Lily lost her first tooth! I can’t believe it. For me, this is a major life event. Even more than starting kindergarten in the fall. Lily was quite excited, and proud. However, I know she is a little young because she didn’t even really care about the money. She just wanted to know why there wasn’t any pixie dust on her pillow. She looked at over her room for the pixie dust – so I finally had to explain that I thought her Dad may have accidentally brushed it off when he checked on her in the morning. Next time, the tooth fairy will leave plenty of dust!
We just returned from a wonderful vacation at Lake Arrowhead in California. We almost had the entire Rossi family, we were only missing Jonathan. It was a great week of boating, water skiing, sunshine, dining, and time with family. I even posted some pictures online! The great news here is I discovered an easy way to get the photos from iPhoto to SmugMug so hopefully I can go back and fill in the missing picture gaps.
The even better news for our friends and family in California is it is much easier to fly now with Lily and Issac. So, now if the airlines can guarantee cheap tickets we can return home more often.
It is hard to believe that summer is winding down. I have been incredibly busy at work (which is part of my excuse for not posting) and I was hoping it may ease up in September – but current outlook is not so promising. That said, I am going to try and post more often. I miss having the updates and I know many of you miss reading them.
We had a wonderful weekend that started with a call from my Dad saying he and my Mom were going to make a surprise visit to Virginia for my dance show and Lily’s birthday party! It was a wonderful surprise and so special to have them here this weekend. It was my tenth show with the Russell School of Ballet and I decided last minute to dance in the show. So in addition to having the numbers I choreographed, I also danced, and it was great to be on stage again. It was a wonderful show and I was so happy to share it with friends and family.
Lily had her fifth birthday party at Dulles Gymnastics Academy and jumped and played with fifteen of her friends. She had a great time and was quite a happy 5 year old girl. This is the first year she has experienced a big birthday party with lots of presents and she is quite excited to have new things to play with over the summer.
Ben decided that for Lilt’s birthday he would paint the walls in her room. So together they picked out a color “Jasmine’s Gems” and Ben is just finishing up the third coat of paint now. Fortunately his friend Christian helped with the first two coats. In typical Ben fashion he is not stopping at painted walls…he has plans for a wooden cloud on the ceiling and a mural on one wall complete with a real branch coming out of the wall. I think he received some kind of creative inspiration!
It is Father’s Day this coming Sunday so we are trying to figure out what to do. The choice right now is between the Nationals game and an artists’ festival. I guess we have a few days to decide!
Well, if I was the person in the house who kept asking this question the answer would be 21, but instead it is Lily who keeps asking this question and she now has three days until her 5th birthday, and 7 days until her party. As Katy says, she will be a whole hand!
It will be a festive and busy week in our house as I get ready for my studio’s dance show and the birthday celebrations. I have rehearsals most evenings this week, and Ben has a few evening work calls, so seems like we will need to be good at juggling our schedules.
We had a nice, relaxing weekend. The weather did not cooperate for swimming, but we did get a few pockets of sun for other outdoor activities.