2012-09-11

The things we do for our children. After yesterday's fall, the dentist told us not to let Luke bite into anything for the next week. Everything has to be bite size so he can just pop it in his mouth and chew with only his back teeth. So I broke his poptart into bite sized pieces this morning.

2012-09-10

Not the best day at school. Luke fell while running downhill and landed face first on the concrete sidewalk at the bottom. It's hard to see in the picture, but he has quite a goose egg developing above his eyebrow. His lip is so swollen that it is hard for him to talk, and he hit his front teeth when he feel, so we had to go to the dentist (who thinks he will be fine).

2012-09-09

We showed Luke The Secret of NIMH for the first time today. He wasn't quite sure what to make of it, but he seemed to enjoy it. The real test will be if he asks to watch it again.

2012-09-08

Beautiful scenery on today's Cub Scout hike. (Photo by my husband.)

2012-09-07

Sinful Colors Zincing of You from their new metallics line. I love them all! For nail polish, this is about as close to a "neutral" as I get.

2012-09-06

This is Star's Spot (sort of like Sheldon's Spot). Any time the basement is open, she'll run downstairs, investigate a bit, then come back up and sit here.

2012-09-05

More Coke box art at Kroger, this time for our local professional football team.

2012-09-04

Um, I think we got a little carried away over Labor Day. (In my defense, Mom had been squirreling most of these away 1-2 at a time for the last six weeks or so.)

2012-09-03

Well, this looks like a fun ride home (not). We're heading into The Nothing!

2012-09-02

We were looking through family photos over Labor Day weekend, some of them over 100 years old. This is a negative that was made from a print that we no longer have; thank goodness we have the negative! I took a photo of the negative, then inverted it, so we could see what it should look like. We believe this is my great-great-grandmother (my father's mother's father's mother). My brother thinks I look like her (and I do see his point a bit, especially when I was younger).

2012-09-01

Visiting Great-Grandpa.

2012-08-31

My one and only shot of the "blue moon" tonight. It's hard to take a good picture with a 3x zoom on a point and shoot in a moving vehicle at night!

2012-08-30

I made some food for DH's manager's retirement lunch. I wanted it to still be hot, so I just arranged to drop it off around 11. They called me this morning to invite me to just stay, since I've known her for over 13 years (longer than some of the people at the DOT!). She is a great lady, and we will miss her!!

2012-08-29

We were invited to the pool by some friends of ours, since this is the last week it will be open. They will shut it down and drain it after Labor Day weekend. Normally, I wouldn't have said yes to a pool play date during the week, but I know it is pretty much a one time deal. This is also the first time we have let Luke be in the pool without a parent (or instructor) in there with him, since Luke still can't swim. The shallow end takes up a good half of the pool, so there was plenty of space for him to play in where he could stand up, and of course I and the other moms were all ready to jump in if need be. I'm actually hoping that being around several other boys who could swim will encourage him to learn.