Emily on rides

Belle and Emily together, and Emily solo on a horse. Fun!

Going on rides together

At Rye Playland

Third time is a charm!

Enjoying the day

I wonder who is having the most fun among the three (Grandpa Richard being the third)...

Mud bath

Buried on the beach on Long Island with Grandpa Richard

At the beach with Grandpa Richard

Emily with Cousin Mia

Belle is 5!

Buddy gymnast

You'd better not dive.... Or else....

These are the alarmingly graphic anti-diving warnings near the shallower areas of the pool.

Camp out, take 3

This time, Emily is joining the fun. Seren is holding down the fort inside.

Sealing the deal

Celebrating

So proud!

Beautiful Belle

Haircut

Before,  During,  After

Nearly a foot to donate (cut in four small sections)

Summer

Playing at the Kids Academy and lunching by the pool.

Hair

I clearly remember my children's births.
I remember being in the labor and delivery room on August 29, 2010. I remember pushing and schmoozing with Dr. Shin. I can picture the view of the Hudson River from the room. I remember Dr. Shin teasing Craig that he'd missed his child's birth when he ran out to refill his ice water cup in between pushes.
And I remember Dr. Shin telling me during my final pushes, "the baby has a full head of hair."
Moments before I met Belle- before I knew that she was healthy; that she was female; that she was our baby Belle- I learned that she already had hair on her tiny head.
That hair that Dr. Shin saw during her birth is now nearly at big girl Belle's butt, and it's time to say goodbye to it.
Belle is getting her first haircut tomorrow. She decided that she wants to donate it, so this first haircut won't merely be a trim. We will say goodbye to 8-10 inches of Belle's hair, which we will send to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths.
That's the plan, anyway. There's still time to change our minds.

Fruits of our labor

Strawberries from our garden!

Picnicking by the fountain