Day 228: April 20, 2012

Just a quick pic of the head scratcher David got for Christmas that lives in the office.  The thing is surprisingly handy.

Day 225: April 17, 2012

I hate it when I forget to take a photo for the day until late at night.  Believe it or not the bathrooms have the best lighting in our house at night so I was perusing the bathroom with my camera and thought this little tin Dutch row house collection would make an interesting subject.  It's been hanging out in our bathroom for the past ten years and lived on David's dorm desk before that.  I can't remember if he picked it up on his trip to the Netherlands in high school or if his Oma brought it back for him on one of her trips.  Regardless, I still think they're pretty cool!

Day 215: April 7, 2012

The kids and I went to a friend's baby's first birthday party and she made the cutest cupcakes!  They were tasty to boot :)

Day 205: March 28, 2012

Grace won this jar of Skittles at a rainbow birthday party by being the closest to guess how many candies were in the jar.  Tasty prize!

Day 204: March 27, 2012

The volcano erupts!

Day 203: March 26, 2012

We waited a day for the plaster to finish drying before painting the volcano with the paints included in the kit.  Originally Grace was going to paint it in rainbow colors before finally settling on black with red lava.  She was nice enough to let her little brother help paint a little bit.

Day 172: February 24, 2012

I took this photo in the White Tower of the Tower of London.  I thought the curved staircase had fabulous texture and lines, and the narrow window provided some fairly dramatic late afternoon lighting.  The Tower of London was definitely my favorite spot to visit!

Day 170: February 22, 2012

A quick photo taken hastily before heading up to my Mom's house to drop off the kids and leave for London!

Day 169: February 21, 2012

Getting packed for our trip to London....passports in hand!

Day 167: February 19, 2012

I went on a photo walk downtown Salem this afternoon with a group of women from the Momtographers photography group I belong to.  We had a lot of fun and I took the opportunity to play around with different lenses.  I love the colors and texture of this shot.

Day 164: February 16, 2012

I was thinking about different perspectives when I took this photo of my favorite water cup.  I like the view from the top, especially with the way the shadow falls.

Day 162: February 14, 2012

Today Grace brought home her Valentines from school in this adorable paper bag.  She must have made it last Friday because she's wearing the exact same outfit (pink fringe boots and all!) in the picture of herself that she colored on the bag.  Too cute for words.

Day 161: February 13, 2012

Today I submitted to craft fever and worked on making some newborn headbands and misc. hair pretties.  Shopping Etsy usually has me hunting on Google and YouTube to figure out how to make fabric flowers and the like.  I even taught myself to crotcher thanks to a YouTube video!

Day 155: February 7, 2011

I had Ethan start some of his Valentines while Grace was working on homework since he has three (yes THREE!) Valentines parties coming up.  He got on a roll and finished 25 for Indoor Park and 3 for Preschool.

Day 153: February 5, 2012

I wouldn't have ventured very far from this cozy position on my bed, but we had plans in Portland to celebrate with our traditional Christmas dinner with my Mom and brother while he's home on leave.  So I convalesced on my Mom's couch instead of my bed and even ate a little salmon dinner.

Day 152: February 4, 2012

I woke up at 3am this morning with a heaving stomach and the knowledge that I wasn't going to sleep any time soon.  I was right, and spent the rest of the night on couch or in the bathroom until the kids woke up at which point I slumped into bed and didn't get out except for trips to the bathroom for 24 hours.  Unfortunately my stomach didn't let me sleep much so I kept myself entertained by watching Hulu and Netflix on my iPhone or staring at the dusty ceiling fan.  All in all, not a particularly great day.  I had Grace bring me my camera and I took this photo without moving from the carefully propped angle I had been in all day.  Not even the stomach flu stops me!

Day 145: January 28, 2012

Ethan and Grace were playing Starfall on the laptop next to Daddy on the couch tonight.  Ethan insisted that he get a turn and he was so concentrated on it.  I took the opportunity to snap a few photos, but without using my flash (didn't want to distract them) it was pretty dark.  I settled on focusing on Ethan's adorable toes.

Day 140: January 23, 2012

One of the best parts about David's greeting card research for work is that I get a lot more random love notes and cards.  This one was originally a Valentines Day card but he modified it and I think it's way cute!

Day 139: January 22, 2012

We've owned this Fisher Price castle for at least five years and it has seen a lot of playtime.

Day 138: January 21, 2012

Today I bought myself a project off Craigslist in the form of a $40 dresser.  Should keep me busy for the week while David's away.