dinner with my girlfriends

pink

red

my hero

so the other day my computer crashed. i about had a mild freak out but knew it was my own fault for keeping a bazillion pictures on the hard drive and being too cheap to buy antivirus software. after listening to me worry and complain all day about "what if i lost everything on my computer! and i need the internet to see how to make felt food." (felt food post to come later, my new obsession.) my loving husband, knowing my OCD of "I NEED THE INTERNET TO SEE HOW TO MAKE FELT FOOD!" sat down with my computer to see what he could do. lo and behold, he found the problem. a bit embarrassed to admit, but somehow my computer just got locked up. no virus. so today (after this blog) i am burning my pictures to a disk and looking for antivirus software :)
and because you don't make a post without a picture, here's some from our zoo trip this week.

my little beauty

just playing around with an old camera lens i never use.

lunch with charlie and lola

although i'm not believer in putting on a dog and pony show to get my kids to eat, i am willing to believe that picky toddlers may be more likely to eat if their food looks like dogs and ponies. and while i can't imagine concocting culinary creations like this every day, it was still fun.

just one of those hot summer days...

...were all you want to do is hang out in your underwear and eat popsicles.

and that's just what we did...

magic shell

you can dip just about anything in it.

my girls

apparently something was really funny... kinz looks like such a big girl. where did my baby go?

first beater

made chocolate chip cookies and gave kinz her first beater to lick. i think she loved it.

it's a walk in the park

the park activities: swing......check

play in tennis court..... check
pick flowers........check

eat dirt.....check

play with shadow......check

pose for mini photoshoot......check
run away from mom......check

for lack of a clever title...camping

squid a la carte

she's becoming quite helpful in the kitchen. we also made peanut butter fudgy bars. so yummy.

ahh summer time

honey, i shrunk the kids...

any takers?

if someone did this at their wedding, i would photograph the whole wedding for free! hilarious.

to the moon and back... all before naptime

to celebrate the 40th anniversary of man on the moon, we dressed up as astronauts and went to outer space.

the cupboard dwellers

this was after sid got up this morning. She came into the bathroom, looked in the mirror and said very matter-of-factly "mom, i got a bad hair day."