Pretentious Photo Critique

"I love the juxtaposition of the arch and looking through it, reminiscent of a window or perhaps a doorway to your education."

"I'm inspired by shadows-the dancing of light and shadow."

"I played a little with angles here."

"I wanted to capture the singularity of this sculpture."

Ever play Museum Critic? If so, then you get my comments. If not, you need to go to a local museum and pretend you know something about art, then with your Starbucks coffee mug in hand and tortoise shell glasses, rattle on about light and shadow or elaborate on the artist's motive or inspiration.

I went on a Campus Photo Safari-taking pics of beautiful things on campus. Not bad for a simple point and shoot. IU's campus is gorgeous and I wish I had taken pics of the buildings and their detail. Maybe another day...On a sunnier note, can you believe that it had been raining/cloudy for 3 days straight-including this morning and most of the afternoon?!?

Daddy's Home!

"I'm so glad when daddy comes home, glad as I can be!"

I can always tell when Bobby is walking up the front walkway because the girls will make a beeline for the front window. They jockey for position-pushing and shoving each other-and squeal/tail wag in delight at the sight of their favorite person: Daddy!

Once he's home...I'm chop liver. Mommy who?

On a side note: Piper has taken quite a liking to wearing Bob's hats backwards. The other day she kept going into our closet and taking a hat, putting it on backwards, and parading around the room. Of course, when I went to grab the camera...she was done.

Sprinklers and Popsicles

Nothing like a day playing in the sprinklers and eating Popsicles-who doesn't have that memory?

Getting in on the action!

Seriously, have you seen a happier kid?

Running for the sprinklers!

Popsicles---yummm!

The Latest Glaze

Last week while my mom and sister were here, we went to The Latest Glaze-a local pottery painting store. I decided it would be really fun to let Pip "help" paint a piece. I happen to think I have a budding artist on my hands.

Here Comes Peter Cottontail!

HoPpy Easter!

WOW! Holidays with a kid are so much fun. I feel like every holiday gets dragged out with at least a week of festivities. Easter was no different!

We dyed Easter eggs with our playgroup friends! Piper enjoyed licking the dye water and dunking the eggs. I was smart enough to pack a smock and bib for her and an apron for me. Piper ended up dyeing the tablecloth and her smock. My mom and sister also visited and brought Piper 2 Easter baskets filled with goodies. Piper also got an Easter card from my grandparents. We also had several Easter egg hunts, but I only remembered my camera for one of them. I'll just say that by the 2nd Easter egg hunt-she got the concept of finding and putting her eggs in her basket. Kelley Kids also hosted an Easter picnic that in my opinion was A-MAZING despite the freak rain storm! Here are some pics from our Easter fun:

"Don't drink the Kool-Aid!"

"Hmmm, which egg is heavier?"

"They even give you presents at Easter!"

"Is this one of those chocolate bunnies I keep hearing about?"

"I'm conducting random Egg Quality Checks."

"I found it, I found it!"

We hope you enjoyed your Easter as much as we did!

The Follow-Up

I've received so many comments to my SOS blog post-whether it's by personal email or on the actual blog. Thank you to those that responded-it helped me realize that my struggle is not a new one. I was commenting to my friend about how one of the things that made me a kick a** teacher was that I observed the good/bad teachers. I figured out what kind of teacher I wanted to be based on the examples that I saw. I took bits and pieces of each teacher-qualities I wanted and qualities that I could do without. I wasn't a perfect teacher to begin with, but over time, I developed into a pretty darn good teacher. I guess I need to look at being a mom like did being a teacher: beg, borrow, steal, and claim the awesome as your own.

Piper is my one and only. She's growing everyday. I will look back and be thankful I had all this time for her. I better make the most of it. NOW.