286/365 A is for ......

286/365 A is for ......

So many things like apple, a@@hole(sorry), ardvark, ant, aunt, ammo, alumni, afraid, askew, assortment, art, and many more. These are the lame ones that I came up with, although now that I think about it I could have done something with the ammo one, being from texas and all.

So asparagus, we love it and have it often, tonight just happened to be one of those nights.

Asleep, Little Man was passed out on the couch. This was actually Sunday but it fits.

Then Tuesdays I always buy the kids smoothies when I pick them up at school.

Our favorite flavor is ALOHA COLODA. 

And not to forget Little Man calls these his rainbrella. 

Maybe for a mouse I tell him, he thinks that's funny.

285 /365 Falling Behind

285/365 Falling Behind

In my photos I have been slacking off. I have little creative energy to take photos just now.

So I think I just came up with an idea, I'm going to do the alphabet. Tomorrow I'm starting with A and from there I'll go on for the next 26 days.

Wow it gives me some direction and that is a relief.

284/365 Friday Night Book Review

284/365 Friday Night Book Review

So this year I decided to do the Scholastic books for Little Man's classroom. He is in Pre-Pre School and 

they haven't ever offered scholastic before.

After getting the books in the mail I remembered why I love them so much.

These are all old books that I ordered several years ago and found during our major book clean out.

This one I love simply because of the cover, I mean I want to dance that freely and without any reservation.

Along with wishing my legs and body were that long and skinny, in general it's just a great message in this book.

Who wouldn't love to see a moose with a mustache, much less one like this.

There is a whole series of these books which include his wife and some little moose kids, so cute.

And last but not least Big Bad Bunny. The tag line in this book is "Big Bad Bunny coming to get your money. It's about this big bad bunny that steals everyones money and stuff. Eventually he has to return the things because it's no cool to steal and he learns his lesson but really I just like it because I get to walk around saying "big bad bunny I'm here to steal your money". It's just fun. 

283/365 A Santa Question

283/365 A Santa Question

So I think I'm feeling very quiet lately, kind of uninspired.

So today I forced myself to get the camera and get down on the floor with the kids, plus the light in 

our upstairs room is so great at this time of day.

These are some of the things that came out of our playing around.

Little Mama let me brush and braid her hair, that's kind of a miracle in so many ways.

I think she looks so great with it pulled back, wait I think I heard that my whole life too.

She did ask me a question I was fairly unprepared to answer at dinner.

She said " Mom how come Santa didn't come to those girls in Annie ?". She was talking about

the movie Annie and how come Santa didn't come to any of the orphans. I had no idea how to respond.

My standard answer of "if you believe he will come" wasn't exactly appropriate. 

Anyway fun times !!! Very fun times !!!

282/365 Hangin with Superman

282/365 Hangin with Superman

That's what I did today, I hung with Superman.

He was into everything today and luckily for him he is basically indestructible

because he was testing everything out on himself today.

So after a bloody toe he found a pair of pruning shears. The little kind you would use to take dead flower heads off your bushes. Well he wasn't pruning bushes, he accidently pruned his stomach !!!

Ouch !!!!

281/365 Homework Brigade

281/365 Homework Brigade

Would this help you if you needed peace and quiet to get your homework done?

Really they are very supportive and quiet and patient letting me help The Rhino with all

his homework, but when the end gets near they get antsy!!!

280/365 I Love It

280/365 I Love It

We went camping this weekend, with the Cub Scouts. I loved it. It reminded me of all those reasons that I love to go camping. I giggled like a little kid when it was time to go to bed and it was just Rob and me in the tent. The whole thing brought back such great memories. I love how my skin feels kind of raw or wind burnt from bring outside for so long. I love how I got so dirty, not smelly just dirty, and it just felt so clean. It's like getting past the "dirty" point frees the spirit to get into things fully. I loved the dark and using a flashlight, I mean how much fun is that. I love how quiet it is, ok well this happened to be just next to an interstate so really not that quiet. I love how dirty the kids got and then when we got home, before we had a bath Little Mama changed her clothes and declared herself clean !!! I loved that the whole family was a little sad to pack up and leave the campground this morning, it means we will go again.

It was like the Griswalds packing up, you should have seen us trying to pack 4 bikes on this 5 bike rack. Finally we got them all secured only to find the car battery dead from leaving all the doors open during the 2 hour packing process.

When we got there we set up camp. This is actually from the following day because we had to set our tents and stuff up in the dark, bad bad bad.

But after a long battle in the dark we got all set up and found this fire. We joined write in for some somores and where my brother was making a loaf of sourdough bread in a dutch oven. So much fun to watch and try.

Playing around camp a little.

It's been a long time since I caught a picture of these 2 together. They are only 6 weeks apart, I always think about them when they were just babies .

The Rhino was trying to earn his wittling chip badge so he can carry a pocket knife. It brings tears to a mothers heart, or is that sweat to a mothers palms to think about this.

Goodbye camp Strake, we will miss you, until next time.

It's like saying goodbye to an old lover, did I just say that??? I'm felling very dramatic.