Blueberries, Books and Beaches...

...these are a few of Lucy's favorite things. The rain finally stopped in mid-July, and since then we've gone on some great outings.

First, my favorite recent picture of Lucy- isn't she lovely?



You'll notice a theme to this next set of pictures. Lucy is taking after her parents...

She really does love reading books. When she's left to herself it's often the first thing she plays with.

Lucy has been getting in touch with her inner mountain climber. The first time she did this I didn't realize it until she was up to the 3rd or 4th step!

We've been going to Walden Pond at least once or twice a week, now that the weather is better. Lucy loves the "bee!" as she calls it (beach), and can't get enough of digging in the sand and splashing in the water.

We had a wonderful family trip to Portsmouth a few weeks ago. I hadn't been there in a few years, and it was so nice to be back. We had a delightful picnic lunch, and Lucy had a great time watching the boats come and go, saying "bye!" as they headed away.

We found a little chair that I had when I was little and have set it up with a piano bench. Lucy loves reading books or doing puzzles at her little table.

Lucy and I went blueberry picking with my grandmother, aunt and some cousins recently. The weather was a bit cool, but we got a nice crop of blueberries. Lucy perfectly re-enacted the book Blueberries for Sal: the first few berries she picked made it into her pail, but after that they all went straight into her mouth. Grandma joked that we should have weighed Lucy before and after our trip, just like we did for our pails.

My cousins were great with Lucy, showing her how to pick only the blue ones.

Here's the whole crew.And our berries!

And a final family picture- this is from the birthday party for one of our friends' son, which included a hayride.