366-Rainbow, Take Away, Friendship

Rainbow: This is from our drive home late this afternoon. We were on the hind end of a huge downpouring, and this caught my eye.

Take Away:

We don't normally go out, and definately don't live where we get delivery. But when we go visit and help out "Gramma" she insists we go to dinner. These are our "take away" boxes

Friendship: Anna's cousin is her best buddy. She loves when he comes to play and misses him a lot when he goes back home. These were taken the day of her birthday party. She's figured out the cutest little "trick" with her tounge...how to stick it out!

366-Balance

Balance:

Learning to walk requires lots of balance. We had a bunch of kiddos over for Anna's first birthday, and she really wanted to play with them. By the next day she was walking all over the house. Still a little unsteady, but so cute to watch!

12 of 12- February

I know this is a late post, as far as being on the 12th, but these were all taken on the 12th and are SOOC. My little miss is cutting a few teeth and was running a high temp on the 12th, so we spent the day cranky, crabby, and resting.

366-Cocktail, Candlelight

Cocktail:

A strawberry margarita. Not on the rocks, not blended, just shaken! Limeaid concentrate, strawberry smootie mix, a little bit of water, and some Tequila Blanco. YUM-MMMMY

Candlelight:

Just a little bity candle burning on the kitchen counter this morning. Apple Lime I believe...it's green, and matches the rest of the kitchen.

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366-Discovery, Swing, Sunrise

We got about 8 inches of snow in 3 hours yesterday, it was Anna's first time to be in the snow. She looked like the Michelen man...and couldn't hardly stand up with all her snow clothes on. Good thing she didn't need to stand up in her...

Swing:

So it wasn't a suprise when we woke up this morning that everything was still covered with the white stuff. It was a gorgeous morning. A Sunrise from the back door\

Sunrise:

And of course we had to go out and play in it this afternoon...

Discovery:

366- Ruined Magnets

Ruined:

I like my bananas on the green side, so these are definately ruined (or only good for banana bread, which is what they became shortly after this photo was taken.

Magnet:

Anna loves to repeat back her ABC's and 123's, and also loves taking Mommy's magnets off the fridge. Now she has her own, and they don't stay where they are supposed to very long, instead they are scattered throughout the kitchen.

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366-A Challenge and a Pair of Eyes

Wow! It's so easy to get a day behind. Things here have been crazy, so I've got a little catching up to do. I was playing with the new flash, just trying to get a grip on its functions, etc. While trying to catch a few moments with the little Miss before she's grown-up completely!

Every morning starts out with breakfast, well today she didn't want help eating. So the challenge of the morning was 1) how to use a spoon 2) how to get through breakfast without wearing 1/2 a bowl of banana cereal?? Needless to say, she's becoming more and more independant everyday.

Challenge:

As our afternoon went on I kept snapping photos (actually in two short periods of time ended up with almost 80). Sometimes it's particularly hard to get her to sit still. She has a fascination with this camera of mine, and tends to gravitate her little fingers toward the lens (yes the same little finger prints that get left on the sliding glass door, get left on my lens). So in the midst of trying to get her attention and keep little fingers away, all the while taking photos, I managed to cut off the bottom 1/3 of her face...but in it's own way, it's kinda cute! So photo #2 is...

Eyes:

366-What's cooking??

Cooking:

Tonights dinner was our version of Philly Cheesesteak Sandwhichs and a broccoli salad.

I'm giving you a rough idea for the recipe (because I don't use them that often, and don't really believe in measuring)

-2 broccoli crowns

-3 strips of crispy bacon, chopped

-Some thinly sliced red onion

-handful of raisins

-handful of chow mein noodles

-handful of nuts (tonight we had glazed walnuts, but sunflower seeds are good too)

-1 clove chopped garlic

-to make the dressing: about 2 tablespoons mayo, capful of vinegar, spoonful of Splenda, garlic salt, pepper to taste (like a coleslaw dressing)