It's another rainy day in northern Virginia, so I thought I'd update everyone on a little bit of what we've been up to for the past six weeks. Lots of ordinary weeks have gone by waiting for this seemingly-eternal rain to stop so that we can get into some real summer. So far, no luck on that front. The month of May has been the wettest on record, and is seeing Simone's iceskating lessons phase out and swimming lesson phase in for the season -- she's making great progress in both. Beyond that she's still growing up too fast. Here's a random sampling of what's been keeping us busy beyond our indoor house repairs and projects.
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| Simone and daddy taking a hike along the Potomac River on Saturday. |
Another Saturday morning we spent doing some charity work at church, packing food for the poor in Central America.
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| Simone brought along a close friend to help pack. |
Before the monsoon season set in, we were trying to take regular long walks together. Our favorite ones were on Saturday mornings to the town center to get coffee. Here's a shot of Simone walking back from Saturday coffee.
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Simone was also the recipient of another Citizenship Award at school last month. Here she is at the ceremony.
Simone is also turning into quite a sushi-monster lately. Her vote is always for sushi dinner. Here's one of them:
On 6 May, Simone participated in her variety show at school. She was a Wildcat Dancer.
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| Simone and two of her besties. |
It's hard to see her in this clip, but she was concentrating hard on all of her moves. LOL!
And finally, just today we had her spring piano recital. She played the piano AND sang at this recital. Her friend came along to watch and provide moral support.
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| The proud performer and her piano teacher. |
