My Favorite Things pt.5

My favorite thing today is my kids' photography.  Digital cameras have enhanced everyone's lives.  It's wonderful to take picture after picture with out wasting film.  It's incredible to be able to see your picture instantly so you can quickly take another if someone blinks just as the shutter clicks.  I also love handing my kids a camera so I can see the world through their eyes.  I'm always delighted by their pictures.  They often literally make me laugh out loud and it's amazing to see how artistic they can be as well.  

Marigold by Miss E

Beautiful Sculpture created and photographed by Miss M

My Favorite Things pt.4

My fourth favorite thing from this summer is my muddy hands after "working" in my garden.  Puttering around in the plants and the mud always makes me happy.

How you know I've had a good day.  Photo by Miss E.

My Favorite Things pt.3

Today's featured favorite thing is nothing unusual at my house.  There's something about a bathroom that inspires Miss M.  It's not unusual to walk into a bathroom to see random bathroom contents artfully arranged.  It's one of my most favorite things ever.

Artistically arranged bath toys.  "Bathagami"

My Favorite Things pt.2

 Today's favorite thing is coming home to find the babysitter held a fashion show while I was out, and photographed it so I didn't totally miss the fun.  (The best part was simply finding the pictures on my camera a few days after the fact.  They were a funny surprise.)

Miss M clearly goes for the fantasy side of fashion.

Miss E, the fashionista.

Accessories make the fairy.

Work it!

These are a Few of My Favorite Things

Rain drops on roses, and whiskers on kittens....  la dee dee da de, la da dee dee da dee.....

I have a really busy week (or two) coming up.  Mr. A visits the doctor for his three year check up tomorrow.  Everyone gets back to school hair cuts on Wednesday.  Back to School night is a week from Tuesday then school starts the following Thursday.  AND, my sister's family will be visiting from Maryland beginning tomorrow.  Soooo....  It's safe to say I won't have a lot of time to sit around blogging.  Never fear though!  I've come up with an idea so I can still post every day but it won't take long to share my thoughts.  

This week I'l feature a photo series of my favorite things about summer.  I'll kick things off with Mr. A eating peas fresh from the garden.  I've been taking my coffee and relaxing in the garden while I wake up.  For some reason staring at tomato plants with a little light breeze and some bird song just starts my day so nicely.  Often, one -or three- of the kids will join me and we rummage through the pea patch looking for fat round pods just the right size for eating.  Very few peas actually make it in the house to be included with meals because we're so fond of settling in and eating them where they grow.

Mr. A loves peas!