bathing Fido.
Next stop is Tower Park. One last day of pure, unadulterated freedom. Watch him swing higher and higher,
slide faster and faster, and… hey.
Wake up! He is going to do
something amazing in this very moment that you will never see again! Watch! Oh, he hopped on one foot. Wow.
After a couple hours at the Fort Thomas Recreation
department sponsored childcare center (aka the park), head down to The Blue
Marble. Too late to buy and read
all of those Accelerated Reader books from but maybe you could get a jumpstart
on next summer’s list!
And while you’re thinking about a jumpstart for next summer,
let’s check one last item off our list.
Give Debbie Crockett a call over at Provident Travel and go ahead and
book that trip to France for next summer.
C’est la vie et au revoir!
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