My poor little guy has pink eye in both eyes. He woke up Sunday morning at 6:45 A.M., but I knew something was wrong because he was crying and calling for me—and he usually comes running into my room, jumps in my bed and asks for “milky” and cartoons. I found him sitting up in bed, holding his left eye and crying, “it’s stuck! I can’t see you.” I knew right away my kiddo had pink eye. I led him into the bathroom and applied a warm compress. After I cleaned his eyes, we played and ate breakfast. At 8:30 A.M. I called our awesome pediatrician practice that has weekend hours. I made an appointment for 9:45 A.M.

Iiii-yiii-iiii, I had one of those mornings. As a self-employed writer, sometimes I am required to work in a magazine office—like today. I absolutely love it! Love putting on a dress, makeup and getting an iced coffee on the way to work. This also means the morning is rushed. Before I go to work, JD gets dropped off at summer camp. Today he did not feel like eating breakfast, washing up or getting dressed. Stress.

Happy Friday! I wanted to share with you some things JD and I are loving these days. Enjoy my reviews!

Water play shoes: JD goes to summer camp three-days-a-week. He gets to participate in fun splash days (think water tables and sprinklers on a fenced in grassy area). He’s required to wear swim trunks, a swim shirt—and water shoes (for safety purposes). Keen Newport H2 is a stylish summer sandal with an elastic cord lace and adjustable hook and loop strap, that lets kiddos put them on and take them off by themselves (JD is not a baby and can do this all by himself!) The quick-drying webbing is perfect for splash days at school, or super-hot days on the beach when JD is walking from sand to surf.

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As a working single mom, I tend to have this constant stream of non-stop energy and feel it is fueled by the fact that I do have to take care of JD and there is no one to hand him off to, unless I schedule a sitter or ask family to help out—point I’m trying to make: There’s no immediate help. I could have used it yesterday, too.