recent shots & the wheel in the sky

Luci's 'all about me' project for school.  She was very excited that she got to use a pointer to show the class her poster.

Trying on life jackets before we headed out on a successful canoe trip at Jordan Lake

Ruby helping make blueberry muffins. Ruby  loves to help cook - any time I'm working in the kitchen she pushes over a chair and says 'mama me help'.

we took a recent weekend trip to Myrtle Beach

boarding the Sky Wheel in downtown Myrtle Beach

snapshots of summer

Milestones

This blog is long overdue for an update - but 2 brief updates - Luciana turned 5 on July 6 and started kindergarten on July 17 at Pearsontown Elementary!  I can't believe how grown up my 'little girl' has become.  So far, she has transitioned well to school and seems to really enjoy it!

Here are a few photos from her 1st day of kindergarten and her birthday celebration, which mostly took place in NY - breakfast at Belmont Racetrack, opening gifts, party with friends and family, roaming around on her tag-along bicycle.  [Lucky Luci also did have pre-birthday celebrations, including a day spent with Taty where she went thrift shopping and came away with some great dress-up clothing and a pool party with Jonas/Maggie/T, Heather/Jeff/Eme and Paw-Paw/Qing/Roger]

posing with one of the more well-known jockeys

sparkly headbands!

Putting on her new Ruby necklace, her birthstone

excited about her new Disney charm bracelet

quite possibly her favorite gift, Icebreaker mints - go figure

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