Ruth Adair - and a poll!
These luminous pictures of my cousin’s little girl Ruth Adair were taken last week - isn’t she just stunning? Her red hair is the exact color her mom’s was when she was little - in fact, in one picture Ruth looks just like her mother as a girl (picture 4, for those of you who know her and want to see if you agree). I am sure that when I complete my website update one of these pictures will end up in the color gallery. How about a vote? I’ll let YOU choose which one you like best to go onto my site. I’m trying to fix my poll application, so for now just comment to leave your vote. I want to know which image speaks to you the most, and why! OK, now I can honestly say I have an interactive blog :). So tell all your friends to come here and vote!
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And here are a couple of pictures of my daughter with Ruthie, because I can’t seem to go a week without putting a picture of her on my blog 
She’s finally getting some hair!
Sophie’s Fiesta
Here are a few pictures from Sophie’s Birthday Fiesta. You may recognize her from my website (she is the little girl running up the stairs in my opening flash slideshow). She is one of the most photogenic kids I’ve ever seen, and is one of my favorite little models. Her parents are going to have to lock her up to keep the boys away someday! Two of her equally adorable cousins are also featured on my website, and you can see them here too. Her sweet baby cousin will be featured in my new website galleries, which are in the process of being updated.
This was a great Fiesta, and I enjoyed the Moe’s cheese dip way too much!
Joey and Anna - Sneak Peek!
I had a wonderful session yesterday with this adorable family. When I saw Joey with that red hair and his cute cute glasses, I had a feeling it was going to be a great session, and when I saw his beautiful baby sister Anna (And yes I do think her hair will be red too, just like her Mom!) I knew I’d get some fantastic pictures. Joey is incredibly smart. He talks all the time. He really likes tigers :) I hope you had a great time at the zoo today, Joey! And his sister Anna is just as mild-natured as they come. I think I heard her cry once for about 2 seconds. All in all, I had a fantastic time. Enjoy your sneak peek!
Don’t they look like they should be in a magazine?
I had to include this next picture because I thought it was so representative of family life, and also shows what really goes on at my photo sessions :) Joey was having his snack while Dad was valiently attempting to change Anna’s clothes. Of course, 7 month old babies are really good at doing that sideways-twisty thing when they don’t want to be changed, so Anna is just a blur in this picture.
All that smiling, twisting, and interacting really wore Anna out. She was asleep before her head hit the mattress. And I was so glad, because then I got to get my favorite kind of picture. Sleeping babies are the most beautiful, innocent, and sweet - don’t you agree?
Thanks for everything guys, and look for your gallery by next weekend!
Filed under Recent Posts | Comment (0)Field Day!
What would kindergarten be without Field Day? What I remember most about Field Day was having to play kickball which I really hated, having a frisbee-throwing contest which I miserably failed in, and generally sweating in the heat while always being picked last for whatever team was being chosen.
Times have certainly changed, thank goodness, since then - as kindergarten field days nowadays seem to consist of fun carnival-type games involving sack races and hula hoops, face painting, snacks, and free play on the playground equipment.
Here are some pictures from William’s Field Day on Tuesday. We had beautiful weather!
If you are a kindergarten parent and wish to see the online gallery with all the children’s pictures, check your take-home folder today for the gallery code.
Botanical Garden
What a wonderful, incredibly tiring, and perfect Mother’s Day I had. My parents, my kids, and I met my beautiful sister and her husband at the Memphis Botanical Gardens. Our plan was to have a picnic on the grounds, then stroll among the beautiful gardens, chatting and watching the kids feed the koi.
Best laid plans and all that… My sister got stuck in a huge traffic jam on I-40 and was really late meeting us there. Meanwhile, my daughter took a short nap in the car while my Dad took my son over to a playground near the Gardens, thinking he would enjoy playing on the equipment while we waited for my sister. Instead, all William wanted to do was play in a glorified drainage ditch. He never went near the playground. Secretly I think it’s neat he’d rather play in a ditch than a playground. If I don’t allow myself to think too much about waterborne diseases.
We finally met up with my sister and went over to the Gardens. She had prepared wonderful food brought in an actual picnic basket, while I had brought kid snacks in a Target bag, which is at least minimally better than bringing them in a Kroger bag. William even said at one point (referring I am quite sure to the picnic basket part, not the Target bag part), “This is a proper picnic!!!”, which cracked up all up. I swear I don’t talk like that so I don’t know where that terminology came from… but really, it was a proper picnic.
So 15 minutes of proper picnic, and then began the Day of Great Exertion and Endless Running. My daughter decided she’d had enough of being proper, and wandered into the rose garden, where I took these pictures:
A little confession should be inserted here. Even though it is Mother’s Day and I love both my children equally and dearly, I didn’t even get one picture of William, as the whole time I was chasing Caroline and he was busy building a mouse dock over at the Japanese lake. Yes, you read that correctly, and I didn’t ask either. By the time I finally saw William again, I had given up taking pictures since Caroline kept trying to use my lens as a foothold to climb higher up my head.
When Caroline and I finally caught up with everyone else, she discovered the bridge. Henceforth known as the Bridge of Great Back and Forth Amusement and Constant Climbing Fun. After I took these pictures the camera went back into the bag.
You will have to use the above picture as a placeholder for the one I really wanted to take of my own two children holding hands and walking over this fantastic bridge. Instead here is a nice picture of an anonymous, yet lovely, little girl doing what I wanted my own two kids to be doing. But as we all know, we can’t have everything, and as there are mouse docks to be built and Mommy’s hair to use as a rope (or “rup”, as Caroline says), I didn’t get my dream picture today. But we will be back when the kids are teenagers.
Still, it was a perfect day spending time with my own mother and sister, and my lovely kids. There are worse things in this world than watching your kids romp all day through beautiful gardens. Especially if you are a mouse with a newly built boat who has finally found the perfect dock, and only after your boat sinks do you realize the dock was built by a six-year-old.
Coming in the next few days - pictures from Sophie’s Fiesta!
And OK people - enough lurking! I see you visiting. Just take a took at my fancy little map! So please, let me know who you are! Comments are welcome. I want to know who you are, how you found me, and why you’ve actually read this far about my little Adventures in Mommy-hood.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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Here are some of my favorite finished images from my super-fun session with Allison and Gregory. Aren’t they adorable?
