Reed’s Yoga Class

October 12, 2013 Molly 2 Comments

Reed has been learning some yoga at school and has been so proud to show me some of his moves at home. He is offering lessons in person, but the cost is steep…being his sister.

To offer a lower cost option, I asked him to help me write a blog post. He happily agreed and helped me pick out the photos, what order they went in and wrote the captions. The following workout is a mix of yoga, somersaults and flips. Enjoy!

Reed balances on yoga. This is the tree.

This is the warrior.

I am standing only on my head. And maybe Milo can do it.

I am smiling on the bench.

I am skateboarding.

I am a cow.

I am a ragdoll.

I am laying on the ground like a broken sign.

I am a cat.

I am standing on my head without even my legs moving (but I’m really doing a flip).

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Capturing October: Playtime

October 11, 2013 Molly Leave a comment

This is an easy one, because as a parent, it’s something I spend a lot of time engaging in or observing. We spent 2 hours today at playgrounds!

This girl has gained so much physical strength since she started school in August. She has learned how to swing, how to flip on the bars like this, and just today, she went across monkey bars for the first time!

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Capturing October: Focus (and a Recipe!)

October 10, 2013 Molly 1 Comment

I think today’s topic was too broad. And, I had too little time. I really didn’t have much time to pull out my camera until 6pm, when the sun was already going down.

I do like this photo, but I’m not sure it captures focus. His main focus here was stuffing his mouth full of goldfish crackers.

I actually took two others that might fit the prompt a bit better, but I’m not sure anyone wants to see a leaf or a huge spider. In case anyone does: picture of a huge spider & generic pictur e of a leaf.

Now, if you aren’t totally grossed out because you couldn’t resist clicking through to the spider photo, pumpkin muffins! A friend commented and asked for the recipe, so I will share.

Pumpkin Muffins

Just a note, this is not my recipe. It originally comes from a Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. My mom made these pumpkin muffins for years and they’ve always been a hit. The original recipe calls for raisins, but I’m not a fan.

1 egg
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup canned or cooked pumpkin
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Preheat over to 400 degrees. Mix wet ingredients separately from dry ingredients. Gently mix the dry ingredients into the wet, until just incorporated. Scoop into muffin tins. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 18-20 minutes for regular size muffins (10 minutes for mini muffins).

They’re really best just after they cool enough to eat. Still warm, SO yummy.

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Capturing October: Yum

October 9, 2013 Molly 1 Comment

We had fresh baked pumpkin muffins this morning. Can you tell who really loved them?

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Capturing October: Eyes

October 8, 2013 Molly 1 Comment

Flickr is down right now, so we’re going to see how WordPress can handle today’s photo.

In an effort to challenge myself, I have been trying to limit myself to one photo, edited minimally in Lightroom. A photo that could be described by the word of prompt without further explanation. But, I do love playing around in photoshop.

I don’t know know a ton of people who share my eye color. When we committed to adopt Reed, we didn’t know his eye color, not that it would have mattered anyways. But, I think it’s kind of a cool surprise that our eye colors are so similar. I was playing around with the photos as he was going to bed tonight. I asked him what he thought “Weird or cool?” “Cool!” “Really?!?” “Yeah, really cool. That’s me! And that’s you!”