Man, I am in awe of my sister. How do you churn out so much amazing writing and photos?! I've fallen behind again so bear with me as we catch up on our photos from the past few weeks... In BIG news, Dave's brother Dan got married to the beautiful Meredith. Dave was Best Man and Lucy was a Flower Girl.
Here we are at the rehearsal. Lucy and Emma were SO well-behaved and excited for their big job.
Dan and Meredith were pretty excited, too (note how serious the girls are in the background).
The Queen of Sheeba fans herself before the big show. The photo is out of focus, but I thought this was so funny.
We arrived for photos and Lucy couldn't take her eyes off herself.
And then it was time for the big show! The girls were beautiful.
And so were the happy bride and groom.
It was so cute to see Lucy instinctually lifting her dress to walk in her "high heels." She was so dainty the whole night and insisted on not changing clothes.
And we basically had to tear her off the dance floor (go Uncle Simon!).
And now to steal a line from Dave's Best Man speech...
"This is what's known as a transition."
Looking for something fun to do in the South Bay? There's a new Exploratorium Shop and mini interactive museum in Los Altos that's really fun. There are all sorts of activities to do--we spent well over an hour playing and Lucy could have stayed much longer if I hadn't forced her to leave and eat lunch.
Magnetic sand is the ONE thing I remember about the Exploratorium as a kid.
This was a clever use of sliding panels teaching kids about color blending.
There are also lots of things to make your kids stand in front of for a nice picture.
Or of yourself!
I bought myself a present there. This is peacock ore.
And a present for my husband. The small print reads, Emily froze. The distressing sound as she sat down could neither be described as "pleasant" nor, more worryingly, "dry."
Lucy got her first library card this month. She consumes books so quickly this will be a regular spot for us.
And Lucy helped me Flitter my office. Before making the dragonflies I had her watch Jennifer's Mom and little brothers talk about the fundraiser on the news. I told her that some kids are very, very sick. And the doctors want to help, but there's not enough money for them to make medicine. I told her that if we made beautiful dragonflies maybe we could get some of my friends to help give some money to the doctors. She was really excited and asked to keep one dragonfly for herself.
Being a part of this fundraiser was both difficult and rewarding. With each push I gave, a blog post, a Facebook post, Flittering the office... I would get ONE donation. While it would make me sad that more weren't compelled to donate, I was brought to tears each time my phone alerted me that I had received a donation. The campaigning I did "Flittering" was the lightweight counterpart to a bigger campaign called "Fluttering." 350 families volunteered to post dragonflies and signs each night at a person's home, hoping to inspire donations. There were heartbreaking stories of dragonflies being stolen and signs thrown in the trash. But also amazing stories of courage and awareness. I am so very proud to have been part of this.
There are still a few more hours left in September to donate!
xo Becky