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The 5 Mom Realities Of Summer

by Micaela Birmingham
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Yay, summer is almost here. Which means it’s time for me to recalibrate my game face from “school year mode” to “kids are off ALL THE TIME” mode. This boils down to a few key goals: Let the kids have fun. Keep everyone happy (out of house preferably) and in one piece (which includes me not having to peel bits of homemade slime from a pigtail). There are just some summer realities that every mom accepts, owns, and figures out to rock the season. We may never find the black hole containing all of humanity’s lost swimming goggles, but I’m sure it’s somewhere near the valley of lost sun hats. Thankfully, the folks at Banana Boat have got us covered.

Banana Boat® sunscreen products are tested to stay on in seven conditions*: sun, pool water, ocean water, wind, sweat, sand, and extreme heat. So if you pack some Banana Boat®sunscreen, this is one thing you will definitely not have to worry about. And let’s face it — a trip to the beach with small children isn’t exactly as relaxing as those pre-kid trips. We’ll use all the help we can get.

*Seven conditions does not apply to tanning or oil products, SPF 100 lotions, lip balms, Kids FREE and Zinc Faces.

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