Smiles:
Today is picture day at Caitie's school; both portrait and class picture. I hope she's all smiles today... a natural smile, that is, not forced. We shall see. I curled her hair last night, but didn't put anything to help hold the curls; I don't like to put hairspray, gel, or mousse in her hair, I like to keep it natural. She had some stray hairs by her bangs, I hope those settle down before picture time today.
She looks a bit tense in the pic below. I think I may have stressed her out a bit by telling her to not play rough on the playground at recess if pictures hadn't been taken by then, and also telling her to not touch her hair or her face, which she seems to do out of habit. I told her to not scratch her skin, which she did while getting ready for school; it shows how dry her skin is. When I asked her to go outside and pose for this pic before heading to school, I swept away what spider webs I saw and told her to go that way to get her pic... she saw a web and freaked out, but I made her go that way anyway due to running late. I'm not sure what to expect in her school pictures today... she may rebel and push her hair back behind her ears, which she wants to do to make sure her earrings show, of which I told her they show without having to do that. She may scratch her skin due to being irritated at being told not to. She may decide to do a forced smile instead of a natural smile, if she smiles at all to begin with, to show me that she'll do as she wants to do, and that's that. Or maybe it's just I'm feeling guilty for making her do all those things instead of wishing her a happy school day today like I usually do.
I was in a hurry to get the pic below, so didn't notice the lovely faded green quad in the background. ha
Stuff:
Bailey has a hacking cough again; she seems to have a cold every few weeks. I just got over a cold; I'm still coughing from 'tickling' in my throat, but that's it. I came down with the cold the day before Caitie's birthday. I had a fever on her birthday, but we were able to get everything done we wanted to on that day.
Caitie's school lets out early on one Friday every month due to the teachers having meetings in the afternoons on those days; last Friday was one of those days. When I picked Caitie up from school we decided to go to the park. It was really nice out; it was breezy and not too hot. We spent quite a bit of time there swinging, climbing, sliding, and playing in the sand. (there's a spot on the camera lens; that's what you see on the left of some pics. also, don't pay attention to the girls wearing the same thing they wore on the friday before, except for caitie's shorts, that is, she did have on different shorts. makes me wonder if i subconsciously plan for them to wear the same clothes on certain days each week. ha)
Bailey's on the big kid swings now.
Michael is still working on the Cadillac. It sat for a while due to battery problems, but it's fixed now. The Cadillac still needs a lot of work, but we're able to go on Sunday evening drives once again. We missed that. It was probably for the best that it wasn't running during the hottest days of summer though since there's no AC in the Cadillac yet.
Michael washed all three vehicles on Sunday... the Jag, the Cadillac, and the SUV. Here he is taking the Cadillac for a drive after washing it. Gotta love his 'farmers hat'. ha :) Can you see it in these pics?
Later that evening we took the Cadillac for a drive... it was our Sunday evening drive. :) We went to a nearby park to go hiking.
Here we are in the parking lot right before going for a hike. It's the best time of day for a hike, in my opinion. It's cooled off some, and the sun is setting, which makes for a nice hike and some nice pics. If you look at the back part of the Cadillac, you can see my shadow/reflection with camera in hand. ha
Overlooking the area below. Our neighborhood is to the right of the pic.
Love this pic.
I'm trying to update the blog more with recent pics. I do have some pics that I took a while back I still need to blog about, but I'll save those for another day.
Stay tuned for a fast, easy, and yummy brownie recipe coming your way...
