It's time to get blogging again...

I just looked at my blog and realized I haven't posted in over a week. I've been in a real funk lately when it comes to my camera. I feel like I learned a lot of new skills and now I've sort of stalled out. I didn't even take one picture all of last week. But it's time to get back into it! So I'm trying to make sure I participate in every photo challenge I can find this week. If I don't take new photos I need to at least get back into looking at the ones I already have!

I did take a few new shots yesterday at the museum. My girls loved the butterfly house and when the bug guy came out with bugs they could actually hold they were over the moon!











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3 going on 30...

Isabelle is my first born. She'll be 4 in November. I love her to death but she's a very emotional child. We're never in short supply of tears and or general drama. There's always a reason for her to be sad about something. We're working through it the best we can, but in the meantime I really just want to appreciate and love the smiles when they come. I love this smile.



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Retro Preschool...

I can't believe that it was almost a year ago that we were getting Isabelle ready for her first day in preschool! I look back on these pictures now and 12 months seems like a lifetime ago!

Since she doesn't start school until the 13th of Sept this first photo will have to due for this weeks Trendy Treehouse Challenge!





And poor Baby Sophie so badly wanted to go to school with her big sister!



Until she realized she got Mamma all to herself!



I can't wait to see what kind of adventure this years preschool class takes us on!

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Be Careful What You Wish For!

Anyone who knows me knows that my holy grail photograph is my two girls together. They don't love having their picture taken to begin with but asking them to sit next to each other is like asking Democrats and Republicans to come across the isle and get along. It just doesn't happen. So imagine my shock and joy when Isabelle says to me "Mama, take my picture with Sophie!" and Sophie actually complied! Now here's the real kicker. I don't actually love either one of these photos. They just look so strange and awkward. It's nice to see a little sisterly love, but this isn't who they are on a regular basis. Now if one of them was pulling the other ones hair or stealing her favorite stuffed animal this would be more representitive of our regular day. But the two of them standing with their arms around each other makes me feel like I've been pulled into some bizzaro universe.

So, welcome to bizzaro world. Enjoy your stay!





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Pretty in Pink

There is no shortage of pink in our house. With two little girls there are times when laundry gets sorted by whites, colors and pink. This week the challenge over at RAW(e) is Pink. I chose this one because I love the pink color of the plexiglass wall she is standing in front of. So funky!



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Flowers or Weeds? You decide.

I remember a time when it was just Jeff and I. He's always been a romantic. He would bring me home bouquets of flowers "just because." And I loved him for that.

Three years later I'm still being showered with flowers. But now they're these pretty yellow flowers that grow in the yard. To most people they're just weeds. But when your two year old comes to you with a fist full of them, they're the most beautiful flowers in the world!







And this last one is my pic for Paper Mama's photo challenge flowers. I just love how much she's enjoying that dandilion!

The beautiful beaches of Lake Michigan...

I live in WI and looking at all of the beautiful beach pictures posted over at I Heart Faces is really making me want to vacation somewhere a little more beachy! But for now we'll have to be content to go play in the sand of Lake Michigan.