17 Summer Memes for Parents that Are All Too Real

Inside: The funny summer memes parents need as they enjoy summertime with their kids, while also really wanting to sit down for a minute.

Pre-kids me always loved summer the most. Lounging at the beach, wearing flip flops, drinks on the patio.

Mom me also loves summer the most. Building moats, counting the backyard sprinkler as a bath, buying popsicles in bulk.

I love seeing my kids enjoy the summer as much as I did growing up, and I also love not having to wrestle anyone into a coat. Summer is full of possibilities and ice cream cream and I’m down for both.

But summer parenting is also not for the faint of heart!

That’s why these summer memes for parents will be exactly what you need to keep you laughing when the kids keep splashing and you just really want to chill out with a margarita.

Funny Summer Memes for Parents to Keep You Laughing All Season

Okay kids, bedtime!

Me: <trying to enforce a summer bedtime>
Birds: WE ARE ALL OUTSIDE HAVING A LOUD BIRD PARTY
Ice Cream Truck: THAT'S RIGHT KIDS, IT'S FREE ICE CREAM NIGHT! WE ARE LITERALLY JUST THROWING IT FROM THE TRUCK!!!
Sun: <shines harder> — Follow It’s Like They Know Us

Popsicle at 10am? Fine.

My parenting style during summer break. I'll allow it. Chang from Community summer parenting meme. — Follow My Questionable Life

Parents bringing chairs to the beach are so precious

No one is full of more false hope than a parent bringing a chair to the beach. Simon Holland — Follow Simon Holland

Summer Parenting is Freeze Pops

Other Moms: This summer, we're doing camp, swim lessons, Disney, 16 craft projects, a short documentary on whales, and a 5k. What are your plans?
Me: Freeze Pops — Follow As Kate Would Have It

I don’t want to get wet!

"Splash me again and I'll drain every ounce of water from this pool!"
-Me, being the fun summer mom I promised myself I'd be this year — this Follow Marriage and Martinis

Will take 3 years to blow up

White Pants are for Optimists

Pre Kids Me: "It's summer! We can wear white pants now!"

Post Kids Me: "Do you sell cracker colored pants? How about something in 'chocolate ice cream and dirt'?" — Follow With Love, Becca

Feeling this times 100 while parks are closed

moms trying to think of something to do that's not going to the park.

Cow staring into the ocean. — Follow Life and Times of Mom

Kicking off summer vacation with rage

*getting ready to go on vacation*

Me: We're getting in the car.
My husband: Ok, I just need to take a quick shower & reconfigure the whole sprinkler system. — Follow Sarcastic Mommy

How many towels do you need, child!?

It's summer. My life now consists of pretending to "watch this" in the pool during the day and washing wet towels at night. — Follow Sara Says Stop

The years are short, the summer days are long

Me, when I'm home all day with my kids in the summer.
1. It's almost lunchtime.
2. No, this clock can't be correct.
3. Crap...it's only 8:49am
4. How am I supposed to live like this? — Follow Witty Otter

Summer Snacking is Next Level

My Kid During the School Year: Breakfast, forget to eat lunch at school, small snack, reasonable dinner
My Kid During the Summer: Breakfast suited for hardworking farmers, snack, snack, lunch, 2nd lunch, popsicle, snack, 4 course dinner, dessert, snack, sna-
Summer memes for parents — Follow As Kate Would Have It

Beach Hair, Sort of Care

When you go on vacation and pack everything for your family except your own hair brush.
Lllama summer meme — Follow Modern Mom Probs

Remember talking into the fan too?

Don't worry about planning the perfect summer for your kids. You spent your summers sitting in front of an oscillating fan with five other people waiting your turn for the breeze and you turned out fine. — Follow The Mom at Law

Mom’s bag of tricks is empty

My Kids: What are we doing today?
Me: I've got nothing in my brain.
Taylor Swift summer meme for parents — Follow With Love, Becca

Anyone want some screen time?

First week of summer break: Trips to the park, the beach, and the zoo.
Second week of summer break: The wi-fi is your mother now. — Follow Ramblin Mama

It’s a full-body summer workout

Guide to applying sunscreen to a child or wrestling a croc summer meme for parents — Follow How to Be a Dad

Grab a cold glass of something, put on that moat building swimsuit, slather on the sunscreen and go enjoy the summer, moms and dads! And when you need a break, come on back to these memes. We’ll be here for you.