just a few pictures of my sweetie pie neighbor baby.
she is so easy to photograph…so smiley and those sparkly blue eyes.
i told you she was sweet.
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i haven't been on a field trip in many many years…and this year i went on TWO. i realized long ago that i am not a field trip kind of mom.
i am also not a PTO kind of mom.
or a room mom or a fundraiser president kind of mom.
it's just not me.
i can't even go to meetings at church.
i can't stand that kind of stuff…i can't sit still…i can't listen.
i would skip all kids' programs if i could.
but i can't.
what was i talking about…oh yes…the second field trip.
i went on sean's field trip this year too.
he looked right at me and asked me to go.
"please mom…i really want you to…we'll have lots of fun."
how can i say no to that?
as they were walking to the the bus his teacher said "sean said you'd be riding with him"
"HA! sorry charlie…no way. see ya there!"
the bus? that's taking it too far.
i rode with my friend….and then we were late because we were searching for starbucks.
that's the kind of mom i am.
the field trip was actually really good.
Exploration Place is a very cool place.
i have never been since we'd moved here so i was happy to go for only $3.50.
  it was the perfect place for sean.
lots of hands on but also lots of of thinking involved.
and a paper airplane exhibit?
that's heaven for sean.
 they are inside a wind machine.
there is a big weather area…tornados and wind…erosion…
my favorite part was the real tornado made of smoke (?) that the kids could try to break up.
  there was a maze exhibit…another challenge sean enjoys.
 this room was an entire miniature town.
we stayed in here the longest…studying the details.
it must have taken a thousand hours to build this.
each little person is like half an inch tall?
that merry-go-round was maybe 3 inches?
AMAZING!
  the giant bubble maker is always fun.
he stuck with it until it worked.
other kids ran up and tried it once or twice and then left but he stayed till he got it.
that is just SO sean.
i'm glad i went.
doesn't mean i will go again….but i AM glad i went this time.
it's nice to feel wanted by your kids.
because i am now aware of quickly it can change.
but maybe…just maybe…for sean it won't change?
he'll always want me to go places with him?
hey…i can dream.
🙂
You captured the day perfectly. Looked like so much fun. I love your honesty. Oh, hell, I think I just love you. 😉 I’m not that kind of mom either. No wonder I like you. I am going on a field trip though in a couple of weeks. Luckily, I can drive my own car. I am definitely not a ride in the back of the bus field because I am the room mom kind of mom. 🙂 what a great day! i’m not that kinda mom either. i just don’t enjoy stuff like that. and meetings?! i dread them, our son has ARD meetings anytime anything changes with him…you would think i would be used to them by now, but no. anyways, love the blog and pics as usual! Whoa, awesome pics. One day your children will appreciate all of the wonderful memories you have captured. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your honesty! I am not that mom- nor was I that kid– never stuck with group activities, especially those that involved meetings (think: Girl Scouts). Looks like you had a fun time though- gives me hope for when the field trips start in the next few years. My oldest is in kindergarten so we don’t do many field trips yet, although we did go see a performance of Pinnocchio in December. That story seriously creeps me, but I went because she wanted me to… not a great time, but not unbearable either. 🙂 Have a good day! I am really bad at all that stuff too – glad to know I am not alone! The Starbucks thing cracks me up – totally would happen to me too. I bet Sean will want you to do lots of things with him always. Very cool. I wanted to build tiny cities when I grew up You nailed it!!! I’ve been a teacher for 15 years and mom for 11. I totally dread field trips and PTO meetings. When I would attend field trips as a “mom”, I ended up with the rowdiest kids in the class. I’m glad to hear I’m not alone!!! This place does look awesome. Is it in Wichita? I’ve done two field trips this year too. I had to ride on the bus for the one this week. I’m glad I went, but I don’t like them either. OK, I lurk here often and have heard only wonderful things from Pam about you. This particular blog is giving me so much freedom. looks like fun. i giggled when you said you were late cause of Starbucks 🙂 That would be me too! nice to spend time with just one child- full attention I agree, field trips aren’t my cup of tea either. And I’m a teacher, so that’s really bad. LOL! I am so, so, so glad I am not the only mom like that. Whew. And not the only one obsessed w/ Starbucks! Love your pics – rock on. I TOO HATED FIELD TRIPS, SO I HOME SCHOOLED INSTEAD. Hello Megan, I am new to your blog and enjoy it very much. Does Sean want to fly airplanes? You are a wonderful mother going through with that!! The giant bubble thing does look awesome though… Hi Meg…I am writing to you here b/c I couldn’t find where your email was. I had purchased (at least I think I paid) a rainbow shirt (5t) for Cora’s playground. I know you just got some things sent out but I have been gone for a week and haven’t received it. I just wanted to make sure I DID pay for it. I would not put it past myself to mean to and then not. I was buying up difft things for Cora and thought I had them all paid for…if not please let me know. Thanks so much~and I love your work!!Michelle You are funny! If someone asks me to do something at school, I say, “Only if you absolutely promise me there will be NO meetings about it.” I can’t stand girls + meetings. I don’t have time for it, and I can get it done without gabbing on and on about it forever. Field trips remind me of warm fruit punch and hot bologna sandwiches on a bus…which = barf. But looks like you had fun…what a neat place. at least you’re honest with yourself! silly to set expectations for yourself that you really don’t want to obtain and then feel bad when you don’t. 🙂 So funny you blogged about this. I went on a kindergarten field trip yesterday. The place was called Imagine That and it was great. I was responsible for my son and 3 other boys. 2 of the boys were a set of twins who looked identical and I kept messing up their names. I’m not so sure I’m the field trip kind of mom either. I was glad I went but it was madness for 3 hours and the bus trip? Yea glad you missed that. Full of 45 excited 5-6 year olds. Glad I usually have an excuse of younger siblings and can’t normally do things like this. Teachers are grossly underpaid!! Thank you!!! I thought something was wrong with me. Now I know that there are moms out there that I admire (um…YOU!) who feel the same way I do! Phew… Looks like a blast! And I bet Sean was so glad to have you there with him. I loved field trips as a teacher but not so much as a parent! I hope your Sean always wants you there too 🙂 Although, I stalk your blog, I don’t always comment, and not because I don’t want to either… just that kind of person, it takes time you know… 🙂 the REASON I HAD to comment on this one is simply put, I wanted to be THAT kind of mom, PTO, fundraiser, feild trip, you know what I mean… but recently found out that I am not THAT kind of mom either. SO happy for your honesty… REALLY! you made my day… I think secretly there are more moms like us though! OH, and since I am commenting and taking the time to do so, I thought I would tell you that I LOVE your blog, LOVE your pictures, LOVE your idea…ALL of it truly you make my day… I use to think my youngest would build us a log cabin and we would all live in it together…because that’s what he always told us. He’s married. Has a house of his own. 🙁 Go on field trips. Thanks for being truthful about the whole field trip, program and PTO thing. I feel the same and feel so guilty about it. I am new reader and love your honesty !! This place looks SO cool! Kelly Glad to know there are other moms out there who are just like me! I prefer to be left alone to my creativity and enjoy my children at home. Not at school, not on field trips. However, I do love bringing in baked goods for the class for special occasions! I’m not that mom either….even though I was a first grade teacher back in the day before kids….awesome you were looking for starbucks-now I don’t feel so guilty. I am not alone. Hey, check your spam folder…there may be an email from me…about dogs. I introduced myself to Annie’s teacher by saying, “Hi, I am Laura, Annie’s mom, and I am the uninvolved parent”. True story. I’m that kind of mom, too. I *hate* meetings, event planning, buses and all that stuff. That place looks like a blast! I love stuff like that. I’d go to places like that before I had a kiddo and people would look at me like I was weird. Yeah, it’s good to have a little one to go with now. Congrats on having a son who wants you around! That’s the best. That place looks awesome! I’m the same way though, the whole PTV and school party thing, not for me. Good to know I’m not alone 🙂 This place seems so awesome… I’ve been to Exploration Place only a couple of times, but each time I spend awhile with the miniature train set/town. I absolutely LOVE it. Did you see Carlos and Dana’s house in the little miniature town? It’s there! that place looks amazing! and it looks like sean had an awesome time…and i loved that he asked you to go…so cute. what a cool place! that a lot times when i reply to your comments it goes into your SPAM folder?
it does.
🙂
don't want you to think i am that rude.
i can't reply to all of you…but often when you ask me a question i answer.
but then hear from you again because you think i didn't answer.
AND…to the commenter named j.o.…your mail always comes back to me.
i know you are local and i try to answer your comments.
but it says the email is wrong.
hmmmm….
Ok, this never occurred to me, so I checked my SPAM folder and found a bunch of comments to my blog that I never saw. :-0 oops! that was an old email address that just kept getting filled in automatically for me, so i went with it. i didn’t necessarily expect responses, but you are so great for responding!! if you still have the emails, you can forward them to the address i leave this comment with. i absolutely never wondered why i hadn’t heard from you — hearing from you would just be an extra bonus!! what are you hanging out with the spammers and hackers for?! Can you give me the scoop on your photography? I’m a local wanting to get pictures done. Thanks! I’m with Trish – when I received an e-mail from you I felt like a celebrity was e-mailing me! Well, actually, she was. Thanks for being YOU and for being who you are! so cute! and i get questions sometimes that i can’t reply to because there’s no email set up and that makes me sad. 🙁 Hi Meg, I guess i will go check my spam folder….. whatever… still love you and your posts. your photos and days look fab from here, spam and all. I’ve gotten your comments as well 🙂 I feel like someone famous has just emailed me… I feel special! Thanks 🙂 yes, i too appreciate how you respond to a comment or two that i have made. when you comment, I always receive them:)
my favorite song for the past three months.
my kids love to listen to it on the way to school…LOUD.
driving into the bright rising sun…
ready for a new day…
i look back and sean is playing "air violin"
annie says "this is my favorite part mom"…the violin solo.
my favorite line is "kiss me like a final meal…"
"it's looking like a beautiful day"
(even if you did have to make two of your kids walk to school for being disrespectful to their mother)
What pitch is the violin chromatic tuner supposed to be on when I tune my violin? I’m SO HAPPY to have refound your blog!! I got a new computer and couldn’t remember the web address. Anyhoo, LOVE THAT SONG (and thanks for helping me “refind” that too. Goin on my IPod tomorrow!). I love how everyone looks in the video–normal, talented people, having fun with what they’re doing. Nice. Thanks for introducing me to a new group! Love em. ooxx`jodi What a beautiful song!! I’ve never heard of the band but I’m spreading the word now. I love your blog! Thanks for sharing!! downloaded it…can now not get it out of my head!!! ok, i’ve listened to it 3 times in a row and i’m loving it! thank you so much for sharing a new song and introducing me to a new band. gotta go check them out! Lost track of how many days of rain here, so that song will be played in order to bring on the sun….and make some of the best meals. Hey, I wanna play a violin solo! Love this band! My husband interviewed Guy Garvey, the lead singer, a few years ago for his British music show. If you like this kind of music you should listen to his show – Britsound.com! what a beautiful song. thanks for sharing it! Hooray for Elbow! Such nice blokes too. This has absolutely nothing to do with this post but after months of visitng your great blog I just noticed your “Our House” album on your sidebar. Oh my word! You have the best house in the world! I am absolutely in love with every single nook & cranny of it. It’s fantastic! I am especially jealous – in the most Christian sense of the word of course 🙂 – of your awesome kitchen. Wow! I’ve always liked the idea of the couch and chair thing in the kitchen. It looks like a great place to grow a family! Thanks for sharing! Meg! I love this! I’ve never heard it before. Thank you. xox never heard it. now i love it. I’m so glad I took the time to listen! I agree the rain would be perfect. Cloudy here so close. HI Meg, Found your blog from the Mcclenahans, and I love it. Your photos and posts always make me so happy. Thank you. Great song – thanks for the tip. I needed to remind myself about the beautiful day this morning – I was getting grumpy carrying two tote bags, a beach umbrella and a 3 year old across the biggest sand dune ever to get to the beach. I should have been telling myself “it’s a beautiful day. you’re at the beach” but I wasn’t. Too funny that your kids had to walk to school. Good for you. great song….may have to throw that one onto my playlist. yes. a beautiful day indeed. i like it…i like it a lot!!! and you know, sometimes having a beautiful day starts with just a simple reminder. 🙂 BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for posting. I made my kids walk home once for disobeying and quarreling in the car. It’s a memory they still laugh and talk about today, now that they’re all grown up, that is! I didn’t know anyone else listened to Elbow!!! LOVE that song!!!! Thanks for sharing!!! Off to buy it for the car ride home with the kiddos…. Love this. Thanks for the new song. This song is precious; perfect way to start the day. Great song….wishing that it wasn’t raining here. LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!! AND im shocked you made them walk for being disrespecful….I didnt think you did that kind of thing. Thats more my thing and Im alot meaner than you are BY FAR 🙂 i have been on a cleaning binge. while the little girls were gone i did a complete overhaul in their room.
4 bags to goodwill and 2 bags of trash.
that's gross.
and last week i cleaned the craft room.
it is so much happier now.
happy to sit.
happy to dream up new projects.
happy to let the sun shine in.
   this pile of fabric…will soon become a tent for the pink bedroom…i promised it would be next.
i'll show you what i mean at the end of this post.
 i found the black tool holder at a garage sale a few weeks back…i plan to fill-it-up!
they had bunches of good stuff there.
it was hard to hold back.
and it turned out she was a blog reader…and she recognized me…HA!
hi jennie. :)
it was crazy.
my friend and i laughed about it all day!
  that chicken lamp? my friend Chicago Jen trashpicked it for me.
it's special because
1. she thought of me while trash picking and
2. she was brave enough to give me something picked from someone's trash.
so i have always loved it.
and the tall cabinet with chippy green paint is my favorite flea market find.
do you remember that julie k.?
do you still have your yellow cabinet you bought that day?
the other white cabinet was in my IL neighbor's basement…he was going to throw it away…GASP!
and my sign to inspire me…thank you julie.
those scrapbooks look sad and lonely…neglected…ignored…poor babies.
 a handmade gift that i love.
     special stuff…
  squares cut for more quilted pillows.
  so the tent….
i want to make a tent like in The Holiday.
here's a clip…but it's long…the tent is at 5:47 of the 8 minutes.
you'll understand why i want to make it.
but i just don't know how….
(i love this whole movie so you should rent it anyway if you haven't seen it)
[url=http://www.blogster.com/biapamerun/effexor-discount-card-effexor-equivalent-generic-pristiq-cost-effexor%5Dliving without effexor[/url] As you can see this website is full of [url=http://championshipmanagcec.typepad.com/%5DChampionship Manager: Season 01/02[/url] I am trying to make that tent for my two girls too! I can’t wait to see how yours turns out. I have been trying to decide whether to use PVC-type pipe to do the rectangular frame at the top, or to just do all cloth…what are your plans? Your craft room is absolutely joyful. So glad I found this blog today 🙂 LOVE your craft room! So bright and cheery just like you! I haven’t seen The Holiday. I just watched that clip and bawled. How sweet. I think I’ll rent it to watch tonight! good luck with the tent! that is such a great scene and tent and movie. lovin’ the craft room pics. very happy! i want that tent in my dorm room! Oh how I love a studio tour … always so inspiring!!! making the tent in the holiday is a magical idea 🙂 I absolutely LOVE your craftroom!! (And your blog, for that matter.) I also love The Holiday. It is currently my favorite movie. That tent is amazing! I hope you can re-create one 🙂 Oh your craft room is so much fun. I think for your tent, you could make a frame for the top any shape and size out of 1×2’s and then upholster that from the bottom. Then make a small tent peak from the frame to the top where it will hang (maybe leave an opening for a light to hang through. Then you can attach fabric from the hoop down that can fan out to make the room. Basically making it like one of those net tent you can buy, but making your own frame so it’s larger at the top. Hope this helps, I am not always the best at putting the pictures in my head into words. : ) Okay, I linked to this post in my post today about craft room envy. Because I’ve totally got it. Want to come make over my craft room? Pretty please with sugar on top? http://weightwhat.blogspot.com/2009/05/tell-me-again-why-coveting-is-wrong.html Unbelievably amazing!!!! I love your craft room… If I was there for real I would probably just stand and stare for awhile…. at all the colors and ribbons, fabric and scraps… and little knick knacks…..so inspiring… oh my goodness meg. love all the photos. i looked long and hard at them. love all your little treasures. Hi Meg …… I was wondering if I could borrow some of your creativity? My daughter (the oldest of 6) is graduating from high school and I wanted to put together a photo album or something for her. Problem is I have like thousands of pictures in hundreds of bins – I just don’t have time to go through all of them – what would creative Meg do???? Please email me – only if you have a minute and don’t mind. I love love love all of your fabric!! If you figure out the tent, PLEASE share!!! You are so crafty I know you can do it!! 🙂 Here are some more pictures of the tent in the movie: Yes! Jude Law was so adorable in this movie… Hi Meg, HEY I JUST GOT AN IDEA WHEN I WAS CHECKING OUT THIS BLOG… http://musingsofanightowl.blogspot.com/ LOOK AT HER HEADER PICTURE. IT IS A LARGE OUTDOOR UMBRELLA. WHY NOT START “THE HOLIDAY TENT” WITH THAT AS THE TOP. WATCHING THE CLIP, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT IS FRAMED OUT LIKE AN UMBRELLA. FIND ONE FROM A LAWN SALE, GOODWILL, ETC… HEY YOU MIGHT ALREADY HAVE ONE YOUR NOT USING. WHAT DO YOU THINK. DITTO on that movie, and I love your Craft/creating space…it’s so bright and cheerful and your crafting items are even fun to look at! I so love the items you create! I know you’ll do a great job on the tent and I betcha you’ll even show us your project, right? Can I come and live in your craft room? I want to stay in there with all the colorful happy fabrics and letters and buttons and make things until I fall asleep in piles of pillows. K, thanks. the tent!!! i loooooooove the tent. i’ve watched that movie zillions of times just for the tent scene! Can I come over and make something? Please. Your room just screams! A HAPPY AND CREATIVE WONDERFUL WOMAN LIVES HERE! I want to be your friend just looking at the pictures. Thank you for always providing inspiration! love your vintage baskets and suitcases….and cabinets. thanks for the happy tour… Okay hands down my favorite movie EVER! YOU will be able to do the tent perfectly. You are so incredibly talented! I can’t wait to see it! I have read your blog for a very long time and love every word and picture! THE TENT IS SO MAGICAL. I REMEMBER IT NOW THAT I’VE SEEN THE CLIP. I DO MISS MY PEEPS BEING LITTLE. THAT TENT WOULD HAVE GONE OVER SOOOO WELL… CAN’T WAIT TO SEE IT. WISH I LIVED CLOSER, I’D COME OVER TO HELP FIGURE IT OUT. Oh my, I have button envy:) i absolutely love that movie! i could watch it on repeat. and that tent they have is incredibly fantastic and magical. your girls are so lucky to have you as a mom! ha i want one of those tents in my room!! Hi Meg…good to meet you at the garage sale…thanks for the “hi”…your toolbox looks awesome!!! My friend and I laughed about you showing up at my garage sale too…I had turned her onto your blog! What fun! Maybe I’ll see you around again someday! Jenny I HEART your craft room, all the colors and supplies make me SMILE… I would like to live in your craft room! Please? My husband and I live in a 2 bedroom flat, so my craft ‘area’ is a small corner of our living room. A craft room like yours is my dream. 🙂 <3 the tent!!! I love your craft room. The pictures make me happy, and feel like I am crafty (which I am not, sad to say) and that I can sew (which I don’t). My mom made a lot of my clothes when I was young, and ALL of my Barbie clothes. Yet, I can barely sew on a button! Anyway, I look forward to seeing your tent – I have no doubt that you can fashion a super cool one. And I haven’t seen The Holiday but after that adorable clip, am putting it on our netflix list. I will have to squeeze it in somewhere among our current obsession, 24. what a delicious bunch of stuff!! love the pink flowers… and i have that french fry print! such a treasure. Your pictures are so pretty…I am not sure why…it’s fabric and chalk but I love it!!! It’s so girly…you almost feel like “twirling”! Cleaning is the best! I’m so inspired by your craft room. And in love with the French Fry poster. We are linked up!! Love your blog Meg!! I think you could make it quite easily. Just build a frame, circular or square etc., and that will hang from the ceiling. Then create your “tent” out of fabric. I love that you use lots of quilt squares, that will be amazing. I’m planning on using easy old sheets for the drape part. The top part will either be squares or triangles of fabric. Lots of ribbon to decorate of course! You’re very talented so you probably have it all planned anyway. that will be perfect for the girls! When they are done with it can London have it 🙂 I will just send her over to play in it with them this summer. very special. oh YES! The tent!! How could one forget that tent?! You can do it, girl! Kelly I LOVE that movie! I LOVE that tent! That would be SO COOL!!!!! Make sure you take lots of pictures to blog… if you get around to making it!!! :o) I wish I could have your craft room to myself for let’s say……..ummm an hour or so!! I would totally snoop through all your stuff and I would leave very happy!!! Do you want to switch craft rooms? I love that Jenn and Russ’s family is on your “special stuff” board. They all are pretty special. And from what they say of you….so are you. Enjoy the sunshine in your craft room. i am fairly certain i have said it before. but it bears repeating after this post. i want to waller in the floor of your craft room. i have never been so completely covetous in my entire life. and i LOVE the holiday and that tent. i would totally live in iris’ cottage. Your craft room always makes me want to run home and sew something RIGHT NOW!! I love it! why is that a jar of buttons and a spool of ribbon makes me so darn happy? I’m loving your craft room, how can you not just feel inspired in there? Your craft room & your photography continually inspire me. Thank you! Hmmmm, makes me want to go clean my craft room. Loved the movie – thanks for the reminder to get it back from my mom! Would love to make a tent like that, for each of my kids. I spent the first hour of my morning, taking down my son’s fort that he built in their playroom/my office. He would just about die if I could make him an uber-cool, more permanent one. I’m joining the ranks of Craft Room Coveters. Totally awesome! love the movie…love the tent idea…and definitely love your craft room… Love your craft area. It’s too cute to touch. Thanks for sharing:) Oh, that is the best part of the movie! Second only to the part where Kate Winslet finds the button that closes the blinds and the room becomes pitch black. That’s my dream. 🙂 I LOVE your blog!!!….I love your Photography, do you use photoshop or any actions?… and what lens’are your favorite! The comment from Wendy is exactly what I was going to say! I know it’s wrong to covet, but maybe God would make an exception for the craft room? I’ll bet he would. Love it! love all the craft room goodness! and i have never seen this movie! what an awesome tent!!! cant wait to see yours!!! i love that movie! and if i had a tent like that as a little girl, i would have been happy forever! i so seriously love your house! oh, and the craft room! so much crafty goodness just waiting to be made into something special . . . i just saw that movie for the first time a few weeks ago (maybe on tbs or something) and loved that tent! i remember thinking, i could make that, or wouldn’t that be sweet in anna’s room. i even think i said something to my husband and he mumbled, “oh brother”. Great pics of the craft room…love the colors! I have not seen the movie, I MUST it looks like a wonderful movie. Loved the tent, now I want one too! My screened in porch is crying out for something cool. Two things (at least, I may add more!!): Is it wrong for me to covet your craft room? Because I totally do. And your photography is brilliant, as always. I love that movie and forgot how sweet it was!! Your craft room is heaven! Oh, that tent will be so neat for your girls–I watched the clip and I just want to eat up those little girls with their accents. Precious. Thank you for the beautiful photos. Not The Holiday tent, but another amazing tent. I would like to live in your craft room, please. i want your craft room! i love the holiday, and i adore the tent. i really wish i had some girls around here, so i could make somethig that pretty. BUT God gave me 3 boys, so i guess He knows something i don’t lol. here is a picture of the tent…it is small, but i thought it could come in handy! WOW!!!!! YOU!!! YOU are somethin’!!!!! I wish I was crafty like you!! Glad you got a little time to yourself! Even if it was to clean. That always makes me feel better! I’ve never seen The Holiday…guess I’ll be renting that today!!! It always feels SO nice to have a clean fresh space to start to mess up again, nice job! Can’t wait to see what you’ll make next. I just love your blog! The colors, your kind words, your creativity…it’s all very inspiring, really. Thanks for brightening my day.
annie said:
"mom…this is me.
and my head is HUGE.
i am wearing a green shirt and i am smiling.
and i just drank a whole bunch of water.
sigh…
i just wanted to squeeze her little face.
sometimes you feel something stronger than you can put into words…swelling from deep down.
love
love
love.
my husband is coming home from his man weekend.
my girls are coming back from their grandmother's.
the house will be full again.
it was nice to have the quiet and it will be just as nice to have them back again.
happy sunday.
that is a great piece of artwork right there! Gosh darn, if I was next door, I would have come over to lend a hand, making some noise and some mess for you in all that quiet. so sweet. your little annie makes me want to have another little one around here. just for a minute though. i’ll just come down and borrow her for the day. awww!! i love the water on the bottom half of her face 🙂 so cute i love those days- this post put a smile on my face! I always enjoy your blog. Makes me smile every time! Priceless. I love that picture and her explanation of it. Truly adorable and precious! I love it! I have read your blog for awhile, and just wanted to tell you that I truly enjoy it. It makes me feel at peace. 🙂 my Lainie Pie says to me today… love this so much!! Your life and your family and your house and your dog–everything just seems so cool! I know having all those kids and a dog can be chaos, but you guys just seem so relaxed, laid back. Its really nice. That says it all, I love Annie’s art so fun and full of COLOR, the best part is that she just drank a bunch of water, thats so cute. Oh, please say that you are going to frame that picture and put the caption underneath! It’s just perfect! She is so precious! Aren’t kids the cutest! I love her drawing and best of all the description. so sweet…. I LOVELOVELOVE this too! Perfection in tiny little words. You’re daughter is an Einstein. So colorful. what better time for art?  annie was waiting the last hour before we left to go see nana.
and it seemed like it was taking forever (for us both).
we'd already played candyland and memory.
she asked "can i paint?"
i answered "sure…why not."
she seemed shocked.
 but thrilled.
she said "these are blocks"
and as she put each new color on…the excitement built.
adding the white paint to the colors added a whole new level to her art.
eventually she was shouting.
"LOOK LOOK LOOK!!! PINK!!!"
then a big squeal of delight and a little jumpy dance.
 i know how she feels.
Alright, that is so me, every day when I work, I laugh, dance and have the most fun while I work and get paid to do it too. Please never ever let them grow up. That expression is priceless-how wonderful that you, too, know that delight! Annie is just so cute! and I love that her life is all about colours and mixing them all, building and creating beautiful pieces of art! You’re so good about letting kids do those kind of things. I’m horrible and thats worse because apparently i’m supposed to be an artist and former art teacher. LOL 🙁 oh, fresh paints! that’s the best! I can’t tell you how much I love that your home is beautiful AND Annie is allowed to paint at the coffee table right in front of the couch. Homes that kids aren’t allowed to be kids in really bother me. Congratulations on being a great mom!! Fun! I love her hair, btw. I love moms who will cut their girls’ hair short b/c it contradicts what most expect out of girls, it seems. I have 2 boys and then a 19 month old baby girl….lots to learn…..but I do know now that I love little girls with short hair. I’m sure I will do the same. LOVE what that one mom commented…carpe diem for real! Beautiful! Calvin always just mixes all of the colors together until he gets brown. 🙁 Love that you share something so special with her. i’m not sure why, but i’m always hesitant when my little girl asks to paint…. don’t you love when you can surprise them with a ‘yes’!? YOUR A GOOD MOM Yes I know know how she feels too!!! OK…she has A LOT of paint on that papaer and her clothes look CLEEEEEAN!!!! HOW??? Love that you let her do that right before leaving I just cant figure how she stayed clean for grandma? lolol LOOOOOVE it!! thats a big water color pallet! where did you get it? we only have the single row one s she definately has her mama’s creativity gene. so cute. Awww, Annie is SO adorable and a rather talented artist, might I say (: Love that look on her face! Oh, she has the expression of my preschoolers when they mix a new color! I love it! Looks like a fun day. Join my challenge if you want 🙂 |
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Tonya - beautiful!
love your post above about refocus…I do that daily…more like hourly 🙂
Good to be able to capture all the good things to show us where the focus needs to be!
xoxo
Tonya
a thorn among roses - the curls and the eyelashes are to die for! love them!
pve - looks like she just belongs in the garden. little blossom.
pve
Jamie - The second picture is my favorite. It just makes me melt! Such a cutie!
Ashley Ann - Great shots…she is adorable in all that green outside goodness. Also – WOW I made Meg’s list of “happy things”?! Great way to end a night 🙂
Lori - You’re not kidding. She’s precious!
Lorilee - You inspire me to work on my photography skills!
Blessings,
Lorilee
Sara - That is the cutest name ever. Love it.
Jennifer From Texas - What a sweetie !
I am a new blogger, looking for some help naming my blog.please see
http://dailynonsense-realopinions.blogspot.com/
Amber - so i’ve been a “follower” or blog stalker, as I prefer to call it, for several months now. my question is how in the world do you get the amazingly large photo as a header? is that something that only typepad blogs can do?
pambuller - she’s gorgeous. just like her momma. 🙂 (sorry russ, i think she gets all the cuteness from jenn)
Kelly - OH! She’s a cutie! Kelly
Mindy Harris - I was going to ask if you made her shirt then I saw the comment you posted. She is such a precious girl!
Also, you’ve inspired me to make some gifst for my mom, mother-in-law, and g’ma this Mother’s Day. Little painted pots with marigolds planted in them. It’s been really fun/therapeutic. I’ll post pics after mom’s day!
Laura - very sweet…wish you could come by tomorrow to photograph my youngest who turns THREE!
DId you study photography, or did God give you an unfair amount of creative talent when you were born??
Lori Danelle - So cute!!
I’m tellin’ you! Upstairs photo studio. Much warmer than outdoor photos in the snow of winter. . .Keeps you doing this all year long!
http://loridanelle.blogspot.com
Shelly H. (in Overland Park, KS) - Great photos!
I wish I could get my little to sit still long enough to get some good shots like those 😉
alicia kristine - I “follow” your blog and love it! (always thought “follow” sounded stalkerish) anyway oh woman who owns the best house ever… I will be sweetly jealous until I am living in a character myself! That house should have a name! Anyway, I’m a SAHM in Texas who has been inspired by you! I have now started (last night) my typepad blog for just ME! I have a kid blog;)… thanks for showing us your best! Question: I’m waiting for supports’ response but does typepad let you type on your pics like you did on the 3rd floor post? If not what software are you using? I am the college graduate who took computer science twice… not too in the know about tech stuff! Also, what kind of camera do you use? Ciao~
Lyndsey - Hi! I’m a follower of your blog and love your pictures! I’m looking for someone to take one year pics of my daughter. Do you run a photography business or just do it on the side for friends and family? BTW…we live in Wichita.
meg duerksen - Her mommy made her shirt. Jenn is much more talented than me on her sewing machine. she can make real quilts and bags AND even knows how to read patterns!! 🙂
CherryTreeLane - Ooooh. my uterus has pangs.
Keri - Oh, that curly hair!!
chas at the wild raspberry - that hair! so sweet.
love the b&w ones best…gorgeous.
Ruth - i see pom-pom trim and zig zag stitch so i’m also wondering if you made that cute shirt! what a gorgeous girly.
Allikayes Mama - Did you make her shirt?? One more reason I would love to be your neighbor!!
Sam M. - That would be native Kansan. For the record, I’m not a state living oh so far away. Proofreading, smoofreading.
Sam M. - Can I just say that your blog is such a breath of fresh air. I’m a native Kansas living oh so far away for the past two years. I just discovered your blog and love it.
Love from England
Jess - She’s a cutie pie! Did you make her shirt?