I’m exhausted. That’s why I didn’t blog yesterday. Not so much tired exhausted, just I-can’t-do-one-more-thing exhausted. So, I’m going to go light on the words and share some moments from our last two days.
Funny Face Friday:
Category Archives: Everyday Life
Chore Time
Gus has taken it upon himself to start helping me feed the dogs.
I hand him the bowls. He does a thorough visual inspection of the food and asks me “What’s dat?” at least 3 times, before I open the dog crate.
We both then tell the dogs to sit and once they are sitting, they get their bowl.
Fascinating business, right?
In exchange for feeding them, he expects the dogs to be his favorite cushion whenever required.
…this is what happens when I commit to posting every day.
Don’t Blink
This is not some cute country song. This is serious, serious business. A Doctor Who reference.
I’ll warn you, before you go any further, this is an energy-sucking, life consuming creature.
If you turn your back for even an instant…
You are especially likely to encounter this “weeping angel” in the terrifying hour which we refer to as “naptime”.
1. In case you are clueless:
2. If you DID know what I’m talking about, this is classic:
And, you’ve got to love the Weeping Angel cat.
Monday’s Thoughts
I just spent the last couple of hours culling my photos. Culling, how photographers say they went back and deleted all the ones they didn’t like. It’s fascinating to go back and relive some of our days.
I first decided to (seriously) take up photography almost a year and a half ago to do a better job of documenting my kids’ childhood. I love to write, but there are many things that words can’t express. Many memories that translate better to a photo.
There’s this side effect, rarely mentioned, but when you flip back in photographs, remember the highlights, you realize how rich your life is.
Not just the big, beautiful moments,
But the beauty…
And the hilarity…
Of the every day.
There are things you might not remember.
Like how your 7 year old wore a t-shirt when it was barely 50 degrees out. Likely because he wanted to show off his new Lego Star Wars shirt.
And how she dressed like it was Valentine’s Day. A cowgirl Valentine’s Day.
That’s really why I love it.
If you have been praying for my friend’s daughter, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor last week. She had surgery today, and this is the update that my friend shared tonight: “99% removed. Slow-growing. Initial basic pathology tells us it’s a benign tumor. She’s back in her room & we’re just waiting for her be ready enough for us to see her. Woop! Woop!”
Thank you for praying for her.
Random Sunday
Watching birds use the airplane toy as a bird bath.
Gus loving his dog.
Aaron took the kids to the playground… twice.
And, I finally cleaned up the Christmas decorations.
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