May: Week 3

::Project Life::

::Third Week of May 2010::

Yes, this was last Saturday, but I wanted to throw in one more.

Sunday.

Getting ready for church.

Mondays can be tough ;)

Tuesday morning, as I was getting into my car, a few purple flowers from this tree outside our house fell on me, so I looked up and took this photo.

The picture doesn't do justice to the beauty of these trees.

They line our street and I love their little lavender flowers.

Wednesday afternoon.

Home again after my last week of after school lessons!

Time to build a castle!

Thursday afternoon.

"Annie Junior" Rehearsal from 3-5.

It was rough.

Lindsey, over at The Pleated Poppy is doing "What I Wore Wednesdays".

I like the idea of it, but not the reality.

Anyway, I took a few pictures, disliked them all... but decided to post this anyway.

It's about capturing real life, right? :)

(This was Friday before school.)

Saturday afternoon, post-nap.

Sorry for posting late!

Life here is a bit crazy right now,

but there are only TWO weeks of school left!

Have a beautiful day!

May Week 2

May 9-May 15, 2010

Happy Mothers' Day!

Emily came in, put her cute little hands on my face and sang "Happy Mommy Day" (to the tune of "Happy Birthday") to wake me up this morning. It was a very happy mommy day :)

(This photo is drastically cropped, but I will include the whole one in my book.... just didn't want to post it here!)

Monday. May 10.

{Kenny, Tigger, Bunny and Sasha at our tea party}

Mondays are long because I have late rehearsals, but after dinner Emily and I had a tea party with ice cream. She brought some of her favorite friends along. :)

Tuesday. May 11.

:)

Wednesday. May 12.

My desk at the elementary school

Thursday. May 13.

"Annie Junior" Rehearsal.

(Clearly... we're rehearsing...)

Gotta love the middle school kids :)

Friday. May 14.

{YAY for personal days!!}

We went to La Jolla, just for fun.

It was cold!

But that didn't stop our little fish!

"I don't wanna go."

Emily's good friend Jocelyn came over.

These two crack me up.

They are adorable together.

:)

May Week 1

May 2nd :: May 8th

2010

Sunday, May 2nd.

Oops. I posted Sunday's pictures last week!

We went to church, came home for a nap and then watched the game at the Huismans with Michael, Becca & Josie :)

Monday, May 3rd.

Life is busy.

Mondays seem forever long.

Pete stayed home tonight though which made for some good family time.

Tuesday, May 4th.

Tuesdays are becoming my favorite day of the week.

A little bit of calm in the midst of springtime busy-ness.

(And lazy mornings for these two!)

Wednesday, May 5th.

Em's ballerina bag from London.

She filled it full of Berenstein Bear books.

Thursday, May 6th.

Go Dodgers!

We found cheap tickets and went to a Dodgers game with Uncle Mike and (soon-to-be) Aunt Jill! Emily LOVED it--she wore her Dodgers shirt (thanks Gpa Cary!) and talked about "boo-ball" all day long.

Friday, May 7th.

Lately Emily wants to do EVERYTHING just. like. mommy.

This means every morning while I do my hair she stands on the step stool and does her hair too. The phrase I hear most often is: "Me too! Mommy! Me too! Please?"

[... and i love it.]

Saturday, May 8th.

It was a perfect morning to go to the beach.

So we went.

I LOVE living so close to the beach!

:: just add water ::

April Week 4

April 25th - May 1st

Sunday. 4.25.

Happy Birthday, Grandma Cathy!!!

Emily called Grandma today to sing 'Happy Birthday' to her and wish her "Happy Grandma Day". :) She also had fun playing with these balloons that she received from the Spinellas at the Pasta Bar.

Monday. 4.26.

Mondays are long.

No time for photos.

Tuesday. 4.26.

Emily's first braid!

Her hair is getting so long, and I love that we haven't cut it yet!

Wednesday. 4. 27.

I taught lessons until 6 pm.

I'd rather have been home...

but I'm also thankful to have a job, and one that I love.

Pete made dinner. :)

Family time at home tonight. :)

Thursday. 4.28.

Friday. 4. 29.

Saturday. 4. 30.

The weather is beautiful and having a picnic in the backyard was a blast!

Sunday. 5.1.

Oops... I usually stop on Saturdays, but since I don't have many photos this week I'll include Sunday, too. This is baby Josie. She's a doll. And yes, she's wearing the same shirt that Em was wearing on Tuesday :) ... in a much smaller size... :)

April Week 3

April 18-24.

Welcome to my Project Life!

It has been MANY weeks since I've posted at the Mom Creative, so please feel free to check other weeks including our vacation to London!

Enjoy and please leave a comment!! :)

Sweet Sunday Morning Snuggles :)

Monday, Monday...

Tonight we thought Em was reading books in her room...

(which she usually does at this time.)

We went to check on her a little bit later and THIS is what we found!

...unsupervised fingerpainting!

She was very good though, she put the paint in the correct containers and was using the right paper and everything--she just used WAY TOO MUCH!!

(Thank goodness for washable paint!)

Tuesday, April 20th.

Our trip to London was wonderful in so many ways...

One of which was a new found appreciation for our everyday routines :)

Wednesday, April 21st.

Time to clean up quick before the sitter comes!

Mom & Dad have a date at the opera!

Thursday, April 22nd.

Just a normal night at home.

Gotta love that.

[Please don't judge me because the bathtub's dirty.

If it makes you feel better, it's not dirt, it's bathtub crayon.]

Friday, April 23rd.

Tonight was the Band & Orchestra Parent Association Soup & Pie Dinner.

My students played well and everyone had a good time.

Afterwards we came home and snuggled on the couch, watching "Cinderella".

When the dance was coming up she put on her tiara, tu-tu, and fancy shoes to dance with her Daddy :)

Saturday Night Reading and Dance Party :)

{one of her many dance moves}

April Week 2

April 11-17, 2010

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Sunday, April 11th

Emily played with Grandma Cathy in the morning. Emily was really sad when it was time for Grandma to go and it was a hard goodbye, but it was encouraging to see that she had really bonded with her Grandma :)

Monday, April 12th

It's good to be home. Even with the mess. :)

Today was a LONG day. (I had rehearsal for "Annie Jr." after school.)

I didn't really have to deal with jet lag when we were in London, but now that we're back home I've been EXHAUSTED around 4 or 5 in the afternoon and waking up in the middle of night around 3 am wide awake and ready to start my day! Ugh.

Tuesday, April 13th.

Is it really only Tuesday?

Today right after school I picked up Em from Kathy's and then went to the park to take pictures of this adorable little boy.

Lots of photographers say that 2 year olds are the hardest age to get good pictures of, and I think I have to agree. We had a lot of fun, and I like a few of these pictures, but let's just say he made me work to get the shots I was able to get! :)

Once I got back home Pete left for an orchestra gig so it was a girls' night in for Em and me.

***Do you use Photoshop and Blogger?***

Please help me! :)

I couldn't get any of the photos that I touched up in Photoshop to open.

The pictures here are all .jpg and the photoshop ones are .psd

What do I have to do to upload them with Blogger???

Wednesday, April 14th.

Today was a long day of teaching. On Wednesdays, in addition to teaching three 45 minute classes at the middle school I also teach 15 private string lessons. FIFTEEN!

Anyway, as much as I love my job, I was GLAD to be home!

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Thursday, April 15th.

The week is almost over. . . I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. . .

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Friday, April 16th.

TGIF!!!! I lot of my colleagues said this week seemed to fly by. That was NOT true for me! I am SO glad it's Friday!!! AND we're all home tonight! :) Sounds like a good night to just hang out and relax... or... prep for a garage sale in the morning. It was a bit of work, but we had fun.

Saturday, April 17th.

Jenn came over last night and this morning to set up, and we had a pretty successful garage sale if I do say so myself. This photo is what was left afterwards. Still a lot of junk, but a lot less than this morning, and some extra cash, too! :)

NOW it's time to relax with a girls night again since Pete's at another gig. After Daddy left Emily wanted to go to the park, so we went and took the camera along and I love the pictures we captured!

{She's showing us how old she is}

Have a great week!!!