My first ever fortune from a cookie read “A good beginning is half the task.” Fitting, no?
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Happy day.
A day of shopping, lattes and naps? That must mean it is a special day!
It is mom’s birthday! That is certainly a special day!
So, Happy Birthday, mom. I am glad you were born, so that I could be born.
Bubble bath.
Have you ever seen a bath so buubly?
Me neither.
It is a little too bubbly, perhaps?
Public service announcement.
Wendy’s now serves its Frosty in a waffle cone. This news is too delicious to keep to myself.
Fall is in the air.
The days are getting shorter, the air is getting colder and it is almost time to get out my boots. I’m not sure I’m thrilled that summer is almost over.
But then again, there is always pumpkin bread to assuage my sadness. That is one good thing about fall.
So, goodbye summer, hello pumpkin deliciousness!!!
Bart.
Bart is dad’s Fiat.
Dad said someday I can drive Bart! I just have to practice driving and then get a card with my picture on it… oh, and wait approximately 14 years.
So, I found a car to learn on.
Prepare yourself to hand over the keys, dad.
That girl.
I am that girl who plays in fountains in Vail while wearing her shirt from Nantucket. It’s a great life.
A wish.
Dad said when you blow on a dandelion you should make a wish.
I can’t tell you what I wish, but it might have something to do with always being lucky enough to go on big adventures, and always being lucky enough to come back to mountains and skies like this.
Big apple.
Eating a Little Apple in the heart of the Big Apple.
Our adventures in the Far East came to an end in the Big Apple, but Mom says she thinks only people who don’t live in New York City actually call it that.
Whatever it should be called, it is a magical city. There is a giant park, a giant museum, a raised walking garden path, a bunch of fountains, a huge toy store, a three story house of dolls, underground trains, lots of crowded streets, and even a serious set of fountains that made mom cry.
First, we took the train into the city.
Once in the city, we had an amazing time, and I was spoiled rotten.
FAO Schwarz is an astounding toy store with a bunch of stuffed Twizzles and other amazing things.
I left FAO Schwarz with Patrick the Pup. Thanks, Dad. He is gigantic and so fluffy.
The Highline is an old raised train track turned into a walking garden path.
The Museum of Natural History has so many rooms we visited it twice. This giant crab was so big it will haunt my dreams for a while.
Central Park has leaves, trees, horses and carriages, bikers, and lots of people. I loved it.
Rockefeller Plaza has the shiniest fountain in the city.
American Girl Doll Place has three stories of dolls. Mom went sort of crazy. She insisted dad take this picture of me “getting my first American Girl Doll.”
The 9/11 Memorial made mom cry. Dad said someday he and mom will tell me what the two square fountains mean, and why there are so many names written all around each one. It must be important. And sad.
And so, Goodnight Big Apple. Thanks for the magical adventures.
And so ends our big adventures in the Far East.
Ye Olde Mystic.
After living the island life in the Far East, we moved a little less east and stayed with Grammie and Grandpa in a town called Mystic.
There was a pool.
Mom made me wear these things called floaties. I pretended to hate them.
But those things called floaties let me swim by myself. Don’t tell mom I kind of love my floaties.
There was a beach.
Grammie gave me this red shovel and bucket.
And there was a fantastic sunset.
Dad and the Mystic sunset.
I loved spending time with Grammie and Grandpa in the lovely town of Mystic.