above .500

June just went off to bed, so my four days of solo dad duty have essentially come to an end; Adrienne will be home in about two hours. If I had to rate these past four days in terms of wins and losses, I'd say we finished with two wins, one loss, and one tie.

On Saturday, June was simply at her worst. She woke up in an awful mood, and unfortunately, things didn't improve much as the day wore on.

Sunday was a 180 degree turn from Saturday. I don't think a single tear was shed the entire day.

Memorial Day was somewhere in the middle. One moment she was laughing, the next moment she was crying... such is the life of a toddler.

And today we managed a very good day with a run, a trip to the Museum of Life and Science, lunch at Guajillos, and swimming at the Y.

I can't wait for Adrienne to get back, but I have to admit, I was more than a tiny bit sad putting June down in her crib tonight because it marked the end of our four day father-daughter adventure.

Here's Junie doing her Eddie the Eagle impersonation during our picnic at Duke Gardens on Sunday...


Duke Gardens recommends feeding the ducks cracked corn rather than bread, so we made a trip to the local feed store before our picnic. Smallest package of cracked corn: 25 lbs - a little bigger than June. Anybody need some cracked corn?

And here's a shot of her putting the feed into action...

On Memorial Day, our neighbors Gary, Kirstin, and their daughter Rachel had us over for a bbq. They're very generous and invite us over for nearly every holiday. Some other friends of ours, Jed, Kerry, and their daughter Lily, were also in attendance. The girls had a smashing time. Much to my satisfaction, June didn't succumb to the peer pressure from the older, more worldly girls (I think both are five or six months June's elder) and managed to keep her diaper and most of her clothes on. Here are June, Rachel, and Lily in the playhouse...

June and Rachel sitting in a pool of water...


June working on her bubble blowing...


Rachel and Lily on the keys, June on the saucers...


Today's trip to Life and Science. The indoor toddler play area is hard to beat, but is it really wise to have an activity station that helps toddlers hone their latch opening skills? June spent a solid twenty minutes mastering her craft...


And finally, here she is getting ready to take a dip this afternoon. Her bathing suit is too much , isn't it?