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Every year we do our Christmas tree shots…as always…I forget about it til the last minute. By the time we took them this year..the tree was so dry and droopy. Right after the photos..I ripped the tree down and dragged it outside…..all the decorations are finally put away!!
So, January has begun and it is already the 17th!! How does time go by so quickly. We had our first snowfall..which lasted for about 2 hours. By the time we were able to make it outside..it had practically all melted…so sad!! And we’ve had no snow since. I love snow and I want snow… Winter without snow, just isn’t winter.
Also, Quinn’s birthday came and went. He is 12 years old…I can’t believe my children are growing so quickly. I am so proud of him. He is such a considerate and passionate person…..just an awesome human being!! Quinn wanted a pie for his birthday..so Tuesday made it for him.
Okay..I can’t believe it is already 2012 and I haven’t posted anything yet. I feel like time is getting away from me!! I need an extra week to catch up with everything. December was a whirlwind and thankfully no one gotten eaten by the Yule Cat…for which I am always thankful!! Every photo I took in December was blurry..I think our camera or the battery or my photography skills are slowly dying….
Tuesday’s birthday came and went. She turned 14….oh my..I can’t believe I have a 14 year old child!! It really seems incredible. She is such a great person and I love her so much. She is more than I could ever ask for….she helps me out so much with the babies and around the house….I don’t know if it is due to my great parenting skills or what..but she is turning out to be a fantastic human being!!
Christmas was here and then not here and now I am still cleaning up from it all…Christopher got me a super fancy serger for Christmas. I have never used a serger so I am going a bit crazy trying to learn all about it. I am determined to learn everything I can about all its wonderful capabilities and then use those skills to make many many wonderful things…or at least a bib or two. So, hopefully next week I’ll get back into the blog swing of things and be posting on a daily basis!! Until then….happy new years……
Last week, I took Tuesday and Quinn to the Jingle Ball…a huge concert with about 12 bands. It was the second year in a row that we went..but this year it was at a much larger stadium. It was a lot of fun and incredibly loud….after going I don’t want to go to another concert for about a year…which is just about right!! Just the experience of going with Tuesday and Quinn was great. Taking the train and subway and spending the time together. I know the days are numbered when they won’t want to be seen at a concert with their mom…so I treasure these times!! It was a long concert and didn’t finish til about 1 in the morning. Since there are so many artists, each one only plays a few songs. I think next year, it may be more fun to pick one artist and go to a whole concert. I think the best part was the train ride home…..it was raining and hailing and we got soaking wet…and the train was filled with people from the concert. Tuesday and Quinn did some planking..which was hilarious!
Quinn and Escher
Such busy days. There is barely enough time to do the little things that need to get done…and yet there is so much more to do this time of year! I often run out of time to post to the blog…so, I figured a short post is better than none! I hope you are enjoying your days!!
Tuesday and Grey
Over Thanksgiving, we went on a little trip to Atlantic City. It was the perfect little getaway. It was only an hour by train..so there was no traffic to worry about. Who doesn’t love a train ride. We got a great hotel room…..the pool was under construction..which was a bummer. But we had so much fun. It was nice and relaxing! Just perfect for the holiday! We ate, slept..(okay, I didn’t sleep much), shop, saw the ocean and walked all around. Oh, and I was crowned Miss America while I was down there! Go Embrace the Camera…..
This moment – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
Happy Friday……
*Inspired by SouleMama
So, every Halloween we go pick pumpkins. But this Halloween, it never happened. Sadly, the night before Halloween we went to the grocery food store and picked pumpkins! But there were no plain pumpkins left..only pumpkins that were painted! Tuesday insisted that we take pictures as we picked out the pumpkins, since we weren’t going to the pumpkin patch! Then, we had to go home and scrub the paint faces off of the pumpkins! Then, the pumpkin carving began…along with pretending to vomit up the pumpkin guts and pretending to throw it at each other…..(it was all pretend!) Then Tuesday took my glasses and pretended to be a ghost while Quinn grabbed the camera and took a million photos! It was a fun family night!
We had a wonderful Halloween. Every year, the first place we trick or treat is my dad’s house. Then we go next door to my in-laws house..then the real trick or treating can start! Of course, I made River pose for many photos before she could start to trick or treat. She wasn’t happy about this…….but finally she started doing some “fairy” poses….there was a large puddle of mud and I told her to be careful…but as she twirled…she got a little excited…and, of course, twirled into the mud and fell….after only going to two houses!! But, she was a trooper, and continued on trick or treating!!
