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My super awesome husband gave me a super fabulous camera a few years back and I've been hopelessly obsessed and have driven my children crazy with, "look at Mommy" and "you can have a piece of candy if you let me take 5 pictures", ever since. Here are just a few of those moments I steel away from my uber cute kiddos, and a few more moments I occasionaly get to take of other people...to the relief of my family. I do love to practice on anyone who will let me, so if you would like your picture taken let me know!
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Friday, May 30, 2008

Whhaat?

So Sarah watched M for me while I went to my super special Mother's Day luncheon and J's preschool. But right before we walked out the door to drop her off, she got into my lip gloss and schmeared it in her hair! I tried to wash it our real quick, but it was time to go, so I just spiked it up a bit. So I take M to Sarah, and when I got back this is what she looked like.





Punk hair, and makeup ta-boot.

Mother's Day

Nathan worked and had school on Mother's Day so I wasn't expecting much out of they day, but I got a nice surprise. J's preschool had a Mother's Day luncheon and it was completely adorably cute! They had tables set up in the backyard with a flower pot they painted, a picture frame of each kid, and a place mat made out of questions about Mom they had asked the kids. Questions like:

How old is your mom? 10
What is your mom's favorite movie? The one with the men on it.
What special message to you have for your mom? Hey, you forgot to put the toilet seat down!

So each of our kids found their picture frame and set the moms down at the table.


Then they sang us a few songs.


Then the kids brought us some yummy food!


And after brought us homemade ice cream sandwiches. Yummy!!!


It was super cute and J was so proud to help. Mrs. Greene and the other teachers do such an awesome job! I love this preschool.

Ash

Our poor dog Ash hasn't gotten a lot of attention since we've had kids. It's not like we put her out back and only see her to give her some food or anything like that, but the kids seem to make more noise and just draw our attention away. A few weeks ago I started jogging with a friend and Ash comes along. She could outrun us all 5x over, but even at our slow pace I think she is feeling like part of the group again. The kids are even starting to play with her. One of J's new jobs is to feed her and they both try to make her do tricks. She even listens to them when they bribe her with food. Here she is, in all her graying glory.

I hear it's your birthday!

I CANNOT believe J is four! How did this happen? I swear he was a little baby like two days ago. And now he's got a crazy big vocabulary and is jumping off retaining walls taller than he is. (sigh) So we had a little family party and will have a friends party with M next month when Nathan is out of school and can be there for sure.

We started off with a soothing activity to kids and adults alike.






J decided on a pajama/apron wearing party. Yep, he dressed himself.


Presents!


Sarah catching up on her Book of Mormon stories.




He looks like he's getting away with something...


He requested ice cream cake. That's my boy!




Behold, J's future.


Fieldtrip!

Remember when you were little and you got a chance to go on a field trip and it was the coolest thing in the whole wide world?!? I got to go on one with J and that was his totally innocent enthusiastic attitude. We packed a lot into a few short hours starting at the police department. We started inside where the kids got to sit and sit and check out the strange contrast between the cement building and the lush green foliage.

Then we walked around the back of the building where a very nice police lady pulled up in her police car and told the kids all about it. She showed them where the bad guys sit, the radar that catches speeders, where she keeps her gun, and of course the siren. Yep, it was loud.


And then they got to climb through the back seat. J, if you're ever in the back seat of a police car again...


Afterwards we headed to the grocery store where we say behind the scenes and got a snack, then to the bowling ally. Fun, fun, fun!