Today I was invited to Sophia's V.I.P. Tea at Pixie Nursery School. They sang a few songs, served us breads which they had baked, and then we went downstairs and the music teacher demonstrated some songs and dances that they work on....we did Hokey Pokey, If you're Happy & you know it and Head, Shoulders, knees and toes.
It was a beautiful program and we were especially so proud to watch our little girl sing to us on stage. It seems like only yesterday that I was attending this "Tea" for my own daughter.
Larry & I stayed in tonight and cooked Chicken rollitini. (chef John sent us home with it from Palmers the night before). It's great having a chef for a friend!

Our landscapers left me grass clippings on my compost pile so I had to mix them with leaves before the clippings began to stink. Sophia helped me mix it in. Nico fell asleep in his stroller so we let him nap outside while we worked in the yard. We also took down the window boxes on the garage and weeded and prepared them for planting.

Later we went to the Forest City park and checked on our swan that sits on her nest. We got a good view of the eggs as the swan got up and rearranged them in the nest. It looks like there are about six of them. Can't wait til the babies hatch. We also saw a couple of geese with five babies running at their feet.

Absolutely gorgeous day today.... I really enjoyed my morning stroll with Nico. I savored the beauty all around the neighborhood.

We walked for about 50 minutes this morning. It was like a California day here in NY weatherwise. So bright and sunny and dry.

Took photos out in my garden.

Wisteria finally flowered!!!!! This is the very first year that I ever saw the wisteria vine that my neighbor planted bloom. It has grown all the way up my Oak tree.

Took the kids to a different park today. We liked it very much except that there was no shade what so ever. I was afraid that the kids would get a burn even though I put sunscreen on them.

Their faces were very red but it turned out it was from the heat and running around at the park. When I took them back home, I washed their faces in cool water and that did the trick.

More rain here in N.Y. I noticed that my arbor has the dirt around the posts sinking in. Larry said that this will happen until it all settles. I just have to keep piling dirt around the posts and packing it in.

Had a Dr appointment this evening at the OB/Gyn. Everything is good (yearly checkup).

When I got home, Larry told me that Nico fell and hit his head and Katie had to take him to the doctor. She called later to say that he's OK and didn't need a staple.

photo of the day: My new night light that I bought at the car show Saturday.

Worked most of the day in the backyard doing all sorts of chores. I finally got my arbor ALL FINISHED. It involved using the post digger to dig four holes two and a half feet deep. Then cutting the 2 by 4's on the table saw to fit the bottom posts of the arbor. Larry helped with the process. I had Katie bring Sophia and Nico over to help me collect rocks and pebbles from the garden. I used them in each hole and tamped them down to make a better footing for the arbor.
When this was all done and the arbor was secure, I planted my Climbing Hydrangea and leveled the area. I also started trimming my hedge by my patio and got the area all cleaned up.
We took Grandma and Jenn out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. It was enjoyable for all!

We went to the Antique Auto Swap meet at Dutchess County Fairgrounds today. This is the show in Rhineback NY that we used to vend in years ago. Larry found a few good carburetors to rebuild and I did some shopping at the craft area of the show. We enjoyed ourselves and spent about 4 hours there. We met a friend of ours who came from Vermont this morning. It was a very hot day and felt a little wiped out towards the end of our visit.

We left tired and happy with the purchases we made today.