Things that Grow

My kids have a book called Things That Grow.  It is really cute asking if a washcloth can grow into a towel, with flaps that fold down.  

Tuesday's photoaday was grow.  

I wanted to get a picture of the top of Lucas head next to me, showing how much he has grown-- but he is so tall now it wasn't working out very well, so instead we took this.

And yes my 8 year old is that high up on me.

But I still needed something for "Grow".  As I was returing from picking up Alex from school- I saw it, the one lone bloomer.

Pretty lucky that things like this "grow" year round in southern California.   Thankfully the weather has warmed up to what it should be so that can still be true and so we can enjoy things like this outside

Sick or Rain or Rain and Sick

Friday was a cold rainy day so I did not want to go anywhere--which I couldn't anyway as Alex was still sick. 

So I got my "landscape" picture (photoaday) from safely inside my house.

Though the clouds were hiding the main landscape- the mountains. 

We ended up having french toast for dinner since Alex was asleep on the couch when we usually would have gone out to eat.  Sick days are never fun.

Stick 'em up!

I am the Cub Scout Committee Chair and the Blue and Gold Banquet is coming up.  This year we are doing a Western theme.

The invitations

I went and took pictures of all of the boys for their wanted posters that they made which will be part of the decor.  I am partial to this bandit.

Today's photo-a-day was "corner".  When we came home from scouts I got a picture of the pretty sunset around the corner.

Ordinary Day

It was just a regular ordinary day-- which fit quite nicely with the photo of the day which was "something ordinary"

For me driving my kids around town is pretty ordinary.

And Ryder smiling and being happy is thankfully pretty ordinary.   Though his new way he smiles when I ask him to smile for pictures isn't so ordinary.

T is For...

Toastee Tarts!  And yes these did start a whole discussion as to why they are called this and not Pop Tarts.  And yes Alex did declare them as her favorite and so much better than Pop Tarts asking that every time I go to the store to get these.   Well done store brand generic food.

The above was my photoaday for "something that begins with T"

And here is a pretty sunset straight out of my iPhone camera

Day: 43-47 Another week

Well almost an entire week has gone by again since I posted- so doing this week in one post again for ease.

Day 43
Monday, February 13thNo school on Monday-- so a trip to visit my best friend CA Girl was in order.
The kids played, we visited and we even decorated cupcakes for fun

Day 44
Tuesday, February 14thIgnore my makeup-less face. Too busy getting our fancy family Valentines Dinner ready.
Alex and I were surprised with roses from Eric. Alex claimed the red ones right away.
Day 45
Wednesday, February 15thRain, rain go away...
actually it hardly ever rains here, so I guess I can deal with it

Day 46
Thursday, February 16th
The skies were blue but the wind was hollowing a bitter cold wind. I was more than happy to stay inside and read a book.

Day 47
Friday, February 17th
after several cold and rainy days we took advantage of the beautiful day

and I captured a moment that will be gone too soonsinging to and rocking my toddler before his nap

Day 33: Words

I took several pictures today- but as I was writing about the pictures- I loved it so much I decided to save it for my main blog on Monday- so make sure to check that out Monday.

So instead, I took another picture- part of the photoaday- today's theme was words- so here is my fun take on it.

Day 27: A Beautiful Start

Friday morning began with this

no editing done on this picture- just straight out of camera

and then I took the time to get all dressed up like this

because I was spending half of the day hereThe Power of Mom's retreat

Amazing amazing day

Day 282-288

Day 282

Friday, October 8th
A special day-
this guy turned 6 today!

Day 283
Saturday, October 9th
The cake I made for Lucas' birthday party
Airplanes are his latest thing

Day 284
Sunday, October 10th
They asked me to take a picture of them!
Sigh a mother's dream
Though I didn't have my f-stop quite right, dang it!

Day 285
Monday, October 11th
Ryder and I went along to Alex's preschool field trip,
a trip to the pumpkin patch.
Ryder doesn't seem nearly as impressed as Alex.

Day 286
Tuesday, October 12th
Packages in the mail with things like this are good.

Day 287
Wednesday, October 13th
I actually took a ton of pictures today..
but I was doing a photo job-
and the client was having their picture taken for a surprise for family.
So here are some pretty flowers that we took a few pictures in front of,
the sun light was magical in this location.

Day 288
Thursday, October 14th
Yeah, the picture speaks for itself.
I giggle every time I see it.

Day 268-274

Day 268

Friday, September 24thIt's been hot-I let them play in the water again.
I think they had fun

Day 269
Saturday, September 25th
It was really dark when we left the party.
So dark I couldn't see the kids in the back
So when I lifted up my phone and took a picture
I had no idea what I was going to get.
Too bad my hand was covering the lens a bit.

Day 270
Sunday, September 26th
We take a multi-vitamin and calcium at night..
it was late, I hadn't taken a picture- I was taking a picture of the bottles;
Eric dared me to take a picture of him "like this"... I complied.
And well he is 15" taller than me so this angle really is my usual view.

Day 271
Monday, September 27th
End of September...
wrong, wrong, wrong wrong
Oh and our upstairs AC stopped working the day before.

Day 272
Tuesday, September 28th
Waiting in the car pool lane is fun to do.. fun to do, to do, to do.
Not!

Day 273
Wednesday, September 29th
After three days of suffering
our AC was fixed!
The compressor blew up. Doh!

Day 274
Thursday, September 30th
Rain in the day
makes sunsets that make me say Yeah!
This image is SOOC.

Day 260-Day 267

Day 260

Friday, September 17th
Something so fun about playing with the hose
and squirting the screen glass door.
I took this picture from the safety of inside.

Day 261
Saturday, September 18th
Work Saturday for Eric,
so we went took lunch out to him.
I blurred out the hospital name

Day 262
Sunday, September 19th
As beautiful as roses are,
they never last forever.

Day 263
Monday, September 20th
Alex "reading" in her fort.
And yes Kristen, that is your book,
we will bring it back on Saturday.

Day 264
Tuesday, September 21st
Did you know they have homework in kindergarten now?
It often involves a lot of coloring.. which Lucas quickly tires of.
But if I grab a coloring book and color alongside him,
it makes it so much better.

Day 265
Wednesday, September 22nd
Yes he is adorable.

Day 267
Thursday, September 23rd
Lately I haven't taken nearly enough pictures of this cute guy..
and he is the one that actually poses for me.

Day 239- Day 245

Well all pictures are SOCC (straight out of the camera) as my in-laws are going to be here tomorrow and I have a lot of cleaning still to do.

Day 239
Friday, August 27th
We went out to dinner with a group of friends
then went to the duck pond afterward.
Ryder was very wide-eyed wondering what was going on.

Day 240
Saturday, August 28th
Ummmm....yeah.... opps. Missed a day.
Eric and I went on a date today... but no pics

Day 241
Sunday, August 29thBeautiful day, perfect weather.
We spent the evening outdoors.
These two boys liked it.

Day 242
Monday, August 30th
Lucas loves building and inventing.
We always say someday he is going to invent something that will make us all really rich.
And when he does invent something hopefully I will get a better picture than this blurry one I took with my phone.

Day 243
Tuesday, August 31stMiss Ballerina is loving her class still.
She says she wants to be a ballerina her whole life.
(that and an astronaut)I got a ton of cute pictures today
but most of them show the other girls in her class too...
and the other parents might not like if I posted them.

Day 244
Wednesday, September 1st
All of the sudden it was glowing kind of orange in my house.
This is the second fire on the mountain this summer.
Luckily they were able to get it out before any homes were affected.

Day 245
Thursday, September 2ndLucas is shaking his principles hand.
Why?
He was one of four kids from his class today to earn an award.
He won the Learner of the Pack award for doing good work and being ready to go everyday!!
A very proud mommy day.

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Day 232-Day 238

Well I think this might have been one of my worst 365 weeks to date. I took picture everyday, but just barely.. and often just with my phone. But I have been spending the days editing pictures from 3 different photo shoots, so I think by the time I was done with those my creative photo brain was just done. But though they might not be beautiful shots, they still are my shots and they tell my life. So with that great intro, here is this last weeks pictures.

Day 232
Friday, August 20thHey look it's me!
Dress shopping for my little sister's wedding in October.

Day 233
Saturday, August 21stDinner at iHop with cousins
now that is a good night out.

Day 234
Sunday, August 22nd
Can you tell what it is?
It's a clear bag of marbles.
The ones I use for the marble jars-
i.e. the way I get my kids to behave.

Day 235
Monday, August 23rdMonday nights are family night.
The boys looked really cute together
I just hurried and took a picture-flash shadows and all.

Day 236
Tuesday, August 24thAlex's first ballet class!
She was in heaven.
The class is for 3-5 year olds,
she is the tall one the third from the left.. and she is 3.

Day 237
Wednesday, August 25thStorms a' comin'
There was lots of wind,
one big lighting bolt and a few drops of rain
then it was gone

Day 238
Thursday, August 26thNot a Time for Tot's day
this is the real deal, this is homework.
Homework in kindergarten.
School sure has changed since I went to kindergarten.


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