Day 27: Beautiful Things

Playing bubbles with nieces...

Day 18: If I could choose a different time period to live in, it would be...

Ok...so...this post is a little late.  It should have been up yesterday...but I was so tired.  So missing one day half way through...not too bad...right?  Right.

If I could live in any time period it would be...Well...I have some stipulations...Like:  Can I bring my flatiron with me?  Hmm..I guess that's the only condition I have.  I would choose something like the Victorian Era (You know...Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen style)...but I just can't imagine having to worry about who to marry all the time (if I lived back then and am not married like I am right now at this age...I would be swiftly on my way to spinsterhood!). Then again, I think it would be a lot of fun to live in the 20's too (You know...The Great Gatsby: F. Scott Fitzgerald style).  But I am not really one for crime, and I do like to have a drink here and there...so I'm not sure if that would work out either.  Hmm...For now I like the time period I live in...but who knows what the future will hold (You know...1984: Georgy Orwell style?)!

Anyways...

Lily and Emma came over for a little bit today...and Emma discovered her reflection!  So adorable.  She crawled right up to the mirror and bonked her head a few times on the glass trying to go through it.  Too Cute!

Day 9: A Typical Sunday As A Child

Wake Up! When I was younger, a typical Sunday started off with my parents insisting that we go to the early service of church.  My sister and I would always be so tired, and we never understood why we had to for to first service.  But...we did know that if we didn't get up and get ready that they would take us in our jammies.  I'm not sure now that my mom would really do that...but if I remember right I think my sister didn't get ready for school one day, and my mom took her to school in her pj's! After church we would have a donut, then head home and read the color Sunday comics.  Then depending on weather, we would either spend the rest of the day swimming, coloring, playing Barbies, or making forts. 

Now today's Sunday, I woke up late.... then hung out with Lily and Emma.  Emma is rolling around the floor talking to herself, and Lily is asking 139247 questions.  I do love them a lot!

Day 8: Playing Favorites.

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...

Favorite Things Song

(All their songs could quite possibly be my favorite)

Holding my nieces

(I like to give them big hugs!)

These Books

(I can't get over how awesome these books look!)

Finishing a book

(Even though I've read a lot of books, I still love the accomplishment I feel when I finish them!)

Real Simple

(Everything about this website is my favorite)

A clean car with a full tank of gas.

(Who wouldn't have this as a favorite?)

Charade

(A very uplifting blog!)

Finding new blogs

HeartHandmade

(This blog inspires me to be more creative, and being creative is another favorite thing!)

I simply remember my favorite things...and then I don't feel so bad.

Day 2: A photo of something I do in the Summer to keep cool.

When I was little, my sister and I would spend ALL day swimming during the Summer...the ends of our brunette hair turned green.  We would make up games, but my sister always made sure that I was the inferior...for example: we would play mermaid, and I couldn't be Ariel because "I didn't sing good enough."  This coming from the judge who wanted to be Ariel herself.  But that's OK because my cousin and I would make her be Norma while I was April.  Not that these past few days have been especially hot...considering June Gloom and all, but I think that it would be a good idea to start thinking of some things to keep cool in hotter summer days. 

Strawberries (ZTA favorites!) are perfect for those hot days (did you know that it is strawberry season? my favorite time of the year!)  And perhaps making your own Popsicles to keep cool? I like watching Lily eat Popsicles, she always has a huge red/ purple/ green (whatever color the Popsicle is) stain on her clothes...so precious.  I remember being a kid drinking red juice all day with the result of two side mustaches.  This summer i think that my nieces will be over a lot more for swimming...Lily is getting really good at it!

I decided to do a little creating this morning, and this is what I came up with.  Happy Sunday everyone!

Watercolor paper, charcoal, acrylic paint, stamps, puffy paint.

My Weekendings...

Don't let these precious, adorable, angelic, faces fool you...

This weekend I had the task of watching my nieces.  Lily being 2 and 1/2, and Emma being 6 months you would think that this feat would be easy.  Not the case.  All Lily wanted to do was watch Dancing With The Stars (I normally don't like this show- save that Erin Andrews (a ZTA) is on it- and watching the same episode for 5 hours EVERYDAY does not make me like it more than I already had not).  Emma would wake at the late hour of 4:30 a.m.  Good thing my dad would get up to make her a bottle, then I would wake around 8 when she would start to cry again.  My dad would also take Lily to do some fun things like feeding Gusss, feeding the fish, and cleaning out the pool.  Where was she when my parents were gone for that week?

 I learned this week that I a sort of fun police.  I would make Lily put one color of play dough away before she got another out so that the colors wouldn't mix.  Why does that matter?  I have NO idea!  Kids are kids, and they should have fun and mix their play dough colors!  The good thing that happened over the weekend is that I think Lily started to like me more.  She used to say that I was not her friend, and the number of times she said that I couldn't come to her house has minimalized.  Yes, I think our relationship has taken on a new dimension. 

As for Emma, whatever I would do she thought it was hilarious...a great self-esteem booster I must say.  I would play with her legs moving them in a bicycle type fashion while singing this song.  More for my entertainment then hers, but like I said she thinks I'm hilarious. Not that I was ever in a huge hurry for kids (if you know me you know I am not a huge fan of kids) but now I am in even less of a hurry!

Up for this week:
I am fairly busy with schoolwork: Translating 75 more lines of Old English Beowulf into modern English, a mid-term for that same class, and a paper for my English Enlightenment class on the 18th Century Ode.  At least I like these classes or else I would have a hard time getting started on these projects!

Easter Day--Check #22

This Easter was a little different than most that I've had because my parents were out of town, and my brother and his wife had to work.  Jamie and Brady, and I watched Lily and Emma.  Luckily, this provided me with an opportunity to check off #22 on my list.  Since I didn't really have any ideas for other photoshoots, I thought that Easter would provided a good one.  Here are a few pictures that I took of the girls:

It was a mini-photo shoot, but I think the few that I did take turned out nicely.  I hope you all had a wonderful Easter as well!

P.S. I have a trip to the Grand Canyon in the planning stages.  Just a few weeks until I get to go!

Emma's Here!

Doesn't it seem like just a little while ago we had the baby shower for Emma Rose? Well, now she is here! She was born on Friday, October 23 at 8 pounds 7 ounces.

Isn't she so adorable! Can't wait to see Emma and Lily on Saturday in their Halloween costumes...