oh the things that i love...oh, happy day!

the best best mail treats for gracie's birthday- THANK YOU AUNTIE EM!! thanks to you, i'll never have to do grace's laundry again! read down for more info on this topic.

spent the day planting the garden and getting dirty. this is a small weird mulchy corner near our deck. i decided it would be a fantastic place to plant some sunflower seeds with the little lady and see what pops up.

gotta love gray...she cried at the greenhouse today until i would agree to let her purchase a flat of yellow marigolds. a girl after my own heart.

here's a peek of the sweater vest for all you curious peeps out there. it's seriously hideous, i know. but it hides the curves and the milk stains, and sometimes you just need a sweater vest to make it all go away. as you can see from the picture, elmo looks pretty horrified at my choices as well.

a peek at some of the birthday kiddie gifts-...mamas, don't tell the wee ones-

my girl and i sported matching (sort of) head scarves and glasses...and i had to wear the good old carrot shirt from ithaca for our gardening activities.

grace was puppa's right hand plantin' girl today, sporting the AMAZING dress that auntie emily sent for her birthday, and only yesterday found on our never-used entrance to our house. silly postwoman! emily, the detail is gorgeous and the fabrics are perfect. my grubbygirl is refusing to remove it, even for sleeping. and she WILL NOT wear pannies with it, either. so that's fun to take her out in public. as usual with your garments, everyone was complementing it up and down today, and i considered taking credit, but of course gave it where it was due. call you and send lovins soon!

gray had some crazy energy today. she was completely insane. i kind of loved it and kind of wanted to kill myself all at the same time.

our day was all about flowers and plants. unfortunately i snapped this pic before i could clean off my lens.

thank you love green dog
for the things i love thursday idea-

hope these photos brighten your day.

and sending extra lovins and huggins and snuggloos to my hus-b piashirekittycat. please send positive life-changing and amazing energy telepathically his way! :) meow.