I’m absent for weeks on end and then two blogs in one day. weird. 100th entry too. random.
On with it, shall we?
Chelsea’s recital was really cute and she was just the ham I thought she would be. Just like her mama. Though her mama tried to blame her daddy, no one was fooled. Even those who didn’t know the family! Some guy in the front row nicknamed Chelsea “Center Stage”. Very funny. We all had a good time and a lovely lunch together afterwards. We only had about two seconds in the park with everyone for photos. And my camera is *&^#!%* acting up again so I have miserable photos of the recital. I shouldn’t say “again”. “still”. Someone PLEASE yank the thing from my hands and take it to the shop for me because it’s clear I’m just going to keep right on being bummed about it, but never actually take it in. So, despite the cruddy photos, I must post them as there are grandparents and a great grandma up from Florida who may be looking for photos. And Granny and II in NH are probably looking for photos too. Hi Guys! Like the photo from the post earlier today, this one is not a great photo, but Chelsea’s personality sure does shine through…and, as always, her personality makes you laugh and have a good time with her!
This could, quite possibly, be one of my favorite photos of all time. I love these three people so much! (yes, I’m missing some other loved ones in this photo — please don’t send me divorce emails again! It *is* possible to love more than one photo.)
The photo above got me to playing with frames. The Vignettes above were provided by Sande Krieger. The frames below were Rhonna Farrer. Wendy will probably have to take a wet wipe to the screen over the next two frames. Messy, just the way *I* like them. I can see her sitting at the computer screen saying “Chelsea, what’s on your arm?!?” I will be sure to send her neat, clean photos.
hmmm, having trouble with the next picture — I’ve adjusted the levels and color but for some reason the new photo won’t upload. If everyone could please just deal with it for now so the family can view it, that would be SUPER! Wendy, I’ll fix it before getting it on a disk to you. And maybe since my camera AND computer aren’t working it’s operator error. Maybe someone needs to bring ME to the shop.
The rest of the gang had to leave after only a couple minutes in the park — some silly thing about a wedding rehersal dinner or something. Oliver was We were bummed so I was trying to think of some way to cheer him us up. So we had this great idea that we would play “photoshoot”. I know. You guys are like “you ALWAYS play photoshoot.” But this was a GAME. This was not a photoshoot. well it was, but not really. Games are way more fun that real life. Oliver and I like to live games. We took turns. First I got to pick a photo and we’d take it. Then he got to pick a photo and we’d take it. We played with the timer on the camera. Super fun running back and forth to get in the photos and set them up the way we wanted to. There are a lot of tongues and a lot of bums in photos (I’ll let you guess whose choices those were….well, the tongues were mine, but the bums certainly were NOT.) We had THE BEST time together. THE BEST. *AND* I actually have some pictures with my child. Not just one six months away from another. But a ton. AND I even like some of them. Especially the tongue ones. So I’m giving you all homework. Go play photoshoot with your kid. Let them pick every other pose. You’ll get some good creative shots (and tongues and bums…). Some you won’t like. Some of their shots will be torturous. (yeah, I think my spine was broken one photo as he JUMPED on my back to make it into the picture before the timer went off…) but it is a whopping good time. And a little glimpse into that head of theirs which is sometimes tough to figure out what’s going on in there. AND you get some pictures with your kid(s).
Just as a note, the pictures above are RANDOMLY picked from the millions we took today — they are not necessarily my favorites or the most fun. Just the ones I clicked on.
“Mumma, mumma, sit here. I’m going to stand next to you. Okay press the button and sit! Sit still. Almost….beep…beep…now I’m going to stick out my tongue and …..” SLURP!
“AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGG!”
You’ve been warned. sweet dreams!
