Sharing a little life lately update with what we have been doing and what will be up to during May in 2024 on Caitlin Houston Blog.
Life Lately – May 2024
Wait, it’s June? I don’t know how it got here so fast (I say that every time a month passes quickly). Before fully submersing myself in the sixth month of our year, I have to recap the fifth! It makes sense life seems to speed up when there is a lot going on. Our May calendar was jam packed with podcast recordings, Eras concerts viewing sessions, and one beautiful Mother’s Day where I visit the garden shop with my Mom and sister’s to purchase flowers for the yard. Arbor rode a tractor, the family had dinner on the deck for the first time this season, and we spent time on the front lawn together.
April Showers Bring May Flowers
I’m happy we have finally said goodbye to the cold and hello to beautiful temps. Truthfully, May wasn’t all breezy and full of sunshine. There were some hot days while felt like summer and a few where I pulled out my heavy sweaters. This is nothing new – you just never know if you’re going to get one last frost in late spring in New England. With that being said, I was a bit nervous my hydrangeas weren’t going to bloom again (last year the frost killed the buds before they sprouted!). I’m excited to say I’ve actually lost count of the buds, or broccoli as Arbor says, on each stem this month.
Saying Farewell to May 2024
Memorial Day weekend marked the annual OWA kids’ gathering to jump in our neighborhood pool. We grilled with out with my childhood friends and attended our town’s Memorial Day parade. Before May ended, I took a day trip to New York City with a brand and walked the High Line. Afterwards, Brandon and I drove to Portland to meet our friends to celebrate his 40th birthday. I ate not one, but TWO different Maine Lobster rolls – which always feels like the beginning of summer.
In My Shopping Cart – May 2024
I bought a few things in May that I have no photographic proof to show how much I love (yet). I have been wearing this black athletic dress, this black bra top maxi dress, and this striped button down dress on repeat!
A Few Random Things – May 2024
- Still listening to Taylor Swift’s TTPD on repeat, but my top 5 favorite songs are: “imgonnagetyouback,” “The Black Dog,” “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart,” “But Daddy I Love Him,” and “Peter.”
- Listening to “360” by Charli XCX with the girls on the way to school
- Listening to “Happiness,” “This Must Be My Dream,” and “She’s America” by The 1975 while cooking in the kitchen
- Recording three Room 4 Four podcast episodes in one sitting. Listen to new episodes here!
- Reading “The Admissions” by Meg Mitchell Moore because I loved “Two Truths and a Lie” by her too!
- Practicing tap for my first dance recital since I was 17 – I will be in my daughters’ show this weekend and I’m extremely nervous but also pumped to show my girls’ how easy it is to have fun on stage when you’re a Mom
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