I am just in love with this photo…but I don’t care for the crop (in camera) but I can’t figure out how to crop it so I’m leaving it as is….anyways- it was raining all day today- this is Boy #2 in our living room staring down at the rain.
I broke out the 50mm today….it hasn’t been on my camera since April I think, so never on the new one. I wanted to try it out and told the kids, so Boy #1 ran off- came back with 3 suckers and said “okay- we’ll let you take pictures if we can have these when we’re done!” 
The Girl is very into mini skirts and tights this Fall….which I have to admit I find adorable
It’s that time of year! Our big maple is dropping it’s leaves and The Girl loves to collect them and make bouquets…this one, according to her- is for Thanksgiving to use as a centerpiece
The boys were busy “raking” and were annoyed when she would start to scavenge their piles
A&J our friends who you’ve seen before on my blog- we see them weekly at our playgroup. A&J are only 3days younger then The Trio. How cute are they??!!
The Girl has started up tap/ballet class again- which means the boys and I head next door to the library
Today’s story they listened to- “Kiss the Cow”- if you haven’t ever read it you MUST- sooooooo sweet and the best descriptive words
Rainy day activities For all my non-photo geek friends you can ignore the next sentences. 
So- I decided to test out some higher ISOs on my new camera, as with the XT I was always afraid to go past 400 because of the noise- but holy smokes does the 40D handle it SO much better! These were all shot at 800. No noise removal. Wahoo! Next rainy day I’ll have to try 1600 and see how it does
This pic makes me laugh- when Boy #1 saw it he said “that’s my mean tough Vikings face”
You know a little boys dad is a hunter when he FREAKS out with excitement over a toy shotgun (”I’m going to hunt deer like daddy!”) and an Elmer Fud hat that once on, he wouldn’t take off Happy 3rd Birthday A!
Today was the kids 1st ever large event…we went and saw “My Little Pony Live- The World’s Largest Tea Party!” at the Target Center, with our friends A&J. I wish I could have taken a photo of The Girl’s face…..she was in heaven. When Pinkie Pie came out on stage…… pure joy.
2hrs is a little long for this type of thing…..but I did entertain myself with taking lots of photos of the show and playing with camera settings. So I have like 50 photos of the show, which are of course reallly boring to look at (IMO) but The Girl love them and wants a little photobook
He’s obsessed But it’s SO awesome how hard he works at it. He’s getting pretty good! Our next door neighbor, who’s 11, is the sweetest, nicest boy….my boys think he’s just the coolest guy ever- and he’s so nice to them, shows them tricks and gives them lessons. He’ll even take out the skate ramp for them to practice on. I’m so thankful that they have such a great kid and role model living right next door! Very few 11yr olds would give 5yr olds the time of day- he’s a gem!
This is the look he gives me whenever I say the name “Earl” who’s the dog of my g/f. He *loves* Earl, and just the mention of his name makes his ears perk up and his head tilt Earl is like his big brother- they play and fight and general cause havok together….and he just loves him!
Today Boy #2 had a Dr. appt. Nothing wrong, just his annual visit for his asthma work-up. 2 wks ago he had his 5yr shots, so he was a little nervous about going, but I PROMISED him there’d be no shots. You see where this is going, yes?
So…he gets the whole work-up, and after 90min in the Ped office the kids are literally bouncing off the walls, esp Boy #2 since part of the work-up is a breathing test where they check lung capacity normally, then drug him and test again. And the drugs always make him a little extra spazzy. SO…as we’re about to leave the Ped gives me some lab work to bring downstairs….it turns out the boy needs to get blood drawn. Given the drama of 2wks ago I knew this wasn’t going to go well. I waited until about 5min before to warn him…apologizing for telling him there’d be no shots, etc. He gets nervous but tells me he’s going to be okay and “be a big boy”
After the 1st couple of pokes in his right arm with me holding him in my lap failed (grrrrrrr)….we had to go to another room so they could prod the other arm. At this point he is besides himself hysterical….and it took 4 nurses AND me to hold him down. I have never felt worse as a mother in my entire life- he was screaming, I was bawling because I just couldn’t stand it as he BEGGED me to make them stop and BEGGED me to stop holding him so tight. It was the longest 5minutes ever.
It. Was. Awful. He recovered almost immediately once it was over, well by the time we got to the car anyway, but I cried the whole way home…most of the time in Target….and again when hubby came home and I retold him the story. So…this is as he calls it- “The Guilt Gift”
I swear I would have given the boy a fricking car if he wanted it I felt so guilty. But he picked this instead.
If it saves him from being permantly emotionally scarred it will be the best $9.99 I ever spent.
My g/f’s adorable yellow lab Lindy How cute is he?! This morning he was watching me very carefully as I packed up to go home
