The highlights for May were Gio's performance in "The Yellow Boat" and in the concert band. We are so proud of him. Paolo and Gioia celebrated birthdays. Other than these events, though, the month was a very difficult for the Belli family, especially for Maria. Our dear Jagger passed away on May 21st after a 5 month battle with lymphoma. And then Maria broke her wrist 9 days later....
We started the month celebrating Paolo's birthday on the 4th.
Day care photos
Maria rode Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays most of the year.
Gioia turned 3 on May 6th.
She kindly shared her cake with the gang.
Afternoon naps before the school bus vigil.
Gio likes to send me Winston scenes from his bed. Here is "Winston watching funny cat videos."
New "Shark Girl" hoodie!
More daycare photos...
After months of intense rehearsals Gio's play weekend finally arrived!
So proud of him!
Gio and his best friend Nicky shared the role of "father" and "coach" (they each performed the lead role of father twice and the coach the other two times).
A sweet friendship.
Maria's music class show!
Checking progress on the bite re-alignment.
On May 19th Jagger's health took a dive. He stopped eating and began to moan heavily whenever he lay down.
He spent two night sleeping in the garden clearly not feeling well. Ragu never left his side.
On May 20th an ultrasound revealed a large tumor in his abdomen. I brought him home so we could all say goodbye. We put him down the next morning.
We stayed with him throughout the night. Maria read to him. It was heartbreaking but we knew we had made the right decision for him.
Rest in Peace, dear Jagger. 2016-2022 (age 5)
It was very hard to take only 3 dogs to the forest the following week but luckily my gang gathered there to walk with me. One day there were 17 dogs!
Maria created a Jagger wall in her room.
Gio's rugby season came to an end. He cannot wait for next year.
Winston continued his battle with the recycling.
Gioia tried her best to cheer up Maria.
Gio's concert band concert.
Maria's end of the year class party.
Winston vs. a palm frond.
9 days after Jagger's death Maria broke her wrist. Poor child. More about this in next month's post....
