Mama:80 minutes, wow! Were you supposed to read 20 min a day for the weekend? so 60 minutes?
Maya: No! Just 20.
Mama: All weekend?
Maya: Yup.
Mama: So you read 60 extra minutes?
Maya: Yup.
Mama: Do you know what they call you?
Maya: No
Mama: Over Achiever
Maya: Is that bad?
Mama: Only if it leads into an illness
Maya: Like you.
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‘Yes, Indeed.”
Some fun memories from our trip this year:
. Perfect Family 1.0 (red swim suits) and Perfect Family 2.0 (including Dan’s “Life Partner”, Grace)
– “Summer in a Glass” – yummy drink
– Mama’s bibliography and Daddy’s updated biosketch – ugh!
– Candy Kitchen versus Kilwin’s – where is the cookies-n-cream fudge?
– Doors to the house connected to an alarm that said “side door open” every single time
– Dolphins – many – swam by us every day, sometimes multiple times a day
– “Playing tennis” with Dan and Maya across 2 courts and into the trees
– Maya getting good at volleyball
– Madey reading Harry Potter book 2 for bedtime
– Mama got to sleep in
– Went on 7 mile bike ride through a Henlopin marshland; Maya and Mama traded bikes for the second half.
– Madey and Maya getting Henna tattoos – matching moons on their legs and interesting hand/finger designs
– Stepping on crabs
– Outdoor shower was a huge hit
– Watching “Penguin” movies with while eating Gratto’s pizza
– Bunkbeds and the kids’ dorm
– Grandpa Dick – Go fracking
– KEMPS – card game
– Cilantro times 2
– “Gentle Hugs” = Dan’s (attempted) dunking of Dad (failed)
– BigFish and PigFish – both with Grandpa Dick
– Body surfing!!! – Maya and Mama learning how
– DiJube on the beach
– Subway on the way down and the way home
A classic beach quote!! This time it was yours…
You just finished a week of Girls Rock! Rochester, and it was AWESOME!! Playing in a band of five girls (you on keyboard and our dear friend and neighbor Ariel on vocals), you created a name and logo, you authored a song, and you screen printed your t-shirts. A professional photographer took your group and solo shots. Today you performed “Waffle Fries” the song for a very large, screaming audience. (I know, because I was one of the ones screaming!! 🙂 )
You owned the work this week – writing your chords on your arm so you could practice. Feeling the stress and then relief of having to author a song collaboratively with a deadline.
Watch you Rockin’ On!! Here is your performance on YouTube!!
Definitely need to do it again next year!!
In preparation, we got the house “Hotel Ready.” That was our mantra for the week… we laughed a lot about hotel ready…. especially after you and your friends trashed the place 😉 on Friend Fiesta day.
Okay, well the Brazilians came and left, and we had an AWESOME time with them!! This past weekend, Uncle Mark, Aunt Bi, Niklas, Bi’s sister Alessandra, her husband Rogario and their 12-year old daughter Bea came to stay with us. Bi’s family lives in Brazil, so there was a LOT of Portuguese spoken this past weekend. In addition to seeing our local landmarks, we played 500, Madey read Harry Potter in all her different Brittish and Scottish voices, we learned a new lawn/beach game, you threw up… all kinds of fun 🙂
Here are a few pictures from the weekend, followed by a few just other fun pictures of you this summer!!
Yesterday we bought you a new (used), awesome bike!!
And you L-O-V-E it!!
A mountain bike.
Owned by a 17 year old, who was once 10, and wanted a new bike.
After one season of riding it, and 7 years gone by, her Mom shared their gift with us.
And today, we were invited by one of my old students – Chris Y- to ride.
We had an amazing time riding through the park where Daddy Jim and I officially got married – where we said our vows to each other on April 5, 2008… ending up at a place for milkshakes. Thanks God for summer!!!
Super fun slide show from my friend and former student, Chris Y…
Click here – Big Ole Bike Ride
Someone asked us last night what we usually do on the fourth of July…
It was fun to ponder that.
We really, really don’t have a usual.
We have spent one 4th in Washington DC (we think you were 4). Last year, we were in a rented home for the weekend on Chataqua Lake. One year, Daddy Jim and I were flying to Taiwan on the 4th. When you were 3, we have pictures of you on your Daddy’s shoulders and Marlie and her Daddy’s shoulders at the local fireworks.
Here are a few pictures from last night. We spent the 4th with our friends, Make and Jagen and their small ones, Juliana and Gabby… Oh! And you made a pie with blackberries you picked from our back yard… Have I told you lately that you are totally a rock star?!?!?!?
Facebook shared this Memory with me from 6 years ago…. precious:
You and I miss each other a LOT when we don’t get to see each other for a whole day. During the school year, your Dad drops you off at my house in the morning, and I take you to school….
But now, in summer break, he takes you directly to camp. We might have to see about changing that for next week…
Tonight, while I as at Gospel Choir practice, you texted me “FaceTime?” and I said sure!! It was great see and get to talk to you…
But we worth BOTH TOTALLY craving a hug… hopefully tomorrow will come quickly!!
