Flower Girl Reunion

Lucy and co-flower girl, Summer, got to reconnect this past weekend at Butternut:

The girls had a blast on the mountain together, chasing each other down greens and even a couple of blues.  I had to coach them not to ski too close to others or go so fast they couldn't stop safely, which they mostly succeeded at.

It was a great day on the slopes, and fun for the whole group to connect for a day.  We're looking forward to another reunion soon!

Literary Lucy

Lucy has been quite taken with notebooks and notepaper lately. We found these two notes in her room recently:




The note on the left could be the start of an amazing memoir. The one in the right is clearly influenced by the current police/safety unit at school, with "polels" being police.

Ice Cream!

It's a balmy 37 degrees in our neck of the woods, so we decided to get ice cream this afternoon!

Summer Updates

Whew!  What a nice summer we had.  From celebrating the 4th of July in Maine with second cousins:

To flying to Maryland with Uncle Henry, Aunt Tina, and Grammy to visit Grandma and see more second cousins.  

 (Griffin's mischievous side is on display here and has been simultaneously delightful and devilish to deal with)

To time in the Berkshires with Eema and Saba for kayaking and cuddles:

To saying goodbye to lifelong friends:

To a surprise trip to Disney, where Lucy went on ALL the scary rides (and liked some, such as Splash Mountain, more than others):

To some down time in Maine:

And finally back to school (see Griffin's start from yesterday):

Griffin Goes to School!

Griffin started pre-school last week, and the teachers sent us some snapshots of his first few days. Here he is, deep in concentration:




Griffin seems to be coming into his own a lot these days. He's articulating his words (and with them, his opinions!) much more, and we think he's going to really thrive at school.

First Day of Camp

Lucy had her first day of camp today, and said it was a GREAT day.  She took first prize in Jewish culture, got to swim in the lake, and rode a school bus to and from camp.  It's her second summer here, and so far it's looking good!

Griffin, Lucy and I visited yesterday to meet her counselors and drop a few things off in her cubby.  Lucy's former pre-school teacher, Staci, oversees the Pre-K to 1st graders at camp.  She and Lucy exchanged a great big hug since they haven't seen each other since last summer.  Griffin wanted in and raced up to give her a huge hug as well, even though he doesn't really know Staci.  It was pretty cute.

Here's Lucy enjoying some time with a counselor:

The Tooth Fairy Has Landed!

Both Lucy and Griffin were on the later side of normal in getting their baby teeth, but Lucy has already started losing them!  I thought they'd be hanging on for much longer.  

Last week, Eema and Saba took Lucy to Colonial Williamsburg.  She left with all her teeth, though two were pretty wiggly, and one day we got the following photo by text:

The Williamsburg tooth fairy brought Lucy a fabulous pink change purse, and $1.  Lucy used 99 cents of that dollar to buy a pack of buffalo goldfish puffs.  Today, I got the following note via Maily:

From what I understand, Lucy sent similar messages to several folks.  To be clear, she only lost one tooth today, but it was her second one.