Project 365 - Week #8

The weather here has been wonderful lately! I think winter forgot us this year and I'm okay with that! We spent a lot of time outside this week. Here's a quick rundown of pics from this week. Enjoy!

Saturday, Feb. 18  - Emily picked out her own clothes today. She was so excited to go out to lunch with daddy in her special outfit. I love her silly smile in this picture.

Sunday, Feb. 19 - Bubble time!

Monday, Feb. 20 - Cleaning up out front with Daddy.

Tuesday, Feb. 21 - Cookie! Enjoy her Mardi Gras themed cookie. She's saying cheese and trying to eat her cookie at the same time.

Wednesday, Feb. 22 - Bed time! She crawled up into this chair, ready to go to bed all on her own.

Thursday, Feb. 23 - Snuggle time before bedtime.

Friday, Feb. 24 - Emily had a busy Friday! We spent the morning at the zoo with some friends. The three girls had a great time checking out all of the animals and running all over the place. That evening, Nonie and Peepaw spent the night with Emily so Brad and I could celebrate our 5th anniversary. She went to the park, out for frozen yogurt, and played and played. She was a happy (and tired) little girl.

Project 365 - Week #7

Here we are at week #7. I'm learning that some days it's so easy to take a picture because something cute, funny, or out of the ordinary is happening. And then there are the other days that are just ordinary and routine. Those "ordinary" and "routine" days make it hard to figure out what to take a picture of. But I also know that those days are the ones I'm going to want pictures of down the road.

Brad and I don't celebrate Valentine's Day, but Emily had a good time making Valentine's for her friends and teachers. Valentine's Day with the highlight of our week.

Random question - Picnik is closing in April and that's what I've been using to edit and watermark my pictures. Do y'all know of anyother free and simple editing program?


Saturday, Feb. 11 - We wanted to get out of the house Saturday morning, but it was too cold to do something outside. We ended up going to the mall that has a bounce house place. Emily had so much fun playing bouncing and driving this little car around

Sunday, Feb. 12 - Making Valentine's with Daddy. Emily put the stickers on the homemade Valentine's for her teachers and friends. She was so excited to make them and give them to her friends and teachers.

Monday, Feb. 13 - Eating her peas. Emily LOVES peas. She ate all of the peas on her dinner plate and wanted more. She ate them right out of the container.

Tuesday, Feb. 14 - Emily's Valentine's gift from us was a new set of Disney puzzles. She was so exited to put them together. One of Brad's favorite things to do is put together puzzles. I have a feeling these two are going to put together a lot of puzzles as she gets older.

Wednesday, Feb. 15 - Our spoiled dog. She crawled up on the couch and put her head on the pillow. I added the blanket.

Thursday, Feb. 16 - Emily's easel. She got this for Christmas from Santa and loves it. She plays with it everyday.

Friday, Feb. 17 - Blowing up a balloon. Well, trying to blow up the balloon. Poor girl has croup, again. She can't seem to get well right now.

Project 365 - Week #6

Ahhh...what a week. I'm glad the week is over, but I could really use another day to my weekend.
This week started off with Emily getting sick. She woke up Friday night with a high fever and just not feeling good. We took her to the doctor Saturday morning to learn she had strep throat. She ended up with a strep rash Saturday afternoon. She was well enough to go to school Monday. Monday morning I got a call from her school letting me know it looked like she (and her whole class) had hand, foot, and mouth disease. And Brad left town Monday morning. Awesome.

Here's a quick rundown of our week:

Saturday, Feb. 4 - Emi and Daddy craft time. Emily was sick, but from time to time she got enough energy to do something. She was playing with her dot paints / markers. Brad was making her a necklace.

Sunday, Feb. 5 - This is her reaction when we told her it was time to take her medicine. Crying, screaming, hands over her mouth, running to the other room. Yep, we had to pin her down and force the medicine down her throat.

Monday, Feb. 6 - We made our own paint (flour, water, salt, and food coloring). Emily loves using the bottles to make big puddles.

Tuesday, Feb. 7 - Emily and I treated ourselves to cupcakes one night. She picked one with blue frosting. And she was a happy little girl.

Wednesday, Feb. 8
Yep, no picture this day. I think this is the first day I forgot to take a picture :(

Thursday, Feb. 9 - Time to thrown a fit. I remember this had something to do with not eating her dinner and wanting candy. Not exactly sure how it all happened, but she eventually ate her green beans (which she loves) and got her candy. I have a video of the fit, too. I'll post that another day.

Friday, Feb. 10 - Emily and I spent Friday morning at the Children's Museum. She had a great time running around playing and exploring.

Project 365 - Week #5

This week was a struggle for me. I didn't think to take many pictures and when I did think about it, I didn't really want to. I did manage to take a picture each day. Hopefully I'll snap out of the funk soon.

Saturday, Jan. 28 - Banjo showing off her tricks. Poor dog doesn't get nearly as much attention these days. Emily is also reaching her "bossy" stage and she loves to tell Banjo what to do.

Sunday, Jan. 29 - Donuts before church on Sunday. Emily loves getting donuts with Daddy. Her favorite is a pink one. She's saying, "cheese" in this picture.

Monday, Jan. 30 - It's been really warm down here and I'm loving it. We spent a lot of time playing outside this week. Emily loves playing on her swing in the front yard.

Tuesday, Jan. 31 - Playing hide-and-seek with Pelly. Brad hid Pelly behind one of the decorations on her wall. This is right after she found him.

Wedesday, Feb. 1 - This is all thanks to Emily. She put the decorations in Brad's hair and she took the picture.

Thursday, Feb. 2 - First attempt at a french braid. I can french braid my hair, but this was the first time I tried braiding Emily's. I was really happy with the way it turned out.

Friday, Feb. 3 - We originally planned to be outdoors Friday afternoon, but the rain changed our plans. We went to the mall and watched the ice skaters. Emily loved it!

Project 365 - Week #4

This has been a crazy week for our family. Between long hours at work, running all over town, and visiting family at the hospital, we have not been home very much. I'm happy to report that Emily's new cousin, Logan, and her aunt, "My Shelley," should finally be going home from the hospital today. Woohoo!

Here's the rundown of what we did this week:

Saturday, Jan. 21 - Art class. This is E making a treasure box - she loved the glitter

Sunday, Jan. 22 - Sweet baby Logan

Monday, Jan. 23 - Emily "swinging like a monkey."

Tuesday, Jan. 24 - Nonie made a tent for Emily in Shelley's hospital room. Emily wanted Peepaw to join her.

Wednesday, Jan. 25 - We had to wait in the family waiting room at the hospital for a little bit. Emily had fun playing with the coke machine.

Thursday, Jan. 26 - We made a trip to the park and Emily had so much fun playing in the puddles. By the time we went some she was soaking wet and a happy girl.

Friday, Jan. 27 - M & M time. We are trying to potty train, but Emily isn't really that interested. We are using M & Ms as a reward.

Week #3 - 365 Challenge

I'm still going strong with this challenge! I'm having fun with this challenge, but it makes me really, really want a better camera. Maybe on day. . .

This week there was a lot of good stuff to take pictures of. It's been hard to pick just one (or two) pictures for each day.

Jan. 14 - We spent some time at the park. Emily wanted to push Brad on the swings. This is her attempt.

Jan. 15 - Sketch photo of the yarn wrapper letters on our mantle.

Jan. 16 - Brad doesn't think all of my photos are funny. He was seems a little annoyed with my photo taking :)

Jan. 17 - Cuddling before bed. Emily loves to get in our bed. She'll often just go back to our room and climb in bed on her own.

Jan. 18 - Shelley, Brad's sister, went into labor Wednesday evening. This is Emily hanging out with "My Shelley" before her baby cousin arrived.

Jan. 19 - Logan is here! Logan arrived at 3:59 a.m. Thursday morning. We went up to the hosptial Thursday afternoon to hang out with the family. We had to wait downstairs for a little while and Brad kept Emily busy by throwing her up super high.
The other pictures are baby Logan and our family. Emily, while acting excited for Logan, gets very shy when she's around him

Jan. 20 - We hit up the stock show Friday afternoon. Emily had fun feeding the goats in the petting zoo.

Week #2 - 365 Challenge

Two weeks down, fifty more to go. There were a couple days this week I took a lot of pictures. And there were also a couple days I almost forgot. I've had fun playing with the settings on my very simple point-and-shoot. And I've also enjoyed using picnic to edit the pictures.

Here's week #2:

Jan. 7 - Emily put her animals in time-out. She told us they "weren't listening" to her. Guess what she has to go to timeout for?

Jan. 8 - Brad (in red) playing basketball at our church. He's playing in a 3-on-3 league. The second picture of the day is Emily and one of her friends at church "watching" the game. I'm pretty sure they had more fun running around the gym and playing with the camera.

Jan. 9 - Eating her cereal before school. She requested that Pelly and the basketball sit at the table with her.

Jan. 10 - Banjo just begging for me to get Porky. Basically she just wants to prove that she has faster reflexes.

Jan. 11 - Time for Banjo to get a bath. Banjo pretty much hates it. And Emily is trying to get Banjo to play with the bubbles during bath time. Banjo wasn't really interested in the bubbles.

Jan. 12 - Emily received a camera for Christmas. She LOVES playing with it and she takes it almost everywhere with us. This is on our way to school one morning - she wanted to take a picture of her school, so I took a picture of her.

Jan. 13 - Banjo waiting for Brad to get home.