Sassiness, Swimming and the Sillies

Sassiness aka the sassafras attitude. Love it! And well, I have 2 girls. So, I roll with it.
Smile, Smile, Smile

No. mom. 

I'll look away. I'll not listen. No. 

Ok. Well then, go pick up that Barbie on the bathroom floor. 

What Barbie?

The Barbie on the bathroom floor. Go pick it up, please.

There is a Barbie on the bathroom floor?

Yes, please go pick it up.

What bathroom?

Yours.

The Barbie is in my bathroom?

Yes.......grrrr... please go pick it up. 

Why is it there? 

(DEEP BREATH) Seriously? I don't know. Please just go pick it up. 

SASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSY!

Ok. Fine. I'll try your sister.

She starts shaking her head NO right away. 

She should have her pointer finger pointed up too, like the sassy one she is. 

UH-UH. No way. No how. You ain't taken my pic. 

I'll hide behind Daddy. You won't find me. 

Oh, I found you! Smile! 

Nope.

Ok. Fine. I'll try your brother.

Hi, Little Guy. Smile. Up here. Smile. Hellooooo?

Hola. Senor?

What? huh? Food? No, then no smile.

Fine. I'll try the dog then.

Hey, Dogbreath! Dogbreattthhhhhhhhh. Hello? WAKE UP! 

No. 

I'm dreaming about steak covered in hamburgers wrapped in bacon. 

I'm not waking up. 

Fine. And the camera got put away till the sillies came along.

First they played in the sprinkler! 

YUM! Hose water that has traveled through a dirty sprinkler! 

HOW REFRESHING!

Then Grammy got attacked by 2 olive monsters.

And then we chilled and made some dinner and flower crowns.

 See, dandelions ARE good for something! 

Then Grammy got Lil Guy involved in the sillies. 

Barbie dress for a hat for Lil Guy! 

Hey guys what's so funny?

Nothin.

Ha Ha Ha.

 I laugh too mommy! Funny.

Wait. Are you laughing at me? 

What is this on my head?

What the heck? Ok. 

Yeah, game over ladies. 

And then we had swimming.

Big improvements today! REAL swimming occurred. 

Whoot! 

Flying through the water "with the greatest of ease." (Tony Horton-P90X)

And... this was taken with our P&S (point n shoot) camera. 

My daughter practicing her photography skills 

annddddddddddddddddd 

trying to keep the camera still while laughing.

This is what Lil Guy does for his swimming lessons.

 Put ping-pong ball in mouth. Spit out ball. Chase ball. Pick up ball. Put in mouth. 

Rinse, lather and repeat. 

Oh we laughed so much at the faces he made. 

ahhhhhhhhhh good stuff. 

I heart faces Photo Challenge * Bright & Vivid

This was taken yesterday as we enjoyed the wonderful summer weather in the backyard. Yes, mom grabbed her camera and started snapping away... I'm so predicable. ;)

I love climbing around on the ground or jumping on top of chairs or tables, just to get a different perspective.
I searched for something bright and vivid. I think I found it.

Her wittle belly is showing here and she is proud of it.

That's right, popsicles and juice. 

I eat want I wanna eat and still maintain this amazing figure.

 Love you darhhh-ling. 

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Am I doing this bottom part correctly? hmmm....

Little guy's 1st Spag night

Little guy has decided to grow up way too fast. It's already time for his 1st spaghetti dinner.

YUM! He loves it!  

mmmmmmmm. mmmmmmmmmm. i wike it, mom.

i wike it thiiiiiiiis much, mom.

ok, mom. i'm ready to get down.

Girls, what are you doing? Please stop playing TUG-O-WAR with a bowl of spaghetti! Not a wise choice. 

mom, i said i'm ready to get down now.

gemme that camera. 

MOM! I SAID I WANNA GET DOWN!

Ahhh, much better. All cleaned up and dressed and playing on the couch with sister.

Mom, can you play with him now? 

hmmm.... sounds like someone is tired. Let's get you in bed early.

Good, she was tired...starting to fall asleep. Oh, this is cute. 

I HAVE to go get my camera. 

AND, I HAVE to take a picture. 

Moooooooooooooooom. I was about to fall asleep......complain, complain, rub eyes, complain.

BUT SWEETIE, THIS IS JUST SO CUTE. YOU LOOKED SO CUTE, I HAD to take a picture!

ah, your right mom, that is cute. 

goodnight. 

From a Distance - I Heart Faces

It was a beautiful Easter Sunday up in the hills, past the city. Spent quality time with family and friends on the farm.
All the kids were dressed in cute Easter clothes. And then... yes... my toddler, decided to play KING OF THE HILL, by herself....on top of a dirt pile.
Nope, wait. It's not dirt. I wish.
It's a compost pile.

Luckily, I brought a change of clothes for her. Luckily.

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Photo Challenge I HEART FACES

Rub A Dub Dub 3 kids in a TUB

All 3 kids took their 1st bath together tonight! So, of course, I ran to get the camera and take a picture of this historic moment.

But WEIRD lighting happened and I was trying so get the perfect picture of all 3 wiggling kids. So... here is what happened...

Ok, kids, smile, say cheese!

Ok.. Listen, come on. Say cheese!

AWESOME! You did it! Darn, I have weird lighting going on here! Ok.. keep with me kids! I am trying to figure out what to do here...

Oh, hi little guy, you are so darn cute. HEY, back there, stop dumping water on your sister!

No, no, no... please put the cup down. Please do NOT drink the bath water! Come on, say CHEESE!

Ok, let me try the flash. OH! PLEASE do NOT spit water at your sister!

hmmm, flash is being weird. 

Little guy, don't eat the eggplant. Come'on guys say CHEESE!

Ok.. one more time, Say cheese! Little guy, you make the funniest faces!

Alright, I'm done. Weird lighting and weird flash. 

More water in the mouth? No, not on the camera... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, I'm done. 

The Princess Warriors

The sun finally came out today! The girls grabbed their princess fairy wands and ran outside to cast some magic spells. And I grabbed my camera to capture the magic.
"Go girls! Go!"
 They froze. "Mommmmmmmmm....Ug."
"Ok, girls now do a spell and I'll take a picture!"
nothing. Then one tapped the other on the head with the wand. lame.

"Alright, I give up." I walked away. I was almost in the house when I stopped.
I heard rhythmic gibberish chanting.
I turned.
I shot this.
Perfect.
That's what I wanted!

Then Dad came home with a new toy! A baseball glove!

 Oh, the big one was so excited! She tossed. She caught, well... not really, she TRIED to catch. 

Then something else caught her attention and like her attention-issues-mom, she was done.

Oh, the little one was so excited! NOW, it was HER turn!

She played with Dad!

But not so fast.... the "that's MINE" game started and after a short while, big sis got her mitt back.

Of course she went back to playing ball with Dad, right? 

Right.

 Oh wait, nope.

 It was fairy princess magic wand time again & this time it was extra magical cause she had a magic mitt too!

I call this picture The "I'm a Fairy-Princess-Magic-Mitt-Gap-Model-Sun-Face" Picture. 

It's weird, but I like it.

 It makes me smile.

THEN... I got attacked.

 Attacked by a giggling 2 year old! 

And down we went.

And down even more....

NO! Please don't eat the grass! Stop! Ok... bath time! 

 

Whaaaa did you say? Milk?

This picture was taken of my sweet little boy when I was practicing my photography skills. Kids make great models, don't they?! I made a loud RRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rolling tongue/a long and loud 'Spanish r' and this is the face he made. HA! What a funny little guy!

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