Tuesday, June 30, 2009

First Day of Pre-School!



My tiny little baby boy is at his first day of pre-school as we speak! He protested beforehand - "I don't wanna go to school!" - but was completely excited the minute he got there. Luckily, his great-aunt Maddie works at the pre-school, so I know he is in good hands.

(Note about pic below: even the most technology savvy among us have technical difficulties. I can't find a card-reader for my point-and-shoot camera's SD memory card, so this is a cell phone shot of my digital camera screen - pathetic!)



Now, what on earth do I do with 3 hours all to myself while Jake is at pre-school?? First order of business: pick a gigantic bouquet of hydrangeas from the big healthy bush on the side of our house. :) Thank God for all this rain! I am thrilled to have hydrangeas in the house before July. The hydrangea bush has come a long way in the last two years. Last year it had "dozens" of blooms, two years ago it had barely any. This year, I have estimated at least 100 blooms. Maybe I DO have a green thumb afterall... Big shout-out to my mom who taught me last year what to do with the poor old plant, and I have been rewarded by it ever since! :)





Sunday, June 28, 2009

Disney, Part One

Jake went to Disney.... uhhh.... a few weeks ago?... (Hey - it's wedding season and I've already had 6 weddings in 8 weeks - cut me some slack!) with my parents, aka Geedah and Peepa. He had an amazing time and my parents were delighted to go on "It's A Small World" nearly a dozen times!

I've been meaning to post pictures, I really have. Actually, if you want pictures, head over to my photo blog! ;) Sorry, shameless snarky plug. I promise think it won't happen again.

Anyway, here are some lovely images taken by the lovely people at Disney, who were hoping I would buy these pictures instead of just taking a screen shot and posting them on my poor neglected blog. Sorry. As a photographer, I should know better. Should.

As with every single other picture of Jake ever taken by a 'professional' other than myself, Jake looks thrilled:









Okay, he actually does look really happy here:







I PROMISE other Disney pics will be coming soon. Geedah and Peepa gave me their memory cards to download, so I HAVE the pictures, I just need to edit and post them. Thanks again, so very much, Mom & Dad, for taking Jake to Disney. I know he will remember this trip for years - he STILL hasn't stopped talking about it!