Messing about in boats...

One of my favorite books - The Wind in the Willows.  Toad says dreamily, "messing, simply messing about in boats".  Otter creek makes me think of scenes in TWITW, so here are some dreamy, idealized images of Sunday afternoon with our friend Al.

Our first day out on the water this year - hope we'll have many more trips before winter!

That's Our Girl!

Okay, okay.  I know we're biased, but could a four-year old ballerina be any cuter???

Monday was the last day of Lucy's ballet class at The Vermont Ballet Theater School.  I've been taking her on most Mondays and the mothers (and one grandmother) usually wait outside the class, out of sight of distractable little divas.

But Monday was special, so we got to observe their progress and, surprise! ~ Mommy was able to leave work in time to join us.  That made Lucy so happy and made her performance even more dramatic.  She definitely has stage presence.

Thank so much to Miss Mel, who shepherds all those little personalities every week.  We'll see you in September.