Category: Tuesday

Embrace the camera…with upside down chin faces….

It is Embrace the Camera time again…….from Emily and her blog, 3 boys and a little lady.  It was supposed to happen yesterday, but I wasn’t able to post….too much craziness!

So, we decided to have some fun……and we had a blast!  We had so many great pictures….and laughed so hard..I didn’t know which photos to choose from…..we did the classic upside down mouth/face photos!  At first, River thought it sounded too strange and wouldn’t participate..but once she saw how much fun we were having..she wanted to jump right in and have her photo taken!

Tuesday and I were upside down on the sofa…with a blanket covering the top part of our heads….and I was holding the camera……trying to take photos..but it was just too hard…and we were laughing way too much!!  Then, I decided to just take the photos normally…..(if you can call it that!) and then turn them upside down and crop them in Photoshop…so much easier! The first set of photos are of Tuesday and I…..

Then there are some of Quinn and I…..

And the last one is of Tuesday and River……We had an awesome time!!

Have a great Friday and enjoy your weekend…go take some great photos with your kids!!

A tree…..

Tuesday has been going to violin lessons at an art center since she was six.  On their beautiful property is a wonderful  tree that Tuesday and Quinn have always loved to climb.  While Tuesday is having her violin lesson, Quinn likes to sit in the tree and do his homework.   River, of course, also wants to climb the tree…but she isn’t exactly big enough.

She tried and tried to get up on her on..but couldn’t…so she had to agree to let me help her onto the branch.  Once she was on the branch, she was so pleased…but then she realized she wasn’t as high as Quinn…..she says she can’t wait until she is bigger, so she can climb higher.

Tuesday and Quinn still love to climb this tree.  I think because there are so few “good climbing trees” by where we live.  There are a lot of trees…but none of them with wonderful low branches…so you can climb.

365 Stories….


We have a “book” called 365 Stories. It will eventually have 365 stories, but as of now..it probably only has 80!

Some day it will have 365 stories…some day.

I can’t believe we started the book six years ago. I must say I had hoped to have all the days filled in by now. But, life got in the way…..

Sometimes Quinn will write the story and do the illustrations, sometimes Tuesday will draw the pictures and Quinn will write the stories or sometimes I will make the story! It is a little bit of everything..all creative!!

It actually is quite fun that the stories are spanning many years. We started it when Quinn was only 4 years old and River wasn’t even around! Now she is old enough to start working on some stories. On holidays or special occasions, it is fun to see what type of story the kids come up with to memorialize that event! They love going back and reading the stories over and over again!

Memory Boxes….

It’s that time of year again..time to get ready for school! One of the items I buy every year, for each of my children, is a new memory box. They aren’t anything fancy, just a large tupperware style container. Each one of them has one from preschool onward.

They keep them in their rooms and they love to look through them from time to time. Instead of starting a new memory box each year, we start them each new school year. That way they are organized by grade level. The rule is..once the memory box is full…no more stuff goes into it…so they need to edit what they want to keep and what they want to throw out. They can put whatever they want into their memory boxes..not just stuff from school…tokens, tickets stubs..whtever!

Favorite Shoes…..

Who doesn’t have a pair of favorite shoes?  Quinn’s favorite shoes are his Crocs.  He literally wears them everyday, all year!  It doesn’t matter if it is snowing, raining or hailing!  We had so much snow this year and he still wore his Crocs!

Tuesday’s favorite shoes are her Adidas flip flops.  She needs a new pair.  We’ve ordered her a new pair.  She is very picky about her shoes.  Once she finds  a pair of shoes she likes..she wants the same pair over and over again.  This isn’t always easy.   They always have to be “ordered”…thank goodness for the internet!

River’s favorite shoes are her pink Uggs.  She needs new ones.  Hers are disgustingly dirty!  You can’t call them boots…they are Uggs..she reminds you of this.  She wears them even if it is 99° outside!  She loves them!

Atomic Fire Balls, Hot Tamales and Cry Baby Sour Balls……photo shoot…..

So, I am still following along with the Giver’s Log Shoot Along and this weeks assignment was to do a sour face or fire ball photo shoot.  So, we went out and bought some Hot Tamales, Atomic Fireballs and Cry Baby Sour gum.  Everyone got in on the act and got their picture taken.  The real challenge of the day was to put all three different candies in your mouth at once…but no one was up to that challenge!

River didn’t want to try the hot stuff…and I didn’t force her….she thought the sour balls were delicious and didn’t make any good faces…except cute ones!!!!!  Tuesday was convinced that River is too young and didn’t know what sour was…but I assured her, that River knows what sour is…but for some reason…thought the sour balls were yummy!

It was  a lot of fun to look over all the funny faces….especially my own!  I think Tuesday made the best faces of all…with Quinn coming in a close second!

Farm Fair….

So today we went to our local Farm Fair.  The kids had a great time checking out all the cows, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks………and many more….

It was hot.  Really hot.   Luckily, the animals were under tents and they had lots of fans.  The bunnies had frozen bottles of water in their cages to keep them cool!

We got there late, so we missed the milking contest..and the women’s skillet throwing contest!  We couldn’t find the pig tent, so we missed the pig races!

There were lots of different types of pigeons and chickens and rabbits!  I never knew there were so many varieties!

We also got to the chicken incubator just in time to see a baby chicken being born..literally pecking its way out of the shell!  But I couldn’t get a good picture!

The animals are so gentle..they don’t mind being petted at all…..which is great for the kids!

Birthday gift for Gram…..

We came up with a great gift idea for my mother-in-law, who is blind.  My husband took profile shots of all the kids and then printed them out and cut out the profile.  He didn’t make the to size..he made them slightly smaller.

We were going to use some nice thin wood, but then he found some really great pieces of compressed wood in our basement.  It was much better than natural wood because it didn’t splinter at all and it didn’t have to be sanded.

He used our scroll saw to cut out the shapes.  They turned out great!  The kids loved giving them as gifts and, most of all, Gram loved them!  She was able to feel each one and knew just who they were!

Children’s Drawings…

Today River drew a picture of one of our cats, Shadow Monster.  She is in that stage where her drawing goes from scribbles..to clear and recognizable forms.  I love watching children draw and seeing their progress through the years.

Going back and looking at past drawings is so fun.  The drawing above is from over a year ago.  It is one of her first drawings.

Some of Tuesday and Quinn’s old drawings I have framed and hung on the wall.  The one above is a drawing Quinn did when he was about six years old.   It makes me smile!

This is one Tuesday did when she was about six also.  The smile and the big heart just crack me up!

They have both done so many great drawings and paintings over the years!  To me, there is nothing like the way a child draws….