Julia in Wonderland

 I just love this photo.

A lot.

And I'm using it as my photo for the Greeblemonkey challenge.

My baby is TEN!

For most people, Memorial Day revolves around barbecues, picnics, and parades remembering those who have died for this country, and we find time for those things too, but mostly our memorial days revolve around this girl, whose birthday usually falls on or around that last weekend in May. 

So this Memorial Day weekend we found ourselves rollerblading

and getting our ears pierced.

(I say "our" because I took this opportunity to get mine re-pierced since they had closed up far too long ago

and I miss wearing earrings.)

Julia's siblings treated her very well and showered her with presents

which you can see that she was very excited about.

They also showered her with confetti.

I love this series of photos.

Go ahead and take a second look at the faces.  

Makes. me. laugh......

This face just makes me smile.

It's hard to believe that my baby, my youngest is ten years old.

Why I'll never make dinner again.

At least not when there is light like this. 

I certainly got a lot of mileage from that one day at Manassas battlefield.

We really didn't have to wander far from the parking lot to find stuff to do and to look at.

Markers to read.

and gravestones to consider.

Julia bounded across the field like a little puppy and threw herself into the long grass.

"Look how tall this grass is, Mom!"

and where else can you cuddle up with a canon?

(Oh! wait... I have been known to cuddle with my Canon XSi.

Loving this camera!)

I have no clue what she was doing or pretending to be, but this one makes me laugh every time.  :)