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We have been so busy and have been having so much fun around here with Elliott’s sister Jess.  She is with us until the end of the week, and we are packing each day full of adventures around Sicily.  Her dear friend Sarah joined us last week to stay for the final week and a half of Jess’s trip, and those two girls have been great friends to me as well as such a big help around the house.  I don’t want them to leave!

I have some photos to share of our adventures, and you can also check Jess’s blog and Sarah’s blog for fabulous and funny updates, too.  In the meantime, here are a few recent iPhone photos from around here.

the last of the spring strawberries with ice cream and a generous dollop of Nutella
& summertime means breaking out the espadrilles!

Jess knocked a stick off butter of the counter after it had been unrefrigerated for a couple hours and it went splat… proof that our un-air conditioned house is just too hot these days
& morning snuggle photo for Daddy when he was in Ghana for work last week

Lena was so excited to board the cable car in Taormina and then said, “Wooow!  Woooow!” all the way up the mountain
& Jess and her dear old friend Sarah at the medieval festival in our town (more about that soon!)
 favorite stop in Taormina: Bam Bar for delicious granite, the Italian version of sorbet,
where Lena and I their enjoyed raspberry and lemon flavors
Lena wakes up at 7am and I am just too tired to do much before 7:30, 
so we lie in bed to read books or snuggle.  It’s a precious time.
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life lately

We have been so busy and have been having so much fun around here with Elliott’s sister Jess.  She is with us until the end of the week, and we are packing each day full of adventures around Sicily.  Her dear friend Sarah joined us last week to stay for the final week and a half of Jess’s trip, and those two girls have been great friends to me as well as such a big help around the house.  I don’t want them to leave!

I have some photos to share of our adventures, and you can also check Jess’s blog and Sarah’s blog for fabulous and funny updates, too.  In the meantime, here are a few recent iPhone photos from around here.

the last of the spring strawberries with ice cream and a generous dollop of Nutella
& summertime means breaking out the espadrilles!

Jess knocked a stick off butter of the counter after it had been unrefrigerated for a couple hours and it went splat… proof that our un-air conditioned house is just too hot these days
& morning snuggle photo for Daddy when he was in Ghana for work last week

Lena was so excited to board the cable car in Taormina and then said, “Wooow!  Woooow!” all the way up the mountain
& Jess and her dear old friend Sarah at the medieval festival in our town (more about that soon!)
 favorite stop in Taormina: Bam Bar for delicious granite, the Italian version of sorbet,
where Lena and I their enjoyed raspberry and lemon flavors
Lena wakes up at 7am and I am just too tired to do much before 7:30, 
so we lie in bed to read books or snuggle.  It’s a precious time.
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popsicle baby

Someone is super excited about the fabulous new Tovolo popsicle molds that Uncle David sent us from Hill’s Kitchen!  I made these first ones with limeade, which is a wonderful way to enjoy my favorite summer drink, if you ask me.  Jess has since made them with Nutella, coffee, sherbert, and peaches.  Not all at once.

Jess gave Lena this popsicle while I was out running errands and then took these lovely photos of her.  I love the more pensive ones on the kitchen table, followed by the colorful ones out on the porch.  My little 16-month-old looks so big!

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popsicle baby

Someone is super excited about the fabulous new Tovolo popsicle molds that Uncle David sent us from Hill’s Kitchen!  I made these first ones with limeade, which is a wonderful way to enjoy my favorite summer drink, if you ask me.  Jess has since made them with Nutella, coffee, sherbert, and peaches.  Not all at once.

Jess gave Lena this popsicle while I was out running errands and then took these lovely photos of her.  I love the more pensive ones on the kitchen table, followed by the colorful ones out on the porch.  My little 16-month-old looks so big!

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photos from home

A collection of iPhone photos taken during my trip home:

  A friend of Booie’s at UVA painted Beta Bridge the day after he heard the news.

Lena and I were on a plane 8 hours after receiving the news that Julia was in a car accident.  I was so grateful for my friendly Italian seatmate who entertained Lena on the flight from Catania to Rome.  I was so tired and emotionally drained (already… and had 18 hours of travel ahead of me!), but he loved her and was happy to play with her.

 Relaxing before the flight from Rome to NYC 
& playing the piano with Auntie Em.

Jet lagged baby 
& a memorial to Julia by her summer swim team outside the Fairfax Frogs pool.

 Emily and I shared a room that first week… and of course that meant Emily’s cat shared it too!

 Playing in the doll cradle with her daddy (who arrived on Wednesday) 
& finding books, toys, and fun chairs in Auntie Em’s room.

 So excited to be fixing the giraffe pull toy!
& visiting Aunt Booie’s grave on Monday after the burial. 

Early morning walk with Uncle Eric
& learning how to swaddle her baby.

 A little blurry but too cute.

 Wearing a little outfit her Aunt Booie used to wear 18 years ago!
& enjoying dinner at a Chinese restaurant our family likes.

 Lena chats it up with Luna
& a dear old friend sent us the entire Anne of Green Gables DVD set!

 Green eggs (scrambled eggs in an herb pesto) at Belga Cafe on Capitol Hill for a Saturday morning out with my siblings.

 Wearing another outfit her Aunts Em and Boo used to wear 
& playing with Uncle Eric’s old pull toy.

Happy July birthdays!

Happy yogurt face before the flight home to Sicily
& settling in for a long plane flight.
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