cart my size

Rose was on a hunt for eggs.  She was in heaven with a cart her size.

(taken with my iphone)

cruising in comfort

I'm going to miss her little-ness when she's big.

(taken with my iphone)

rolling in the deep

I love this song.  That's all.  Thank you, come again.

allison pearson

Allison Pearson, author of I Don't Know How She Does It and I Think I Love You, was interviewed on NPR last February (actually, on Rose's birthday!).  I just caught her wonderful interview via podcast.  I think she has her door open to the female psyche, both young and not so young.

In a world where people often try to sugar coat things or tell you what they think you want to hear,  I love hearing from and talking with people that can be completely honest about their feelings and the basic truths of this and that no matter how silly, shameful, or embarrassing they might be.   I try to surround myself with people that possess this refreshing quality.

Her books are on my reading list.

home

Some songs have a way of singing to your sole. This is for my husband. We just celebrated our 9th anniversary. He gives me butterflies, he makes me laugh. I love this man so much.

scare montage

We don't get cable or any sort of tv channels (which I love) but I really wish there was a way to catch Ellen.  I ran across this hilarious scare montage.

which side are you?

For better or for worse,  I am definitely more right-brained.  I have a need to create.  I feel, I laugh too loud at times. I am a free spirit, passionate, and easily inspired.  Which side are you?

what it said..

I'm not a robot, I"m a unicorn.

I need a t-shirt with that quote.  Cornell U. is programing Chat bots to mimic human conversation pattern.  You can go to NPR and listen to a robot to robot conversation.  It's quite funny.  The best line was the one above.  Another was a reference to watching Brad Pitt on TV doing bad things.

This picture is from last spring in our old house.  I loved that house because of the set up that Rose could ride her bike inside.  It was awesome.

I have no idea what she was doing here.  Zombie robot?

wish fulfilled

All my life I couldn't wait to have kids and color with them, so I am loving this moment.

Rose has turned into quite the artist.  Not that she has amazing ability at this point but she has developed a love for it, which is all I could ask for.  Makes my heart siiiiiiiiiiiing...   la la la la... <--- my heart singing

smoothie with a friend

girlfriends are the best.

letting go

I'm working on this..

source

suzuki piano

Rose has been taking Suzuki piano for a few weeks now and loves it.  She has a private lesson each week and a group class once a month.  I love the added benefit of the group class.  She has been to one so far.  At the end of the group class she has all of the kids play a piece they have been working on.  She had Rose go first and then all of the other kids go.  At the end she asked the kids if anyone wanted to play again.  Rose's hand shot up in the air without hesitation!  At times, she can be a little shy but on stage or doing public speaking, she shines!  This makes my heart sing because I am terrified of public speaking!

This was from her private lesson yesterday.

KC temple

While we were driving down the freeway in KC last weekend we saw the temple off in the distance.  We were so excited to see it.  It was neat to see it under construction.  Can't wait to go there when it's done.  Rose hasn't seen a temple since she was a baby so she was SO excited.  Stopping off and marveling at it's beauty was one of the highlights of our trip.

jobs

this is an interesting and inspiring commencement address given by steve jobs.  i didn't realize he was adopted.  i loved hearing that and his journey to success.

big cousin

Rose is SO ready to be a big sister.  When her cousin, Norah, came home from the hospital she..  could  - not - wait  ..to hold her.  Rose has told me that when our baby comes I won't have to do anything.  She's going to feed her (or him), burp her, change her diapers, put her down for a nap, get her up, keep her happy...  on and on and on.  It's safe to say that the baby will be well loved and taken care of by the big mommy and the little mommy.

And no, we don't have one on the way but hopefully before long.

 She takes her job very seriously.

welcome to the world little guy

my nephew Oliver was born in July.  with the sun going down behind the trees, we had about 30 seconds to take some shots of Oliver.  i was happy to get these.

melts my heart

Coralie (my neice) melts me heart.

schools kill creativity

As I'm sitting here editing pictures I'm listening to Ted.  I just finished a video by Ken Robinson that really struck a core with me.  He summed up part of my reservations for public education.  My mission in life is that Rose flourishes in ever aspect of her existance, from spirituality to education to ownership in her sense of self.

Ken Robinson is rather light-hearted, so if you want to laugh and have some food for thought you should watch this.  Something to think about.

My favorite quote from the talk is by Pablo Picasso.  He said, "all children are born artists, the problem is to remain an artist as we grow up."  So true.

4 yr old shoot - series 1

We're just getting back into town from a fun couple of days visiting friends and family.  Time to rest from road weariness.  I couldn't wait to share the rest of these though.  At her shoots I try to get every type of face she makes so that I can remember them from this age because memory is fleeting.

She is such a doll.