A Little Bit Sour

Today wasn't the very best of days.

It was a bit sour.

Things like being told by a lady that she "likes unusual things" when referring to my accent and language skills.  Haha.

Perhaps that was in some way supposed to be a compliment?!  

But you know what they say, when life gives you lemons, grab your camera, change the lens, and experiment! ;)  

(Need to do some more experimenting and learning with that lens, I believe…but I'm still on track for picking up and using my camera at least once a day!)

Miss Boots

I was vacuuming up the post-lunch floor mess the other day when I realized that E had been kind of quiet.  I looked over and I saw little Miss Boots herself…

Naturally I wanted to capture the moment and asked her to give me a "biiiiiig smile."  This is how she responded.  Oh how I adore that face!

And on a sidenote, stripes and polka dots ALWAYS match around here :)

As the Day Faded...

Simple.  And beautiful.  A quiet moment nearing the end of the day.

God's glory painted across the sky.  A gift.  That's all.

Serious in the Snow

This baby girl got to experience her first (real) snow this past week.

We bundled her up and stuck her out on the balcony to enjoy it falling on her ;)

Her reaction was quite serious and poised…no giggles or tears, she just laid there for awhile looking around. ha!

What a little snow bunny!

Elise Was Here {and I'm glad}

Sometimes I feel like I'm always picking up and cleaning up after things only to turn around and find it all back on the floor again.  You moms feel me?

It can be tiring.

But then yesterday I turned and saw Elise had left her tutu out in front of the door by the balcony.  Obviously we're not using the balcony much now thanks to snowy conditions, so I wasn't in a hurry to pick it up as there were more pressing tasks awaiting me.

And I just never got around to it.

Then today I pulled out my camera and realized that there it still lay.  A reminder that yes this is most certainly a period of messy and ever constant clean up, but also a reminder that this tutu is worn by a little girl who's going through a fun dress-up phase now.  It's a reminder that one day these messes will be gone and while I'm sure it'll be fine to have a clean house, I know I'll miss little girls running around in tutus.

So, there it still lays.  And that's just ok.  Perhaps I'll pick it up tomorrow ;)