Funny Face

"I love your funny face

Your sunny, funny face.

For you're a cutie

With more than beautie.

You've got a lot of

per-son-a-li-ty N.T.

You fill the air with smiles

For miles and miles and miles.

Though you're no Mona Lisa,

For worlds I'd not replace

Your sunny, funny face. "

The Violinist

Now that the kids are back in school the pile of paperwork has invaded my house once again. There's all the typical forms and permission slips but the fun one for Claudia is permission to be in Strings again this year. Last year was the first that she was able to join and she chose the violin. She surprised me at how well she did and it was a great treat to go her first concert at the end of the year.

I'm looking forward to seeing how she grows and learns this year.

(Kit used is Spring Rain by Jennifer Barette and Kimberly Cameron; Word Art by Leigh Scofield (tricertifiedx2) and Border from Fried Pickles by Rachel Donald)

Back to School

Yesterday was Claudia's first day of fifth grade and her last year at elementary school. She's thrilled with her teachers and her two best friends are in her class again. I tried to get some pictures of her before school but in typical preteen fashion she was not interested in posing for me. The best shot I got of her was from sitting in the drop-off line at the school.

Today was Anakin's first day. He was very excited to go but he got a little shy when we first arrived. We were able to walk to his classroom with him and when it was time to go he told Mia he'd miss her and asked her for a kiss on the cheek. It was so sweet because he never wants her to kiss him. As we were walking back to the van, poor Mia was upset. She kept saying she didn't want to leave him.

After school, Anakin was very excited to tell us all bout his new friends and what he did today. He can't wait to go back and is disappointed that he doesn't go until Friday (staggered PreK and K). I hope he has a wonderful year.

Anakin

It's hard to believe that my baby boy starts PreK on Tuesday. It's even harder for me to believe that he's going to be five years old in November. Until now, Anakin has spent the great majority of his time with me; there's only been a handful of days that I wasn't home all day with them. He's excited to start school, though and I'm sure he'll do great.



Mommy, however, is another story.

From Yesterday's Shoot

I love this shot of Mia's feet in her boots with just the tutu. It was one I knew I wanted to get because I love the contrast of her girly poofy tutu and her black boots. Like I said yesterday, rock'n roll princess.

Tutus and Black Boots

I took the kids to the school today to try to get some good shots before school started. It's a nice backdrop with all the sidewalks and brick; especially when you live in a small rural town like I do. Plus there's the promise of playing on the swings when they're done modeling for mommy.

Amelia insisted on wearing her favorite new outfit. She got the skirt and top this past weekend and she wants to wear it everyday. The boots I found at Walmart (yes, I know Walmart is evil) and had to get them for her. They bring back so many memories of my teen years and frankly the boots and tutu suit her rock'n roll princess attitude.

I've shared this shot for

at Hey Harriet!

Make A Wish

This week is the final one in Gotta Pixel's Scrap Star Contest. This week the challenge was to scrap an ordinary moment using a template and a kit by Connie Prince called Pocketful of Sunshine. While the kit is rather girly, I decided to use it to scrap some pictures I have of Anakin blowing dandelion seeds all over my yard. I think the happy colors suited it well.