I Heart Faces - "Sun Flare"

So this was my first go at trying to catch some Sun Flare in my pictures on purpose!! I had a lot of fun giving it a go...This photo was taken when we were out on top of a mountain the other day finding a Christmas tree the old fashioned way. Great family day and I think the last day of full sun I have seen!!

Scary....

So yesterday morning was one of those moments that your heart flies into your throat and you just feel sick to the core of your being.

I was actually still in bed when Ed got up to get Eliana some milk. He called me from the kitchen and said, " Kate did you leave the Children's Tylenol out last night??"

The answer was no, I had not...I had put it back in the fridge where I thought it had to go. It had a child safe cap so I thought it would be alright but apparently they are more of a child slower-downer, than a child stopper.
The night before there had been half a bottle of Tylenol left and the bottle sitting on counter was e m p t y....

The next trick was to figure out who had drank....Of course Eliana was the one to get into it but she has developed quite the habit of feeding Gabe and in the end we didn't know who drank how much. (I was secretly hoping that she had fed it to the dog - that would two problems solved!!) To say the least I was stressing. I was bundling everyone up for a trip to the emergency when Ed suggested I call poison control first.

Long story short...the poison control lady did the math and found that even if Gabe had drank the whole amount it would have still come under the dosage where there could have been serious complications.
***SIGH***

What a yecky feeling. I dumped out all the liquid medicine in the fridge that did not have child "proof" caps and the rest I put up into the locked cupboard.

I hope we don't need cough syrup anytime soon because it just went down the drain.

Too Long in Comming...

So I these are the latest edits on a shoot I did this summer. I have been just playing around with some of the photos when I can find a few moments here and there and thought I would share a few of my favorites.

I Heart Faces - "Dress Up"

This is my pumpkin holding our little pumpkin...it is one of my favorite photos of the two of them together.

Go on over and check out the other "dress up photos" that are being shared over at I heart Faces :)

Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu

So I have to say that I have always been one of 'those' girls. You know the ones - the ones that started out playing in the mud and collecting bugs and ended up as video game freaks. It's not to say that I'm not feminine or into girly things...its more that I've just always been drawn to activities that are not classically female past times.

Point in case, Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu. Now if you talk to me on any sort of regular basis you will know that my husband is a jiu-jitsu freak. He started just about 5-6 months ago now and he LOVES it. You would have also heard me jokingly complain about how much I get "beat up" (I use that term very loosely) Basically after class Ed comes home totally pumped and wants to show me all the new submissions and moves that he has figured out. Initially I would roll my eyes and ignore my own fascination with this fighting style. A relatively new friend of mine and someone I consider to be quite the kindred spirit (she loves video games too!)had been trying to talk me into joining BJJ as much as Ed had been. I still was torn about it. Stay at home moms are not supposed to be going out in the evenings to fight, right?? Where's the grace and elegance...although I suppose a good arm bar has a little bit of both involved in it ;)
SO
I went to my first class on Wednesday.

I totally loved it. I came home all pumped and wanted to show Ed what I had learned. Some girls can sew and cook and have a clean house and are domestic goddesses - Most days of the week I aspire to be like them. Although very soon I am going to take a couple of evenings each week I am going to go and lay my domestic side aside and try to learn how to choke someone out.

I Heart Faces - Pink !!!

The timing of this photo challange is perfect. This week was my Grandmothers 90th Birthday Party....and she is a Breast Cancer Survivor. It was a wonderful party where we were able to celebrate the amazing woman she is and all the obstacles she has overcome in almost a century of life. Here's to you Grandma!

A Piece of Cake...Part 2

So for those of you that may be wondering...

I finished THE cake.

It was surprisingly uneventful once I got past the custard. The icing was threatening to be very difficult until Ed, sensing my tenuous hold on my composure, rescued me by standing beside me giving directions.

In retrospect, this is rather ironic as Ed is normally the man that wouldn't cook or bake to save his life, but he seemed to think that this whole cake icing business was his cup of tea and walked me through the whole process...

"No, scratches Kate, keep dipping the knife in the water every second stroke..."

So yes, I finished and now all I have to do is get it to the party without dumping it on its head.

Wish me luck....











PS - I found this funny link earlier today and it just fit with my whole week...check out some cake disasters here