School has wrapped up. The students graduated on Saturday and we have just concluded our final end-of-the- year teacher meetings. We are excited to have a break from all of the craziness of the last few weeks and we are looking forward to a fun first summer with Adalynne.

Greg will be working two days a week running the school’s rock gym and ropes course for the summer day camp and Kara will be tutoring a couple of days a week but it is shaping up to be a pretty relaxed summer. We have a number of weekend trips around New England planned and will be spending time on various lakes, rivers, and oceans throughout the summer.

As the amount of baby stuff we tote along with us has increased our car has started to feel small and we bought a roof top carrier to help alleviate some of the crunch. We will take its inaugural trip as we head down to the Cape this weekend to try our hand at camping (albeit car camping) with Ada. She loves being outside and gets to spend a couple hours a day enjoying the view from her stroller as she accompanies us on various walks and runs. We will be sure to post pictures of her first mouthful of sand!

Another note worthy event- Ada has spoken… sort of. We are calling it “Her First Words” though the evidence that she knows what she saying is a little thin! Kara came home from work the other day and Ada turned, looked at her Mom, and said, “Mamamamamama.” Since then she has looked at quite a few other things and said “mamamamama” but it is tough to deny the original event. So- for those of you who are keeping track or voted in the poll- Ada's first words are “mama.”

Happy summer and please let us know if you are in the area!