A lot of Things

So, a lot has been going on in our neck of the woods......I have been requested to take a lot of pictures over the years. Eventually, I was told to start charging for them. In fear that I might not enjoy photography anymore, or not be able to produce quality work, I couldn't quite take the initial steps necessary. Until recently that is. I'm taking baby steps and just going with it. I think this next year holds much growth! Happy new year, All! Try, try, and try again!

Throwing rocks into a nearby pond

Waiting to see if the throw was a success.....

Hanging on with hope.............

And its good!

Victory!

Busted..........

No pics this time.

I just need to get some stuff off my chest. Wow, my kids have been crazy the last week. Maybe it came in with the cooler weather?? So Ben got a hold of a bottle of nail polish off the island. He came into the bathroom saying "Mommy, I need help!" He had it everywhere! All over his hands and face. This afternoon, I was trying to finish an order and he and Micah went into the pantry to explore..........never a good thing. I went in to check on them thinking maybe they were eating all the cereal or chips or something pretty typical. NO!!! As I walked in Ben was pouring a package of grape kool-aid into Micah's hair. They were both covered in two shades of red. By the time I had it cleaned up, They had swam in 6 packets of kool-aid. They both went to bed with pink faces tonight. AJ watched them in the tub for me so I could clean up the mess. When I returned to the bathroom, Ben had thrown some toys at AJ and the floor was covered in water. I guess that's pretty normal though. Ben dumped out 4 different types of legos today while I was finishing up 3 e-mails! We have been going round and round with the pooing on the potty thing. He holds it until my back is turned. Today he did a little dance and sang "ha ha, I pottied in my pants." As if he were doing it just to irritate me! Little toot! Is this a cry for attention or what?? I'm in the process of planning Benny-pie day. We'll see if things calm down after a few of those.

..........smell my feet

The kids had a great time last night. Ben said "Trick or Treat" this year. Micah just sucked on the candy wrappers, and AJ was in a hurry!

Silly ninja

where's my candy?

If you dont open it, I will!

perusing the pumpkin patch

Ben picked a flower for his sista

Ben couldn't pick up the pumpkin, so when he saw AJ pick it up, he thought he was "stwong"

cutie

found the tractor of course

This tree was pretty cool.....

She got her own.

..and the Pumpkin patch was a success!

Another accident!

Poor Ben. He just seems to be accident prone. He was running toward his brother and a cousin who were playing tennis with a squishy ball. As he approached them, the cousin was swinging the racket around and Ben ran right into it. Knocked one tooth back and broke the two on either side of it. He is really sore today. We are hoping the one tooth moves back into place by itself. In the meantime, we will be visiting a dentist to make sure there was no serious damage to the gums or permanent teeth in there. This breaks my heart. He keeps saying,"My toof boken, Mommy!"

This weeks stuffings

Micah cut 3 teeth over the last week. That makes a total of 8 !

Ben learned how to drive and I didn't even know it! After Pre-school on Tues., It was raining. A co-teacher waited with the kids while I got the van. I got Micah out of the stroller first and buckled her in her car seat. I got Ben, folded up the stroller and was going to take them to the van at the same time but hesitated and decided to come back for the stroller. I put Ben in the van, told him to get in his seat, and went back for the stroller only ten steps away. As I turned back around, I saw the van rolling away with Ben in the driver seat. I have no idea what came out of my mouth but I started running! Thanked God the doors were un-locked and running, trying to catch up with it, I finally jumped in on the passenger side. I through the gear into park but it failed to catch. The gears were making a loud grinding sound as I reached over to press the break pedal with my right hand. We finally stopped less than 50 feet from several parked cars in the doomed path. Another teacher came around to Ben's aid as I tried to regroup. I was choking on my heart as Ben kept repeating "I'm sorry Mommy, I'm sorry Mommy," With a clouded mind I tried explaining how dangerous it was. Ben said,"That was funny!" I said "NO BEN, that was NOT funny!! That was scary!"

Karate was exciting. AJ finally started on Thurs. He gets his GEE next week. The class was pretty big. I was surprised at how many people were there. I can totally see AJ excelling at this!

AJ is the kid in the orange shirt, middle frame, towards the back. I couldn't see him very well the whole time from where I was sitting. He did do a great job at following instructions though!

Fearless and fearful all at the same time!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

First day of school and pigtails...

Here they are! I have been waiting a long time for these little pigtails. She moves so much this is as good as they got. A little crooked but cute. They curl under perfectly.

While AJ was at school we went to celebrate a friend's birthday at Safari Park in Southlake. It was pretty cute.

Here is AJ's first day of school. He was very excited.

Mr Cory next door treated us to Mr softee. What a treat! They dip in chocolate and sprinkles galore. Right at you curbside, too! We ate it all before we took the pic, oops! It was too good for waiting.

Where is Father Time????

I've been playing with no flash photography and photo shop while random shooting, without using the viewfinder. Here are some shots I came up with...

Under biting

Used a flash here

Salon 306- where Cat and her Wedding party got there hair done. I was the first to arrive and wanted pics of the time

Candle in the sitting area


Ben in Mica's crib with a paci????( with flash)

My beautiful niece, Anna, sharing in the celebration (with water of course)

Mimosas

Bride in position, thinking very hard about something?A very sweet moment between the Bride and Groom. It was really dark in there!

Goofball(with flash)