Although it’s been a long time since I have posted photos to this blog, it is still our tradition to take Father’s Day photos of Brian with the kids. It’s not Brian’s favorite thing, but he knows it makes me happy… 🙂
On a side note…. Kaitlyn lives in Texas, so getting a photo with her isn’t quite as easy…. so we improvised.
(Brian) We are smashing! Smash Book sounds so much more interesting than Scrap Book. Either way, that’s what we did last Sunday afternoon. The kids “smashed” about the Valentines they got from Mom, and from each other.
And, they smashed about the movie we’d gone to the day before, Escape From Planet Earth. They kept their ticket stubs from the movie. We tried to print some pics from the Internet, but the printer had issues printing in color, so we’ll finish those pages soon.
Even Michelle smashed in her new Smash Book…
Or maybe I should say mac-n-cheese. I’m not sure. Call it what you like, the kids like it.
For lunch today, Hunter decided to make some. He wanted to show me that he could make it himself. I obliged, and grabbed my camera to document the process. Yes, I’m quick like that.
He did it… alone. Without help. I’m not sure how I feel about that. On the one hand, it’s wonderful. I love seeing them gain independence. On the other hand, I hate seeing them gain independence. Ya, I’m a complicated creature. I baffle all. Well, everyone except every mother out there who has watched as her children grew and became independent.
We want it. We don’t want it. We want them to grow up and move out. We wish they would stay little forever. Yep, like I said, complicated.
Here is Hunter’s lunch time adventure. He did great.
Legos. I hate Legos. It’s not the Legos themselves, well, yes it is. When they are spread all over the house, it’s definitely the Legos themselves.
My kids love Legos. My boys especially. When it comes time for birthdays and Christmas, all they want is, you guessed it… Legos. They like the Lego sets. My husband doesn’t. He thinks it’s… unnatural. He thinks you should build things from your imagination. I don’t disagree. My kids don’t either. But they like to have their cake and eat it too.
We have a lot of different sets belonging to different “themes”. We have “Harry Potter”, “Ninjago”, “Pirates of the Caribbean” , “Indiana Jones”, and the list goes on. The kids go through spurts. Right now they are all about “Harry Potter”. A few days ago it was “Ninjago”.
I don’t know how much money we have spent on Legos. I don’t want to know. I do know what Lego set my boys want for Christmas this year. I have known since Hunter’s birthday. Yep, they like to think ahead.
I took these of Olivia playing with a set that belongs to Caleb. He “shared” in order to get her out of their way so they could play their own game. Generous, don’t you think? 😉 This is the burrow from “Harry Potter”. It’s one of her favorites to play with. I think she likes it because it is a house, and it speaks to her girly girl nature.
Legos…love them, hate them…it doesn’t matter. They entertain the kids, and that is worth the headache.
Today was not the best day. It wasn’t horrible, just blah. I’m not a fan of blah days. They leave me feeling… well, blah.
Needless to say, I didn’t feel motivated to pick up my camera. I know I should have. I probably wouldn’t have felt so blah. But I didn’t.
Doing something helps chase the blahs away. I embraced the blahs, and after my chores were done, I curled up with a book. It helped.
Want to know what really got rid of the blahs? I hopped on the riding lawn mower and mowed the back yard while Brian did the weed eating. I didn’t want to mow. I didn’t feel like it. But accomplishing something always chases the blahs away. Next time, I will pick up my camera.
So today I am posting three photos I took a couple of weeks ago. Hunter and Olivia were sitting by my feet, and I snapped these of them. 🙂
Olivia has naturally curly hair. I think she inherited it from my mother who had curly hair for a time. She grew out of it. Olivia has not grown out of it… yet. When Olivia gets up in the morning, her hair is usually, well, let’s just say, not tame.
She despises getting her hair brushed. I have offered to cut it off so we wouldn’t have to brush it anymore. She strongly disagreed.
This is a picture of Olivia working on her school work. As you can tell, we have not done her hair today. Here it is in it’s natural state. Wild. Uncontrollable.
I love Olivia’s hair. I am secretly dreading the day she grows out of those sweet curls. I am going to enjoy that wild mane of hair for as long as I can.
My poor blog has been sorely neglected. In the chaos of this past summer, a lot of things have been neglected. It’s time to get back to what brings me joy. One of those things is photography. I’m going to take at least one picture each day to document life. My life. In it’s simplicity. I love simplicity. I despise drama. In simplicity there is peace. I want to focus and feature the things in my life that I am grateful for.
This is a dish cloth in the works. I have been knitting my dish cloths for years and years. My mother taught me how to make them, and I have never bought a dish cloth since. I love the texture and how good they are for scrubbing. My current cloths were in a very sad state. I decided it was time to make some more. I made 2 yesterday, and am working on this one today. My boys like this one because it is “boy colors”. I thought that was funny. Perhaps they will feel inspired to use it then. Not likely, but a mama can dream. 😉
I love knitting. It’s relaxing. I love the simple repetition of the task. I love that I know this pattern so well, my mind can wander in any direction, and I won’t loose my place. I love that with a little time and a bit of effort I am left with something that did not previously exist. Something that I created.
