Filling Up The Days # 3: Rowan's pool

Filling Up the Days #2: Children's Museum-Beantown

Filling Up the Days

Since Bea was done school a week ago and I'm not done until next Wednesday, it's been a challenge arranging for care for her each day.  Anthony has several projects going on, so I'm trying to free him up as much as possible by finding people here and there, and as a result Bea is having a blast with time with old sitter Mrs. Gohn, time here and there at my school, a playdate yesterday with Safiya and Ayah, and this playdate on Monday with Rowan:

Today she's coming to WES for our field day and hopefully will join a kindergarten class for the morning.  Her former preK buddy Ayla is in that group and they reunited last week when Bea was visiting and I took her out to K recess, so I hope that goes well so I can help cook 1500 hot dogs for lunch!  Tomorrow she and Daddy are supposed to head to Boston Children's Museum, and then she'll return to school with me, then Mrs. Gohn on Friday.  Next week she has Farm Camp each morning and will do different things each afternoon.  The only down side to all this busy-ness is she's not having time to nap and she is utterly exhausted by dinner and a bear at (early) bedtime.  Our neighbors have been treated to some classic screaming fits the last several nights at 6:45! At least swim class ends tonight and dance on Saturday, so we'll ever so slowly get into a more relaxed, simplified summer routine.

Father's Day Ballet with the Cat & Dog Weekend

It was another whirlwind weekend around here, with Friday bringing a surprise visit from the Virginia cousins the Zwicklbauers, aka "the cat and dog," who Beatrice (and her mama) simply adore.  Oh, how we wish they were closer!!!

                              

                             

                           

                                        

                         

Saturday and Sunday brought the annual dance show, which was an original contemporary ballet titled "Dream in Color."  Beatrice had  four stage appearances and a a costume change this year, going from a black tutu to a purple one. We are never allowed to take photos during the shows, but these were taken at dress rehearsal a couple days ago:

Here are some pre-show, pre-bun and pre-ballet slipper shots taken at home:

I requested a "serious face", but instead got "bad a*s ballerina:"

Yup, the smile is much more Bea!

(All the heavy rains lately have given my peonies a very short life!)

 I just found this one on Facebook, of her at dance class a couple weeks ago rehearsing a scene:

And here we are this morning before heading to brunch, Bea and her Daddy on a beautiful Father's Day morning:

Love this picture!

obligatory "silly faces:"

Gotta wonder how many more days he'll be holding her.  Then again, both of them love it....

We went to breakfast at a country club in RI, and Beatrice got to watch a little golf up close. Such a beautiful setting and morning.

One more full week of school for me, then 3 days next week.  Bea starts Farm Camp next week and we'll be heading to Maryland and the beach shortly after that.  The days are in fast forward right now and hopefully will slow down very soon.  

The Graduate

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands:

If you're happy and you know it shout "hurray!"

"HURRAY!"

Waiting to cross the stage:

Receiving her special book from Mrs. Kenyon:

Kindergarten, here we come!