Guest Photographer: Brendan

Brendan decided Mom should have a spot on the blog. He took this picture with his own camera (a gift from Uncle Craig and Aunt Ginny). He was fascinated with the process of downloading to the computer, editing, uploading to a photo hosting site, and finally posting on the blog. I imagine it isn't the last picture of his that we'll see on this site.

Lest we not forget C.J., he came home singing the loveliest of songs today:

There once was a genie who had a 7 foot wienie
He showed it to the girl next door
Who thought it was a snake
So she whacked it with a rake
Now it's only 6 foot 4

I imagine I have a lot more of this humor to experience in the years to come. Nothing like something making you chuckle and groan at the same time. He's so excited about his song that he's sharing it with everyone -- I imagine we just corrupted the 7 year old across the street as he was quite taken with the song as well after hearing it from C.J.

Valentine's Day

I realized that since everyone has received their valentines from us, I could post the pictures. Here's what we made this year! C.J. made the rockets with the saying "You're a Blast!" written on them. Brendan made the dogs. The group (myself, C.J., Brendan, and Abbie) worked on the Love Bug notes. I cut carrots into the shape of hearts and we used them as stampers. It's not a technique that I'd recommend, but it was fun for the experience. You can see that some of us were a bit more proficient than others at getting the heart shape to paint.

And Ginny, we did make fingerprint hearts! Brendan and I used our fingerpaints and the stamper you gave Abbie to decorate his box that he had to take to school for Valentine's Day!

Abbie Messing around

It's been a tough few weeks with Abbie. She's been wheezing quite a bit. In order to get it under control, she was on multiple medications, and they all made her hyper. So, we had a hyped up girl who couldn't sleep -- not a good combination. She was finally pretty calm today (she's now off most of the meds) and we were having a bit of fun before bedtime. I had her try on a new spring outfit that I got from a friend, but she was having the most fun bouncing on the bed. Here she is during one of her "landings."