Put down your drinks, their faces on the roller coaster are flipping priceless!
Halloween Again – you know, from last year…
I was going to email pictures, and realized (again) that I still hadn’t got a few up that made me laugh – mostly Keith with upside down kids…
love her little grip of death, and the ‘I’m not quite sure I trust you look.’
classic charlotte (the opa side):
I am pretty sure this one was already posted, but it’s cute.
blurry, but cute little monkey!
not sure if this is the sharing of crackers, or the giving of fives, but he is awesome.
Happy birthday Mom/Dad etc June
I have never loved this child more than right here – make my heart squeeze. the goggles, the ears – slays me.
mermaids
this one kills me, she better marry royalty
little hula
she always wants to hold a head when she’s grumpy – that or stick her hand down my shirt…
Now all we need is the tripod
and some paralytic drugs to keep them still - then we will have a complete family shot
I like how they look like themselves, Paigey's goofy little tongue, Charlotte looks like she is just about to get herself into trouble, and Meredith has her 'serene/I am a beautiful princess' look, and you cannot see my butt - perfect.
"Uncle Larry's Wedding"
pictures are mostly for the girls to look at... repeatedly.
~ hence the title
nothing spectacular, since i didn't get off my butt for any of them, and some of them are resized wrong 'cause i am tired and i hit the wrong button - oh well... no biggie since they are just snapshots for the kids!
and if some look orange - that's cause my monitor needs calibrating again, and i am too lazy to remember to do it... but i am posting - so you should all be happy!
these are some of the sized wrong photos - but love the expressions! so pretty and happy!
LOVED the turquoise on the dress - awesome!
peek!
i have no idea who was behind me, but i was definitely in their personal bubble to get this one - had to lean back pretty far to get everyone in - don't know why i really bothered, instinct probably, but i only know 4 people up there... and i did have to fight the urge to stand at the back so i could better shot - but see the polka dot dress lady in the middle - THAT is the photogapher, not me - so i was very good about sitting in my seat and not moving (and trying to keep my giant head out of her way!)
ring bearer was so funny, so stoic in the church and a little dancing animal at the reception - loved him
loved that little flower girl
these are 'meant to be cropped' but the girls don't care...
and that microphone stand would have been the bane of my existence if i were the photographer - argh - feel for her!
love that his ring is on his right hand
am i going to hell, because i took a picture while everyone is supposed to be praying - probably...
cute little yawns
love the lips not touching even more than the actual kiss - the anticipation of the kiss - especially if they were in that order! duh.
^^hehe crooked! oops! but love her expressions again
pretty bows
love that picture of shawna - gorgeous!
cannot remember the bridesmaids names etc, but the girls want to see them all, since i showed them once...
and seriously - they were down that aisle in 2.7 seconds - look at the strides they are taking!
grooms parents - didn't get a shot of them looking over at this side, but girls only care that they are "jason's mommy and daddy"
Grandma and Grandpa! - and check out grandpa's pearl clutch - lovely choice of accessory!
the little angel again
love the curve of people getting their pictures taken
sweetie pie
argh! hate dappled shade, but three out of four faces aren't bad eh? poor jason
love her smile/laugh
and there are even reception pictures - i almost left my camera in the car, because i didn't bring my flash, and i don't like flash, and even though i especially hate on camera flash...
i LOVE her face!
lady in turquoise is Granny - the one that paigey looks like - photo of photo turned out just as bad as i thought it would, but i don't think you can tell from that small - and i am glad i have the shot... if i remember correctly - this is Bev and Larry's wedding , and Nanny is the one on the far right? - donna will correct me if i am wrong - and tell me who the guy is standing next to granny? and granny is grandpa's mom right?
boogie on down papa and mima!
love catherine's stance! and that megan, who is just standing there, is the one who caught the bouquet - too funny!
and i love the garter belt shots - flash be damned!
love her dirty foot!
that is my favourite shot - the 'spontaneous kiss on the head while your hands are still tied shot' almost didn't get it - and right there wished i had brought my flash, regardless of how ridiculous i feel when i use it
and Mike and Jackie - mike caught the garter, but those shots were too bad, flash was too weak to reach that far into the hall
look at that cute little belly! - i am so jealous.
my fav shot from xmas - more to come...
more probably on monday or something - since there are a lot of shots from the kids cameras and the folder is sorted by name - which would be shot number, and they are all jumbled up since we are looking at pictures from up to 4 cameras...
dark and blurry xmas pictures
this last are the card and wrapping 'from charlotte'
Diversity in All Shapes and Sizes
today at breakfast - cereal of course, Meredith was already done, and Ryan was telling Charlotte congratulations, and how good a job she was doing. Paige asked what he was doing and he told her that Charlotte was eating all her cereal (actually her second bowl) and that she was even eating more than Paige had already. Paige responded that 'it's good for people to be different.'
...the elusive second bowl, bit tricky to eat when it is hiding under your bum.
Eric Carle Show - Nov 27th - The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories
P wasn't able to keep the seat open with her tiny weightless body - ended up holding it down with my knee almost the entire time!
these two had huge fun - the lights, the people, the balcony, the lights!
so we sit down, and i tell the girls to take off their coats, and might as well take off your boots too and be comfortable.... when I see this - they rushed out the door when I was putting C in the car, and I didn't think to check that they were wearing socks...
silly.
giant goofballs
crappy little camera - but you can see how bright and glowy it was - it was very very cool, awesome show, it kept all the kids enthralled
until about half way through, when she realized she was really comfy, and it was dark, and she was missing her nap - sweetness!
OK, so this is the one where i try to stick a hundred pictures in a single post... AKA Thamesville Fair!
the infamous purple planes - it took about 45 minutes to get M in, and about 2 hours to get her out!
scarred for life! lol
that's my little fragile paigey. makes my heart clench a bit...
um - apparently didn't edit these - oops
that is my little paigey thirty feet in the air
she is only THREE! my little speck of a girl - this didn't bother me at the time, but kinda freaks me out thinking about it now - she's so little!
I think she did this at least twenty times, at the end, I manned the airplanes, and Ryan and Charlotte watched this
look at those wrists - she doesn't have those chubby wrists any more!
this is as high as Meredith went, and then turned back and made the guy let her out - he would tease her and not let her, and she would tell him he was being silly, and exactly how to open that gate - too funny! She did try about three times, I think she finally did it with Paige's help - so funny to see those roles reversed.
forwards this ride was ok...
backwards it was the ride of terror!
Paige went on it alone later, and flew all over the seat...
her six month chub was about the same as Meredith's three months - she is so small (and taller than the other two)
there is Paige - front of the line, clutching her little blanket, again forty feet in the air all by herself...
she's only three, and for pete's sake she should be holding onto that damn blanket!
love that calm happy smile
love that freakin face!
Meredith was actually good with this ride too - you just can't tell!
there she is again, my little THREE year old baby climbing 40 feet into the air with a blanket again - makes her look SO small.
and there she is AT THE TOP!! with Paige's encouragement - they guy running the ride (who she was sassy to) was awesome, he held back the other kids for her so it wouldn't shake and scare her too much - awesome guy!
funny how something so silly can make you so proud (time erases any frustration there may have been)
done.
that didn't seem to take as long as i thought it would - probably faster typepad and computer...
now to save it quick before i lose it and have to do it again!
Continuing the Halloween Pictures from before my computer died
eric's pumpkin - something from battlestar galactica (i think?)
Maxy-pants!
they still remember Sydney (and Sabrina), I think that was the first time they really played with them (my kids were a little too boisterous before, so we had to let the girls catch up - S&S are not older, just more gentle than M&P - imagine that!)
everyone - max sideways - LOL!
the cutest little bumble bee i have ever seen
someone must have looked at her, or said somethign to her - silly girl.
the little group shot was hilarious - C was really needing her nap by that point and she wanted none of it, and Max wanted to play...
"let me outta here!"
and we're done.
the last one is my favourite!
Hide and Seek - March?
and Megan's Cat... am assuming that we downloaded her camera here for something...cool eyes.
"Mom, let me see your butt"
ugh - a conversation that starts like that is never good.
Meredith: "Good, the dragon tail fits your bum."
(the dragon tail being a small strip of paper from a colouring book)
Paige: "And Daddy, you can be the knight. Because Knights are boys."
(I was the knight just minutes before)
Meredith: "Daddy, you have to get the dragon, because you're the Knight."
Me: "Mommy and Daddy only do that when we're alone."
Meredith: "We're alone now."
Meredith: "And I can be a princess, and Paigey can be a princess, and Charlotte can be a baby princess."
...and it went on, we were all sitting on the floor in the living room, and eventually I had to get up and stick the piece of paper on Meredith bum... and then switch it to Paige's bum.
And then we sent them outside.
hmmm, so that is the tail (sideways, apparently I couldn't be bothered resizing it upright) Had to take a picture to prove to Paige she was wearing it before they went outside.
...and then Ryan looks at Charlotte, "we can't find the butter, you're almost a year old - time for peanut butter!"
