Baby Chicks

I found a farm nearby that was allowing people to temporarily "adopt" a couple baby chicks. We thought the little one would have fun taking care of them for a while and then we get to give them back. Woo Hoo! I'm not crazy about chickens so I'm happy to give them back. When I was little my grandparents had them and they always pecked me so I have NO desire to raise them. The little ones are cute but when they get big I'm done. Don't worry, the little one knows and is happy they are letting them come to our house "for a vacation". She gets to be their "momma" for a little while so she's happy. They also had some kids that she got to pet and hold. They were really cute too! There little tails would get to wagging and they would hop and have a good time. The little one sure enjoyed playing with them.

Our Strong Willed Child

The 4 year old was watching care bears on tv in the bedroom tonight. She came out for a brief moment and I had to stop her in her tracks. I saw she had something on her face so I asked her what she had done to which she replied "nothing". She wholeheartedly felt I would believe her as she looked at me. Now mind you she looked like the tin man from the wizard of oz. My mind was racing trying to figure out what it was she had gotten into while at the same time running to the bathroom to run some water so we could get whatever it was washed off of her. While the water was running I grabbed my phone to take a picture so we could show daddy what she had done while he was gone. Not only was her face covered but her arms and legs were as well where her shirt and pants didn't cover skin. My baby was SILVER!

During the bath I figured it must have been a stamp pad from the craft box in the closet. After the bath was over we went to the bedroom to locate it. Sure enough it was laying on the floor. She had pulled the ink pad part out and used it like a make-up sponge and brushed it over her entire face, arms, and legs.

It really is funny now but at the time I couldn't count to 10 fast enough. Well, that's another story to add to the memory book. Our strong willed child definately keeps us on our toes.

Jeremiah

It was such a treat to photograph Jeremiah again. He's got some great expressions and a great smile. For Halloween he's going to be a frog prince so his momma brought along his costume so we could capture the look. He was so stinking cute! Check out some of the images from his session below.

Matthew and Jadyn

This session was so much fun! There are so many images that are just too cute for words! It was impossible for me to narrow it down to a reasonable amount of images to share here. I'm making a book from their session so I decided to select a collage for each of them and post whatever came up.

First Day At School

Our baby girl is going to school! Today was her first day of pre-school and she was SO excited. Me... not so much! We waited for the van that will come to get her each day and she was ready to leave us and head off to school. Of course I insisted on following them to school and going in to check things out and make sure she was okay. Brad got a good chuckle out of me not being willing to let go but hey... she just turned 4 and she's my baby girl. Joshua can begin driving in November, though I don't know that I'm ready to move into the aspect of parenthood either. They grow up so fast! Where does the time go?

Swimming Lessons

The little one and my great nephew have been having fun at swim lessons this year. Matthew is LOVING it! He's swimming rather well (even under water) and loves going off the diving board as you can see below. Jenna is happy getting wet and doesn't care to put her face in the water or to get too far from the edge of the pool. Maybe she will get more comfortable as the summer goes on and become a little more daring.