cats cradle...

mac is back!!
here are just a few of the many things she learned at camp...

the teacup and eiffel tower

cats whiskers and jacobs ladder

witchs broom

Hide-and-Seek Hysteria

They could do this all day. This is why the noise level in our house is sooooo outta hand!

love these...

It's amazing how English-Garden-Looking you can get with some of these drought tolerant perennials!




Veronica Longifolia "eveline" (left)
Catmint (right)

you must must MUST check this out...

...Cami's most recent post!
This is one of the many reasons you gotta love Cami...that she was and is this girl!!
Just classic!

and off she goes...

Mac and her 5th grade class are off on their "Science Camp" adventure.
She spent last night alternately worrying about being homesick and packing meticulously.
She thought up every possible scenario of what could go wrong and only then could she relax. She takes after her mama AND her papa that way. Prepare for the worst, expect the best. I got the feeling she realized that it was actually going to be ok when she waved "bye" from that enormous bus with the biggest smile. I heard she and Isabel talking..."this is the first day of the rest of our lives"...and "we start our adventure!"
Ahhhhh, the freedom!
The difference a year makes...
I didn't even get teary-eyed. As with all things, when the time is right it isn't hard, just natural!

Two Guys in Corduroy

Emmett and I woke up one day and realized we had similar taste in clothes, and attitude.

Papa