New marshmallow flavors!

Peppermint and gingerbread. The gingerbread is pretty intense.

The finished product!

I think the neighbors will be quite pleased with this!

Pool time

May 22, 2011

It's that time of the month again!

Hey Chris, guess where we are on the worst day of the month!

Pikachu driving

I see a theme starting here!

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Snow love note

The cute picture that Giselle drew in the snow on the front of my car.

One Thousand

In honor of this being my 1,000th post to this blog (I think I've already doubled that in my 9 months on facebook) I'm posting a picture of myself that Giselle took with my phone 2 weeks ago at the pool.

Kids' Pictures Carnival

I'm more on the ball this week so I'm getting my third entry for the Carnival of Kids' Pictures posted early.





Paul's entries could be titled 'Ceiling Fan #1',




'Ceiling Fan #2',




and 'Ceiling Fan #3'







Giselle's could be titled 'Picture of a Picture #1',




'Picture of a Picture #2',




and 'Picture of a Picture #3'

Carnival of Kid Pictures #2

Time for another Carnival of Kid Pictures and I'm a day late AGAIN! My excuse is that Fridays are just too full for me to remember to take care of posting the kid's pictures, especially THIS Friday. The morning after returning from our trip we had a 10 o'clock appointment with an insurance agent who showed up at 9 instead - fortunately I had changed out of my pajamas already but none of us had had breakfast. Then at noon the windshield repair guy came to fix all the chips in the windshields of our 37 cars. Then I had to prep for and go to the park, hang out and talk to friends, then rush home and get the kids cleaned and fed so that I could go to an Usborne books party (think Pampered Chef party but with kid's educational books).





Back to the main point of this post - Carnival of Kid's Pictures #2!


These are some pictures that I found on the memory card in Paul's camera after he had left the camera outside overnight IN THE RAIN.


A kitchen chair from under the table with dog bowls and moc-crocs in the background.


A view of the kitchen obstructed by a Mexican blanket.


Paul's trike through the variegated hibiscus and his mint.


I'm impressed by the composition of this shot - a very cool view of the see-saw and his swing.


Self-portrait of the artist and a cool view of the trees.



Go and take a ride on Karen's blog to see her pictures and the links for all the other carnival participants. Then, post some of YOUR kid's pictures on your blog and put your link on Karen's page so that others can enjoy. You could put your link here too if you want.

Kid Pics Carnival #1

It's the inaugural edition of Kid Pics Carnival! I'm a day late but just back off!



Two from Giselle

And two from Paul

Are you inspired? Then join in by posting your kid's pictures on your blog then post your name and the link to your carnival ride (post) HERE <- this is a link to the main carnival page for this week and it's where all the participants are listed.

Photography Fun

Karen at Life in the Crazy Lane is starting a Toddler Photo thing and I'm going to join in. Any others of you that let your kids get a hold of the camera every once in a while, feel free to join in on her Carnival that she's starting This Coming Friday Night. It's guaranteed to be fun viewing!

Paul's perspective of leftover pizza


A 50 year-old German stacking toy

A flower arrangement of Giselle's

The Sun-Moon-and Stars in our bedroom. The stars glow. And yes, that IS an Elvis doll up on that top shelf.