Capturing Motherhood in a Photo

Oh, I do love Sophie's imagination. That girl is quite creative and enjoys some serious role-playing on a daily basis.  It's one of my favorite things....

Last week, we were at a friend's house setting up for a birthday party. The birthday girl was putting out plates on the table and Sophie asked if she could put out a plate or two. Her friend said no.  Sophie was crestfallen and cried sad tears the entire way home.  It hurt my heart to see her that upset so, when we got home, I pulled out the party supplies and offered her six party plates, napkins and cups......and suggested maybe she have a little party with her "Care Bears".  Well, the tears stopped IMMEDIATELY and she disappeared to her room.  A short while later, I turned the corner to find this.....

Grumpy, Oopsie, Cheer, Funshine and Share (from left to right ~ in case I forget one day) had a marvelous time and Mommy only saw huge smiles and received many hugs from Sophie the rest of the evening!!!

I must have blinked.....

......because Sophie started school today and I have no idea how it got here so quickly.  I did very well leading up to school and dropping her off but I am a bumbling, melting mess now.  Whew.  I know I say it a lot but parenting is certainly not for the weak-hearted!



Big, wide, crazy world ~~~~  PLEASE be good and kind to my baby Goose.  She has such a good and innocent heart.....I hope she stays that way for a LONG, LONG TIME.

Iggy Pop

As you can imagine, some days are okay and other are just so damned hard.  I have my own emotional days when I miss Ygal so much that I feel sure my heart might break in half.  I have so much I'd like to share with him. It's excruciating.  YET I know it's nothing compared to what Alain is going through.  It's hard to see someone you love so much in so much pain, with hurt so strong it's reflected in his eyes.  Alain doesn't have to say a word for me to know he's having a tough day.  There have been a few lately so I wanted to post this photo.....for Alain.  It's such a beautiful one and I just hope that, wherever Ygal might be, he knows how very much his oldest brother loves and misses him.  

PS ~ Sorry this post is so late.  I was running low on digital photos so I had to dig into the archives of hard copy photos. Our scanner is not friendly to those of us not technologically inclined (okay okay, me) so I had to find time to go to Target and scan the photos. Then I had to wait a day for the CD to be ready and picked up.  Won't happen again!  Hopefully.

Happy 300!

Just recently I surpassed my 300th post on this here blog o' mine.  I thought that deserved some recognition. so I took a few little photos in celebration.  Oh blog, you bring me such joy.  Thank you!

I LOVE MY BEACH BABIES!

 

I've never considered myself much of a beach person. But my girls are natural beach babies and Sophie can talk of little else. I had so many reservations about taking Clara to the beach at this age. That was senseless. She took to the water like I've never seen a baby do before. And she didn't try to eat sand, not even once!  I'm telling you....these girls are slowly converting me.

Who Else Loves Sea Birds?

Is it just me?  Because, without fail, they take up the bulk of my pictures....

This little guy looks good from both sides, doesn't he?  What a cutie!

I loved the colors on this one!

Most of my bird photos look like that last one. They're FAST and getting them in the frame is a challenge!  

PS ~ To answer my own question, I think Clara loves the sea birds as much as me. She would get so excited when they were close by.  And she would grin from ear to ear while squealing, "Ba, Ba, Ba". I think Scout and Atticus may have something to do with that!

Not Quite Done With The Beach Yet....

I'm going through the hundreds of photos I took over the course of five days at the beach. Some of them make me pause and go back to look at them over and over.  I really love the nature ones. I hope you'll indulge me....

I am a shell fanatic. I could look at them and take photos all day long. They're amazing and there's always a treasure to be found.

Sophie actually asked me to take this picture. So glad she did ~ it's one of my favorites!

Aaahhh, don't you love this feeling?

Quite possibly my favorite photo of the bunch. Each time I see it I want to be back there immediately!

More shells. I love the colors.

I don't have a great camera but I tried my best to capture the magnificent sunset.

I'm so thankful my aunt and uncle invited us to join them for their beach vacation. The timing could'nt have come at a better time ~ I think it was good for our souls....