The Adventures of Miss Luciana, Our Shining Light, and Miss Ruby, Our Sparkling Jewel: The Big Apple (with a Side of Beantown)

The fam has just returned from a 9 day excursion to the Northeast where we had a lovely week spending time with Mimi, Poppi, Lucey Dog and an assortment of family & friends. We were also treated to a rare cameo by Uncle Mark. As an added bonus, we made the trek to my favorite city, Boston, to visit with my dear friend Liz and her family (Abbie, Hannah and Jules).

we drove up to NY on my 33rd birthday - it was 10 hours 15 minutes of pure joy, but thankfully the Looch was extra fabulous in the car and when we got to NY we had a wonderful meal at Sergio's, the family's go-to Italian restaurant and then came back home for cupcakes.

i like this picture because it captures Luciana's Italian mannerisms

we went to the Oyster Bay Festival on Long Island - it was Luci's 1st time on rides. She absolutely loved it - they had to keep stopping the ride to let parents rescue their crying children, but Luci had the biggest grin on her face the entire time

feeding the goats at the Petting Zoo

chowing down on some roasted corn

Uncle Mark in from Geneva, got to spend some quality time with the Looch at the neighborhood park

when we got to Boston, we went to a small town fair where Luci happily got to go on more rides - she loved all of them and had fun with her ride partner, Abbie, who is only 3 weeks older than Luci.

one of my most favorite photos - Looch at the Make Way for the Ducklings statue in the Public Gardens. Luci sat on each duck in the interest of fairness.