School Pics Update

So I asked for retakes. Knowing that she was going to use the same background. I thought I would try and offset the color with a bright shirt. And I asked Carson not to squint. We practiced "opening" our eyes when taking pictures. And I asked him not to do a cheesy smile. I thought that maybe, it could have been the fake smile and squinty eyes that really didn't do the photo justice.

So retakes were on Friday. I had to go into the office before picking him up to let the school know that he wasn't going to be there on Monday because of a doctors appt. Gosh I need to remember that we just can't do middle of the day anymore. It interferes with school time. And the secretary said that the photographer took him and another redhead out and did pictures next to a tree and with the new brickwork as the background on a couple of the pics. I was really excited to hear this!!!!
The photographer sent 3 proofs:



So I really like the first one, but he's squinting. The third one looks like he's got a structure growing out of his head.
Eric and I agreed on the 2nd picture.

Soooo much better than the first background!

Chickens, Cats, Traps and Neighbors, oh my...

I was going to write it out but got distracted, had to do the dishes, and have come to not write out my thoughts. I was able to vent to a third party, thanks A. :)

In other news.......


The girls are going into the henhouse easy peasy now. I just have to tap on the side of the house and in they go. I'm excited that I don't have to chase each of them down to go into the house now. The dog still gets excited when they stretch their legs and wings, but for the most part is calming down. I haven't had to put a muzzle on her for a couple of days now. (She was attacking the fence, so I would put a muzzle on her if she wanted by the fence.) Now she'll lay close to the fence watching her chicken TV.

E is trying to figure out how to put a roof on the run. Right now we just have a tarp covering most of it. But I hate ducking and it's not predator proof. So it's a priority right now. (thought the girls are locked up in the house at night, I still worry.)

Uhm....what else?..... MadCars are just that. They're crazy. It's like the sun is spawning new, wild, crazy children for me. All the rain and now the sun to make it grow. Oye vay! It probably doesn't help that gpa buys sugarcicles for them to "cool" down with.

I better get to bed. well the kids to bed. nite.....

month in review pics

Fishing at Benson Lake. It was in May I think. I can't remember.


Park down the street from us.

I tried to get M to come down just a little so the sun could catch her, but she said it was too bright and wanted to be up higher.

M wearing Farbenmix Yola, was suppose to be for her birthday but she found it and wouldn't take it off for days. C is wearing his picked out space fabric. yucky poly from Joanns. Farbenmix Zoe top and self drafted shorts.
New mama pads for me. my others were getting pretty ragged. And well these are pul backed and smaller and a much better fit. makes a mama happy :)

M showing off her Redondo skirt with an elastic waist, which still falls off her butt if she doesn't wear training undies.
View of garden. The veggies are bigger now.

Free coop off of craigslist, before transformation.
Nugget on the left and Lucy on the right.

Robobug that was on a wooden gate.


S, M, and C at the Jr Rose Parade.
Buckbeak (black and white, barred rock) and Tonks. Luna is in the shadow.

Monkey girl climbed as high as she could to get the scissors and this is what happened....

the last month in review

I think the date is wrong as we just went up to Larch Mountain a couple of weeks ago. Here's Mad in her first real snow experience.Cman in the snow. It was really hard to capture a pic of him as he wouldn't stay still.



This was before Christmas. Mad had to have one last ride on Alice the horse before she went into storage so we could have our little tree up.


Again the date is wrong, this was over at one of E's co-worker's house. She found the girl's play jewelry and had to dress up. You can't see it but she's got on two different "princess" shoes.






I've also been sewing up clothes for the kids. I've found a great pattern that I've altered a bit that fit Cman perfectly and he loves them. I'll try and get pics of the clothes for next time.

Toys and Holidays

Knowing that the kids won't be getting handmade toys and such and that most of what they are getting from the rest of the family will be plastic, a mama over at MDC posted about a website called HEALTHY TOYS. It's really cool where you can look up toys that are in their database and see if there are high levels of different chemicals.

OMSI

C decided that he wanted to go to OMSI instead of having a party. So we went. ALL DAY! It makes for very tired kids and parents at the end of the day.

M at the "river".
C pumping water.
My little penguins.
My space man.
Rocket science.

some fo's and the kids

I whipped up a little hat for one of Eric's coworker's wife who is do anyday now. It's sock yarn that I found and made a little ribbed baby hat for them. It totally reminds me of a half knitted sock. Or maybe a toe cover if you had a cast.
The dress is LTK Smocked Frock out of some dk yarn that I found at a LYS. From my understanding the previous owner of the LYS hand dyed it herself. I haven't blocked it yet, the bottom is still curled up. Miss M loves it.

And while the sun was out this past week, the kids were able to get out and play for a little bit. That's Miss M all cheesy smiles in the truck. Once Cman realized that I had the camera out, he started posing. eye ya eye. So there he is, sitting on the play kitchen. Where's my rolling eyes smiley?