Reasons To Celebrate

On June 30th, we were invited to celebrate the baptism of our friend Mia...

and the 90th birthday of her great grammy, who is a dear friend.  It was also Mimi and Papa's 39th wedding anniversary, so hooray for celebration day!

Then, on July 1st, we enjoyed some high flying fun at the park, 

Everett had his first corn on the cob,

and Emily and Mimi planted three new tomato plants.

Everett really wanted to be helpful...

but was sent away.  He spent some time managing his shop...

and then managed to sneak back in to the thick of things...

until he was encouraged to play somewhere else again.

Emily was planting like an expert "farmer"...

and doing a great job.

But she did turn her back for a teeny tiny minute, so Everett seized the opportunity to help again.

Emily, however, made it clear that pulling the leaves off of the tomato plants was not considered "helpful."

And once the little guy threat was gone, she happily watered her new garden...

and cut bird netting to protect her plants from threats arriving by air.