herbiehancock

   Today is my son's 21st birthday.  He is away at college, so I didn't get to celebrate the day with him.  It doesn't seem right not getting to see him on such an important birthday milestone, but he will be home this weekend, so we can celebrate the day then.  I did send him messages over the internet and talk to him on the phone tonight, but it's just not the same as seeing him and being able to give him a hug.    Here are a couple of my favorite pictures of him when he was little.  The first when he was two years old and the second when he was three years old.  In the first one he was climbing up the slide in the back yard (not on the ladder, but up the slide itself). I love the mischievous look on his face and the twinkle in his eye in this next one.  He looks like he is up to something.    It seems like such a short time ago that he was this young.  It's hard to believe he is 21 years old.  I remember the days o...

Today I'm wearing nothing but a smile and my birthday suit because it just seems like a good day for that.

This is a photo from a few years ago of my Mom holding a birthday cake so that one of my nephews could blow out the candles. This is my brother's oldest child. With both my Mom and nephew dressed in yellow and the yellow walls of my kitchen, I thought it seemed like an appropriate choice for Mellow Yellow Monday. To visit other bloggers posting for Mellow Yellow Mondays, click on the butterfly badge below.