When the kids hide and the dogs run...

I practice on Tom...



Such a good sport. I looked outside and saw the light and knew I had to take a picture of someone - anyone or anything. Just something! Poor guy is out there trying to put the tarp on the pool (this was last week) in case it starts to rain and blowing wind... and I'm asking him to stop moving and smile.

Poor dude can't get a break. At least I found an "outlet" I guess. I bet they are wishing it was like oil painting or something right about now.

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Cassie's Trip to HEB (If you give a kid a camera)

In May, Cassie asked if she could borrow the camera to take some pictures. I gave it to her (we had one of those indestructible cameras - waterproof to 10', crush proof, you can drop it, throw it, whatever). A few minutes later she comes back in tears. She's lost the camera. Tom and I have been looking for this camera since then and we can only figure it's in some random place somewhere or it's gotten thrown out somehow. I'm not about to take my nicer camera to the pool or let the kids use it (hello!), so I buy a new one.

And If You Give A Kid A Camera's blog project continues....
http://ifyougiveakidacamera.blogspot.com
Yes, I still believe that eventually people will post to it on a regular basis *laugh*. I thought about making it a public blog - like anyone can post, but I know we'd get spammers.

Anyway, the above will show you a slideshow I posted yesterday of a trip Cassie and I took to HEB recently. She had a ball.

... and I made sure to take the camera back right away.

Best of all? I can again freak out everyone at the pool by tossing the camera around and dunking it under the water, etc etc. *laugh*

(oh, and i know someone will ask -- this is the camera we have. It takes crappy indoor shots, but does well outdoors and it's basically indestructible).

They all fall down -- or why I won't win mother of the year...

Last week, a friend came over to play and they all decided to get into the pool. We had set it up the day before and covered it with a tarp after they were done so the water would be warmer. Well, it was apparently too warm and they wanted to drain some of it. (insert Beavis and Butthead laughter here)...

I told them all to sit on the long edge and it would make the water come out. So they did.

See, no problem - they are all sitting there and the water is going out...


Wooo... that water kind of tickles, plus it's really funny that mom is letting us do that (insert me sniggering behind the lens)


Hey, ya know... this water is coming out a little faster now... whoooaaa!


... and they all flop out...


Mother of the year, here I come!

*snicker*

Heard From the Backseat

ref: giving in to Cassie's whims...

Candy: "We always have to do things the hard way."
Jamie: "No, Mom. That's the easy way."

Kid learns quick, eh?

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More Kids In Trees - at dusk this time!

I didn't take a lot of photos (well, I took a bunch of the twins that I posted yesterday). Anyway, I did grab these of the kids playing in that tree in the backyard again. They love that tree! We had a great 4th of July!

My friend's twin girls are getting so big!

I'll have 4th of July photos tomorrow, but I thought I'd share these... these are my friend's babies... They even have their own blog HERE - or you can check out their sister HERE

In the meantime, can you saw "Awwww...."


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The "other" man in my life...

So, Tom came into my office today and said "So JAMIE is the one man, eh?"

Hehehehe.... Tom is SO easy...

I love you too, Tom. Plus, the kids will eventually move out and get lives of their own and hate us because we were horrible/weird/whatever parents. And then what? Yup. I'm stuck with you.



But, seriously, ladies... he is one hot dude, right?
(you can look, but no touch!)

:-)

The one man in my life...

... that holds the key to my heart...

He's funny and handsome. He can make me laugh and cry and is always there with a big hug. He's my cuddle bug. He's polite and friendly. He's so nice to everyone he meets. I look at him and think to myself that I've done pretty good so far. He truly is an amazing person and just watching him grow and change every day is a true joy. I took this picture because, like almost all of the ones of him, I always feel like you can see right into his soul, the true goodness that sits there. This little boy is going to grow up to do amazing things... just watch.

RIP Simon - we warned you about those cookies!

This is a worksheet Jamie brought home from school one day last year and Tom and I both laughed so hard. I ran across it again and figured I would share...



Why, yes, that is Simon laying there with a RIP over his head holding a flower. Guess he shouldn't have eaten so many cookies, eh? Jamie said that's what happened to him. Poor fella ate too many. I couldn't even admonish him for doodling on his papers (which he does ALL the time). It was just too cute.

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Sidewalk Chalk --- Artistic or.... ?

My kids are currently coming out of a Spongebob obsession right into a Pokemon one.



I'm told this is a jellyfish vs. pokemon battle.

Sigh, kind of sad though, watching them change their tastes. Oh, I'm sure Spongebob will always be alive and well, but it is kind of a battle raging in their little bodies to grow up, isn't there?

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