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Back in Business

There are 2 things that I am willing to splurge on at this point in my life 1) A good face cream. After all I will be 38 years old in exactly 23 days. :) and 2) A good digital camera. There just is no comparison. Wednesday I got my new Nikon D3100 in the mail from Amazon and I couldn't wait to open it up. My kids sensed my excitement as they watched me tear through the package. Carso kept saying, "That's for Mommy. That is Mommy's present surprise." Today I took the camera out for a spin. Oh it's so good to take good pictures of my kids again. It is such a luxury for me and something that I thoroughly enjoy (if you can't already tell:) So good to have a camera with a flash that works and doesn't smoke. And I love the lens on this one. I'm able to get so much closer. Pure Bliss!

Action Shot. I love this camera. I caught her in mid fall. I thought this picture was so cool. Of course it was cool because she was completely unharmed. :)

So close. I love it.

This was a snake skin. Gulp!

I love this shadow picture. Do you see how she is looking up at me?

Just the 3 of us:)

Stay at Home Mom Day

Confession: I've had 4 days off from work....and I've taken the kids to school 3 out of those 4 days. I learned from my  last vacation that having the kids for all of the days of my vacation do not equal a vacation and leave me pretty much in the same place I was at before I went on vacation. So I made the choice with out regret to spend a little time by myself on 3 out of the 4 days. Going to a movie, getting a pedicure, shopping with out hurry, enjoying the peace and quiet of the house, taking naps, taking long baths and generally being good to myself. Which I can truthfully say I don't do enough. BUT today my kids stayed home with me and I decided to make the most of it. We started off the day by going to Story hour at our local library. It was so great. My kids got a kick out of it and I learned from watching them during the craft time that they both are developing mad scissors skills. Next we went to McDonald's for lunch and stayed there for TWO hours! We've never done that before but my kids were in heaven and we had no where to be, nothing to do and they had a ball. We even all got ice cream cones which I generally always say No to. Kate's face had a look of total shock when I said Yes. We came home and I started on the dough to make some home made bread. I hadn't made this recipe since I stayed at home with the kids over 2 years ago. I was nostalgic for a second, but there's something about knowing that staying at home is not even in my realm of possibility that takes the sting of regret away. While the dough was rising we went to get Kate a hair cut. She had been saying that she wanted her hair Big which means long in Kate universe (this is no doubt fueled by the fact that every little girl in her class at school has long hair)  but I as I was trying to brush it this morning and encountered tangle after tangle she announced that she wanted little (short) hair. I jumped on this opportunity.  I absolutely love it as I always do when Kate gets her hair cut. It just suits her. After the hair cut we headed over to get my oil changed and then I took the kids to a great park that we never get to go to. So now my bread is baking and the kids are winding down with a movie that they got at the library. It's back to work tomorrow but I can truly say that I have recharged and rested and even relaxed. And now  the pictures (all from my phone, BUT tomorrow I get my wonderful new camera from Amazon....GLEE!!!!!! I was able to get a nice trade in amount for my old one through the Amazon trade in program...this week end I will be in a picture taking frenzy..LOOK OUT!.................

They never get time on the computers at the library because we always go on a busy Saturday. But today we were there right when the library opened.

He was so excited that his robot fit on his Happy Meal  skateboard

Nothing better than an ice cream cone to Kate. She finished the entire thing!

ice cream face!

Me and my Beauty pre hair cut

After the hair cut:) We had 2 inches cut off! Her hair grows fast!

American Beauty

Pictures

So while I put together a crafty plan to purchase my new camera, I am stuck with a camera phone. But just look at these faces.......

 

 

 

 

 

Kate and Carson Cakes

I read this really cool trick in my Real Simple magazine that involved using a turkey baster to make letter and design pancakes. They turned out great and my kids thought I was the coolest Mom in the world. That is of course until I told them they absolutely could not have Halloween candy for breakfast to. Booooo!!! I was almost cool.:)

These are so easy! Of course Kate was miffed because her name wasn't in small letters:) She's pointing to the "A" there telling me it should be little "a"

At first he told me he just wanted "circle pancakes" and then he saw the coolness of having your name spelled in pancakes and he decided he was all for it.

The possibilities are endless.

What a beauty.

I love this boy to pieces.

My New Camera Stinks

Not that I'm not grateful for everything I have, but I have been spoiled with a digital camera for way too long. I just can't get used to a point and shoot so it is going back tomorrow. I almost cried when I saw the pictures it took. Lousy. Or maybe it was operator error?? Either way back it goes. Here's the proof:

Kate's new boots. We went in for sensible sneakers and came out with these. Good trade off don't you think?

The pumpkin shirt from last year lives to see another Halloween.

The cousins and Uncle Blair. The kids really got the hang of trick or treating this year.

Super Girl!

The best picture I got of Captain America. :)