The Lieu Crew

Random July movies

Some random July movies.

S's favorite July game was running circles around our first floor and making someone push something following her.

She has gotten so good at puzzles in the last month.

She's also awesome at her shape sorter now (ignore her cheating at the end)

Running down the ramp next to the pool

And a ridiculous movie in which I was trying to capture the "ahhh" noise she's been making after drinking but instead got some random spoon play.

Random July

Even though I was working for some of the summer, I still got a bunch of time around the house with this crazy little girl.

What guitar?

Playdate with Luca

She has been obsessed with walking around the house in my shoes.

Just cooking and wearing my Jack Rodgers. It's fancy cooking.

Please make though- Samantha is equal opportunity- fancy sandals and sneakers.

Samantha is just starting to like Sesame street- fun to lounge on the couch with her for a few minutes.

Early morning playing with baby.

Play date with Beck. We also got to see his wonderful parents!

Silly faces from the daddies!

S loves to read with her daddy!

Loungy morning reading on the bedroom floor.

Some other July favorites- running down the ramp next to the pool.

And playing in sandboxes!

Also snacking under a tree

And sliding- all at Marquand Park. We need to go there more often!

And I had to document this intense sandal tan she has acquired over the summer!

Eating hummus with a spoon. With a president placemat. Yep- my daughter.

While I was at FGR, Andrew took Samantha to the wedding of Li (a Princeton friend).

Jon and Ellen and Baby Hannah were there, too!

Andrew tried to distract S with his wallet during the ceremony. She did okay during the ceremony. During the reception was another story- Andrew is never taking her to a wedding by himself again.

S and Daddy had lots of fun while I was gone!

What- I don't fit into this anymore?

Our Shema playgroup

And a parting pasta shot.

The last weekend in July, I headed to North Carolina for FGR 4.0- our fourth installment of a reunion of a bunch of my Princeton girlfriends. We've been doing this every other summer since graduation, and it is just the best tradition. We all gather some place in the country for a long weekend, and simply lounge and chat and eat and chat some more. There's nothing like being back with old friends. We had seven out of the eleven girls there this summer, and our other four members were dearly missed. This year a few of the youngest Princeton cubs joined us making the weekend even more hanging around oriented. And Lauren's family lake house on Badin Lake in North Carolina was the perfect place for that. Tiff and I decided that FGR was no place for our crazy toddler girls, so I was child free for the weekend, and while I wished Samantha could have said hello to her aunties and her little "cousins," not having to chat and play with her at the same time was so nice! Here's some pics from one of the most relaxing weekends on record!

Matthew says welcome to the Lake! Tiff and I drove in from DC on Friday morning, and the crew of girls spent the day catching up and eating :)