This morning I dropped Gretchen off at daycare and as usual, her little friend Cameron was waiting to play.

Gretch and I walked over to her cubby to take off her jacket and he followed us. Now, picture a little boy with big brown eyes holding a baby and bottle, leaning on a preschool-sized table.

Cameron says, "I was just thinking about when Gretchen is a cheerleader and I'm a football player."

Oh my.

Happy Birthday Katie!

By request the cake was devil's food with white frosting. Katie is a girl with taste! None of that blah white cake, white frosting that her Dad adores. I went a step further and made Martha Stewart's super fluffy cream cheese frosting with 1/4 teaspoon of pink food coloring and it was really good. We also grilled pork chops and twice-baked potatoes, steamed green beans and fresh lettuce from my Mom's garden.

Blowing out the candles in three breaths.

Opening presents. As usual, Katie received a lot of really nice things including a guitar, a baton and walkie-talkies. She already has all three in a pretty regular rotation.

Strumming away under the tree in the backyard. Happy Birthday Katie-bug!

June Flowers

Some pictures of the flowers in my yard. This first one is a Lavender plant Mom brought to me on Friday. It smells really great.

A very pink Hydrangea. The leaves don't look very hot and the entire plant is only six inches tall, but the flowers are beautiful.

A sweet smelling Peony in the front yard.

I can't remember what these are called, seems like maybe Coral Bells. They are really tiny, like the size of a tic tac, and they were blowing in the breeze. If they were real bells, they would have had a pretty tune.

Lilies.

Columbine.

Vinca.