Photo Booth Fun

Eden loves to watch herself on Photo Booth. I had some fun with the different effects today.

Musical Daughter

Eden picked this book at total random today at the library. I tried to give her several choices and just as we were about to go she picked this one and sat at the little toddler table to read it. She named all the instruments except for the French Horn. In the big orchestra picture, she pointed out the cymbals. I had no idea she knew what an oboe and a bassoon were! It was very cute. Looks like she learned a lot a couple of weeks ago when we sent her to a music camp at her preschool. Or maybe she learned from her favorite show, Little Einsteins

Photo Booth ABC

Eden's dramatic rendition:

One of our favorite Sesame songs:

Some Garden Pics

The new garden at the house is coming along great. We ate a lot of sweet peas and Eden loved to pick them off and eat.
But it seems a little slower this year. We were just commenting how Steve was crazily canning peaches and apricots about this time last year. But they are still growing on my Dad's tree and our tomatoes our still pretty green but Eden is finding the red ones.....

Prosperity

Steve has been working a ton lately and we are so grateful. If you know about freelancing, you gotta take the work while it's there because it could be gone again soon.
We are so thankful for the work since we know so many are struggling.
Eden has been on break from school for a couple of weeks but she is finding other ways to be crafty and I'm getting a home school kit for her this week to keep her busy. She said the best thing the other night when I turned on the TV after dinner, "I wanna watch baseball!" She knows how to make Mommy happy!
Anna is still crawling around and she pulls up a lot and cruises a little. She is doing this cute little catcher's squat too.

Summer time pics....

Three years and nine months

Last week, Eden and Anna both saw the doctor for their well care checks.
Eden did really good. It was kind of hard to get her to stand on the scale and for her measurement but the nurse was still able to get them. She also had her blood pressure checked and when it was over she said "I did it!"

Anna is growing "perfect". He said she is a little anemic but that is normal for her rate of growth. She is going to start to eat more finger foods soon.

We were lucky that our Dr. was able to see both of them at the same time. Dr. Mellema is retiring this month. :(
He was my pediatrician growing up and he even saw Ross when he was a resident at Stanford. He worked in Los Gatos since 1971. Thanks for taking care our family the past 40 years Dr. M!

Sunday thoughts

Sunday reflections

I was thinking about Sunday all day yesterday since it was well… Sunday!

Memories of Sunday as a child/teenager:

We would go to church every Sunday and my Dad taught a Bible Study at 9 a.m. then I would go to Sunday School filled with songs and fun. Later, I was an acolyte. I liked all those activities.

After church, we would usually make a snack plate of cheese, apples and salami and watch sports. I’m sure my Mom made a big dinner those days too but I remember the snack plate more. A big Sunday dinner was important to my Dad since he had that growing up.

Memories of Sunday as a college student:

Ack, I don’t actually remember a lot of them….. especially during football season. I think some were also spent watching the rugby team play.

But I do remember my last year living with Sarah, we did the exact same things every Sunday…. Mass, Huddle House, come home and watch Scottish Claymore football, clean up apartment and then study.

Memories of Sunday as a young adult in Florida:

Sundays were great in Florida! There was one summer when I would go to Mass with a t-shirt dress over my bikini and then head straight to the beach and listen to the radio. I remember distinctly listening to the draft when Eli was drafted. Also, when I had MLB Extra Innings, I spent several Sundays on the couch immersed in watching every baseball game. Good times. My friend Mary and I were really conscious of making Sunday a day of rest and not patronizing business and shopping.

We ended up doing a lot of household chores yesterday since we played at the Oakland Zoo on Saturday for Eden's third birthday. It seemed strange but I guess it is all about trade-off.

Here are some zoo pics: