Burning things, getting dressed up, and eating sweets: A couple weeks at the Harris house.

Well, just about a couple weeks. This is probably my most varied set of pics to post to date! Hehe, so here we go.

Day 76: Backyard Tarp: I was so happy to have a fenced in yard. So happy that I could let the dog out the door and she could do her thing. So happy that I didn’t have to stand out in the rain anymore. Apparently, she was so happy that she could dig in the dirt. And then it rained. I believe Annie loved digging in the mud even more. And it just so happens the part of our yard that doesn’t have grass is the part where you absolutely must walk to get to the rest of the yard. Let me tell you when it rained, we had a puddle right there. And then Annie decided to attempt to dig her own pool. So I got out the tarp and now we look like the Clampett’s. But at least she’s not muddy when I call her to come in!

Day 78: Dress Up Charly: I believe she put on everything she possibly could. What you can’t see is that she even has fluffy socks and dress-up shoes on. It was so hilarious! She’s so cute…

Okay, and for Nate’s sake, cuz he loves her, I also took a pic of Annie this same day, and I’ll go ahead and post that now too. But I don’t want to hear anything about how cute she is!

Day 81: Backyard Comforts: Yes, I turned the dirt-covering tarp into a tent. But only after it had lain over the fence for a few days drying off! (And on a note, it’s now on the ground again covering mud, for the most part). And check out Mom’s chair over there. Nice eh?

Day 82: Hunk O Chocolate: Yep. Nate bought it because it was a big hunk of chocolate. The label says to keep it in the fridge. Do you know how hard it is to cut a big, cold, hunk o chocolate?! And just to say, check out the price there on the label. Nate is nuts!

Day 84: Burnt Griddle: Yeah he can’t believe I took a picture, and certainly can’t believe I’m going public with it. But whatever, in a strange way I think it’s funny. And someday he will too. Maybe I find it amusing because I’m usually the one burning things on the stove (and I’m not talking about food). Poor griddle. And yes, poor Nate too.

Day 85: Target Snack Time: There are a lot of cute pictures taken at this time. But this one just grabbed me. Sometimes I feel like my family’s paparazzi.

Day 86: Princess Charly: For her birthday she got a game called Pretty Pretty Princess. It’s the Disney Princesses Aurora one if you wanna know, lol. And the object is to go around the board and collect pieces of jewelry. You know this was a photo opportunity.

And just because she is so beautiful, here’s another shot:

Day 87: Drummer Girl: She LOVES Daddy’s drums!

Day 88: Ice Cream Plate: At least he’s not dirtying another dish, right?

Day 89: Napkins: Today (seriously, today, as in right now the day that I’m posting this = I’m caught up!) I decided to make a digital paper from a napkin. So that means lots of pictures. And to show you, I made a collage for today’s photo:

Believe it or not, they are all different from each other, and only one was good enough to make the grade. It will be in my next kit, a collaboration for my final challenge in the Desire 2 Inspire contest at Inspiration Lane. But that’s stuff for another blog. *-)

Anywho, so that’s all for now.I can’t imagine what fun things I’ll be photographing this week, but the weather’s gonna be nice, and Charly is finally over being sick, so you’ll probably see more park pictures! Until then, be safe and have fun every day!

God Bless!

-S

75 Days and I’m hanging in there!

I’ve only got 8 pictures to post today. It would appear that maybe I’m doing a little better at getting the pics onto the blog. Maybe. :) So, here we go…

Day 68: Cloudy Night Sky: I was taking out the trash I think and couldn’t believe how gorgeous the sky looked! So I’m sure my neighbor thought I was weird, or maybe thought I was taking pics of his house, but whatever. :) Making the gorgeous sky look good through my camera…not so easy.

Day 69: Yummy Cupcakes: Charly’s Grandma and Pop Pop sent her this cupcake in a box gift for her bday. It came with everything you need to make cupcakes, including an apron (the best part!). So of course I had to grab the camera for this event!

Day 70: Broken Plant: So the yard people (gardener is too fancy a term) mulched the yard and uprooted my blooming tulip. Ugh I was fuming!

Day 71: Red Robin: Tonight we went out to dinner with three of my friends and their combined 5 children (6 with Charly). In my opinion, there was no table big enough, but we made do. :) Please excuse the apparent lack of quality, this is from my camera phone, in a low light situation.

Day 72: Charly and Her Bear: Daddy sent us flowers and this bear was part of them! Thanks Daddy!

Day 73: Charly’s First Still Life Painting: So Daddy sent beautiful irises. The day after they arrived most hadn’t bloomed yet, but they were getting ready too. And I let Charly paint in the living room this time, instead of in her bedroom. I had no clue that she would eventually decide to paint the flowers, but she sure did! And when I saw what she was doing, my eyes actually teared up! So Day 73 Part 1 is the flowers and Part 2 is her painting. :)

She likes to say that there on the end is one extra pink flower that’s different. Thought I’d add that. :)

Day 74: Irises Day 3: So now I’m marking the progression of time through my flowers…

and Day 75: Irises Day 4: I love this picture! It’s currently my desktop.

And with that we are caught up. Until tomorrow.

Okay so apparently time just flew.

I haven’t posted since Day 53, AND I seem to have either lost or missed Days 54 and 55. And to put that in perspective, today is Day 68. That’s like 2 weeks since my last post! Yeesh. Okay, let’s get to it.

Day 56: New Fence: Hip hip hooray, we got a fence today!! It’s so rad to be able to just let Annie out the back door…

Day 57: Charly’s V Story: For her V homework’s pictures of things that start with V she made a story out of the pictures. Her teacher put her homework on the wall, with the story written out beneath it. Charly and I were so proud!!

Day 58: Borat Nate: Nate has been dying to grow a mustache. However, God did not make that possible for him, lol. So we bought one.

Day 59 Part 1: Strawberry Pancakes: For her “birthday breakfast” (quotes cuz technically it was the day before her bday) Daddy made strawberry pancakes for her. For the first time. They weren’t bad!

Day 59 Part 2: Awww Moment: This was taken after her birthday party was over, and before she started opening her gifts from us. They’re so sweet, and this pic is currently the one for my desktop. And if you wish I had posted a bday pic instead, you can find a slideshow of them on my other blog: http://charlysproudmommy.blogspot.com.

Day 60: Makin OJ: I got a juicer. It’s so rad, and brings back tons of childhood memories. Charly is a great helper. :)

Day 61: Pa Grape Play Doh: One of her birthday presents was this Veggie Tales barbershop play doh set. She’s always making and cutting play doh hair anyways, so I figured I’d buy her a real set.

Day 62: Balloon Handle: I was walking through the living room and saw this. Thought I’d share. *-)

Day 63: Big Girl Shoes: One of the things she bought with her birthday money was a good pair of gym shoes for her nature walks with Daddy. These shouldn’t hurt her feet! And they’re her first pair of real althletic shoes, without lights and velcro and stuff.

Day 64: W Homework: She’s doing so well with her writing!

Day 65: 28282: Yeah I’m a nerd. But it says my age! And note, we bought this car in Dec 07 and then it only had about 4,000 miles on it.

Day 66: Gorgeous Day at the Playground: I didn’t really have a title for this. There’s only so many times I can call a park picture “up the ladder” or whatever, lol. But this day was such a nice one that Charly, Annie, and I went to the playground.

Okay and that’s it. Today is 68 and I haven’t done my pic yet. And I also didn’t do one yesterday. Oh well! I’m actually pretty proud that I’ve mostly been keeping up with it. :D

-S