Birthday in Maine

We got to visit Maine near Gillian's birthday:

Cousins!

it was hot

water fun

watching the fun

presents

what's in the trunk?

a new bike!

cupcake time

seeing how tall she is since last year

She is Six

Gillian turned six today I'm amazed, Our quirky, spinning joyful, tree climbing dress wearing girl is Six. Life is good. Arts and crafts (until 11:30pm the night before, of course)

at her seat at the table

it spelled happy birthday Lily. 

audience

presents

birds were everywhere 

checking it out for the real birds

he insists he needs to join her

she loves to curtsey . This is six. lovely

Memorial Day fun with a side of Birthday party

We had a memorial day BBQ and a birthday party for Lily. Great times

Piano

We inherited a piano from friends. Auntie Julie and cousin Izzy delivered a dining room table from grammie and grampa. It was quite a day.

getting the dining room table out of Uncle Jarrod's truck

surprise visit from grammie

cousins!

it was a lot of work to get the piano here. and there was more to do

pizza box, classy moving helper

there was a lot of thoughtful pauses in the process

ta-da!

ta-da!

Working

Catching up on what we did for most of April.

Painting with my little boys 

helpers

family help

lunch break

picnic inside