Seven.

Do you remember when you were seven? I think everyone should have a seven-year-old friend.

I have one.

Lydia loves to turn cartwheels and has a curiosity to learn about pretty much everything. A couple weeks ago she was showing me one of her favorite photo pages in her 800+ page animal encyclopedia (she prefaced the conversation by first explaining that this book is a great example of an "index" in a book... because the index alone is a hefty number of pages).

The favorite page: a shot-by-shot photo collection featuring a wildebeest giving birth.



Kristen and Lydia at Hartwick Pines



Last week, Kristen (Lydia's mom), Lydia and I took a little field trip up north for the day.

Our final stop was a small greenhouse. Along with the stuffed animals in the basket in the front window were three cuddly, cute kittens!