Alphabet Photos (Letter Y)

"Y is for Yummy"

Jake wanted our Y photo to be a yellow sheet of construction paper, so I had to veto his choice for the first time during this whole project. LOL!! I ended up trying to take a yummy photo with this sundae in front of a cupcake cookbook. It would have been yummier-looking if my whipped cream had not deflated so quickly.

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My Photos (W/E 5/24/08)

"Stuck in the Middle"

"On Bended Knee"

"Fur Ball"

"Closeness"

"Silliness"

"Proud Father"

"Slam Dunk"

"Smile!"

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A Few Minutes Can Seem Like a Day

Today, I sent my 4yr old son upstairs to have a time out. His behavior just flipped the switch that set off a mental meltdown that had been building from the usual stresses in my life . . . health problems, money issues, etc . . . So Jake was upstairs crying and I was downstairs doing the same.

After I calmed down a bit, I went upstairs to talk to him about what he had done and why it upset me. When I got up there, he looked shocked because he could tell that I had been crying. That is something he rarely sees. I started off by asking him why he was crying. His answer was that he was crying because he was doing things that he was not suppose to be doing. Then I asked him why he thought I was crying. To this he answered, "Because you missed me?" I was taken aback by that answer and realized that, even though he was only up there for ten minutes or so, it must have felt like much longer to him. Although I was still quite angry at him, I found his answer to be so endearing. If he were a few years older, I would have thought he was being sarcastic, but he was actually being very sincere.

Thanks for taking the time to read about this small part of my day!

Alphabet Photos (Letter X)

"X is for X-Wing Fighter"

by Karen & Jake

The first one is Jake's toy and the second one is another photo from the 2005 Star Wars exhibit. To get an idea of the size of the ship, that's Jake in the lower left (with me crouching in front of him) when he was about 21mos old.

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PhotoHunt: Shoes

"Shoes"

These are my 16mos old daughter's first pair of prewalkers purchased at Payless. She mostly still wears soft-soled leather shoes. If you've been keeping up with my blog, then you know that she only recently took her first steps. Anyways, since our twins are preemies, they have a session with Early Intervention (EI) once a month. They told us that the Payless prewalkers have been rated to have the same technology as Stride Rite's prewalkers, so why spend the extra money for a pair of shoes that will be worn for only a month or two, right?

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