Photo 365 #330: Photo Friday throwback time!

July 3, 20152 Comments

2015-06-22 21.07.36 Would you look at that? It’s Friday again! I can’t believe it’s July already. My kids will be back in school before I know it.

Speaking of kids, I found this in my office the other day while I was rummaging around in search of something else. I loved Rainbow Brite when I was little, but I don’t even remember getting this puzzle. I remember the little Red Butler figurine I used to take to church on Sundays to play with in the pews, though. Too bad I lost him a long time ago. 😦

What things did you enjoy as a child?

If you’re in the U.S., do you have big plans for tomorrow? How do you celebrate the Fourth of July?

If you’re not in the U.S., have a fantastic weekend!

Happy Friday, everybody! 🙂

A word to the wise, part 7

July 1, 2015December 31, 20143 Comments

Enjoy this wild, wacky ride called “life.”

When life becomes a roller coaster… –Suzy Toronto

Photo 365 #321

June 24, 2015Leave a comment

Even on vacation, I found gorgeous flowers to photograph:

This beauty lives at Reptile Gardens in Rapid City, SD, and has many pretty friends there. I love the way this image turned out, don’t you?

Photo 365 #307

June 10, 2015June 3, 2015Leave a comment

2015-06-02 15.06.47 Fishing from pirate boats is great fun, especially when you have a good driver like Cricket.

C: “I’ll drive the boat, Mom – you catch a fish.”

M: “I got one! I got one!”

C: “No, you didn’t catch a fish, Mom. That’s a whale.”

M: *blinks in surprise* “I caught a whale?”

C: “Yep, you did. Now put it back – it’s time to go.”

M: *throws whale back*

Photo 365 #306

June 9, 2015June 3, 20154 Comments

Grandma gives awesome swinging lessons:

: “Stick your legs out…”

: “Now pump ’em!”

: “Do it again!”

I love to swing. Haven’t done it in years, but I think I should reconsider that. 🙂

Photo 365 #303

June 6, 2015June 3, 20154 Comments

I got some new toys in the mail the other day, and I’ve been having a ton of fun familiarizing myself with them:

2015-06-02 21.19.55

I want to do some star trails when we go on vacation, and once upon a time, I knew how to do it. But that was a good ten years and three cameras ago, back when I still used film. I finally found the part of my camera manual that gave directions on how to do long time exposures, and it said that in order to do exposures of longer than thirty minutes, I’d need a cable release.

Hello, Amazon? Can you help a girl out?

Photo 365 #302

June 5, 2015June 3, 20152 Comments

Selfie queen, I am not. When it comes to using my phone’s front-facing camera, the results are iffy at best. But occasionally the boys demand to be in a picture with me.

: Smile, Thumper!

: Hold still, missy! Everybody smile!

This was one such incident. Naturally, in trying to make sure I got Thumper before he had a chance to touch the screen and mess up the shot, I cut off my face. Miss Tadpole, however, managed a pretty excellent photo bomb, and a minute later, Bubbles joined her.

I love it when they get excited about things. 🙂

What do your kids get excited about?

Photo 365 #299

June 2, 20154 Comments

Today was an absolutely wonderful day to spend at the park. After running a few errands, we did just that.

The boys had a blast playing on the swings and the slides and the horsies. It wasn’t too hot, it wasn’t too cold, the sun was shining – it was just right.

But then we had to come home, and there were two very upset little boys. Luckily they were easily pacified with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the original cartoon version) when we got home, which made me happy because I had supper to fix, pie to bake, and a house to clean before a guest arrived.

Whew!

How do you like to spend beautiful days with your kids?

A word to the wise, part 6

June 1, 2015December 31, 20144 Comments

Mistakes are not failures unless we fail to learn.

Epic mistake #5,372 that I made on purpose… –Suzy Toronto

Photo Friday again already?

May 15, 2015May 16, 2015Leave a comment

Okay, then. Let’s party like it’s 1999!

Much to my excitement, my high school recently sold off a bunch of extra yearbooks spanning 23 years. Included in their stock was the yearbook from my freshman year, which I didn’t get when I was in high school because I misunderstood the ordering procedure. I spent all week flipping through it and reliving my younger years. It was fun taking a trip down memory lane, that year in particular. 🙂

Have a great weekend!