11.21.10 - new favorite spot

borrowed him for a few pictures at my new favorite photo shoot spot. soo many more cool places there. i will have to go back again sometime soon! :)

11.20.10 - take 2

did some more pics for the becks today. the weather was great and the pics turned out cute, i think. :)

11.19.10 - many faces

was trying to take a quick pic on my phone to send to lauren today...this is what happens in many of my photo adventures with my kiddos...i just don't usually post these pics! today i decided they needed to be preserved. :)

aaand...finally...

the one i was trying to get all along! :}

it was fun though...he was making me laugh.

11.18.10 - found!!

last weekend we lost my itouch somewhere in the house. i wasn't too worried. about a month or so ago, mommy lost her itouch too...it took a couple weeks but it finally turned up. so did mine today! lm giggles got down to pull a toy from under her bed and tada! there it was! sneaky little thing! we all thought we had checked under the beds before! lol

11.17.10 - beautiful colors

i love fall. :)

11.16.10 - CA

just trying out the CA setting on my camera. no idea what ca stands for...but i have the option of saying how blurred i make the background. interesting. i think i like this setting. :)

11.15.10 - just playin'

maddox is hanging out at our house today. my kiddos could not be more excited! :) they keep saying, "i wish maddox could be MY baby brother!! because he's just soo soo soo CUTE!!!" :)

11.14.10 - stuck :}

i've been hanging out at his house this weekend. so fun! i turned around and he had crawled in the dog crate...he thought he was pretty funny...until he couldn't figure out how to get back out of it! :)

11.13.10 - surprise!

my friend laura (this is not laura) asked if i wanted to help her throw a baby shower for leah (this is leah). we ended up making it a surprise shower and instead of typical baby shower games, we did manicures, pedicures, and facials. and laughed. probably about 75% of the evening! :) this moment in particular was HILARIOUS. but laura might kill me if i told you why. let's just say we saw a side of her we had never seen before. makes me laugh just thinking about it! :}

ok, baby annie...any day now.....!! :)

11.12.10 - oh dear.

"look kiki! we're being sloths!!"

oh dear. not exactly the best animal to be emulating...! lol :}

i said..."...or the red pandas like at the zoo!"

11.11.10 - scc concert

read here for more about this pic. :)

11.10.10 - pink duck

"o little ducky duddle

went wading in a puddle

went wading in a puddle quite small.

said he, "it doesn't matter

how much i splash and splatter,

i'm only a ducky after all!

quack! quack!"

bath time song my mom used to sing to us when we were tiny. hadn't thought about that in a very long time!! :)

11.9.10 - smiley

this is smiley. if you read this post on my other blog, then you know what lm giggles said about our favorite dog friend. :} we got to love on her at the playground. hadn't seen her in a while. she was in heaven - three kids to chase/be chased by plus 4 whole tennis balls to fetch! kiki loved the extra boost of exercise the kids got! :)

11.8.10 - practicing.

so mommy and daddy brought each of the girls little horse charms that fit on a necklace from horse racing this past weekend. they came in these little green jewelry boxes. mr. happy seized the opportunity to practice proposing to his girlfriend - reegan (lauren's sister)! he said, "kiki, you be reegan!" so funny! :) he loves his reegan.

11.7.10 - cooo whip!

aahahaha! makes me laugh. long story.

11.6.10 - portrait innovations day!

11.5.10 - mall express

there is a real live train in our mall right now!! so of course, since i have my kids for the weekend, we had to go take a ride. so cool. mr. happy was sooo excited!

11.4.10 - one big bed

two of my kids' uncles are visiting from ireland right now so all three kiddos are sleeping together in this big bed (the girls' beds pushed together with the mattresses turned sideways so no one falls through a crack!). mr. happy thinks it's fabulous...the girls like it too...when he's not rolling all over them! lol

11.3.10 - apples to apples

pretty hair. :) anyone have any tips on keeping one side tight while you do the other side??

11.2.10 - go go

lm sunshine got a "go go my walking pup"! made me feel old - they used to sell those when i was little! in fact, i still remember the song from the commercial. growing up, whenever we would get a song stuck in our heads, we would sing the song from that commercial and it would somehow magically get the other song out without getting stuck itself! :) still works sometimes....

11.1.10 - happy bday, benjamin! :)

benjamin is my baby cousin. i call him g. it's an inside story. :) i don't get to see him nearly enough! but he and his parents are coming for thanksgiving which is getting closer and closer! yay!

10.31.10 - nuts

recently we picked up tooons of chestnuts from our yard! i don't know why we never realized we had them before this fall! they were so much fun to hunt for - like an easter egg hunt in the fall! we even tried roasting them (in the oven...not on an open fire...!) :) however, i forgot that the recipe i found online said to dip them in melted butter. just by themselves they tasted...uh...not so good. maybe if i had one roasted by a professional chestnut roaster...! :)