Monday, August 15, 2011

Beaches and Weddings



This past weekend, the first in a line of much traveling, was Lucy’s first trip to the beach. We went to Charleston SC for a wedding and were able to fit in an early morning trek to the beach. So lovely to have little Lu in the water! We just did some stomping about at the very edge of the water. She seemed pretty happy with it, and spent some time just checking out the waves from the beach chair.

Lucy was also pretty amazing at the wedding. It was a Catholic service, so slightly longer than the average event, but she hardly peeped. Lucky for us as the church’s amazing acoustics would have broadcast her dissent. I was so proud of her! Plus, she was an excellent party attendee at the reception and had lots of fun dancing with friends and putting on mustaches.

Next weekend it’s off to FL for a nice family visit with Grandma and Grandpa M. We’re looking forward to some more beach time! Trying to fit in all of our summer vacay at the end of the season.


Sunday, August 7, 2011

August: 5 months

Finally August is here and camp is OVER for the year. I will be responsible for 80 less children on Monday than I have been for the last 10 weeks. Down to just one, mine. The whole family has had a nice chill weekend in celebration of easier schedules. Lucy and I got to be Lazy while Mike was on chicken house duty (his choice). Lucy seems to be pretty into the 2 new chicks who are joining Tallulah on the Moerlins chicken farm. We now have Bama and Agnes. The chickens have all been given names that Mike vetoed when we were on the name hunt for baby Lu. Sadly Dixie the chicken did not make it a full year. She has mysteriously disappeared and the streets of East Atlanta are not as friendly as Key West to stray chickens. I’m hoping Lucy will enjoy learning about where her food comes from and I have my fingers crossed that she won’t have an egg allergy!


We’ve been spending time with dear friends and are gearing up for a month with a lot of action. After today the next 4 weekends are going to be full of travel. Lucy seems to be having a nice time, the picture is of her at brunch this morning. She was on excellent behavior.