162/365 - A Lesson from My Mother

Julia's best friend came over this morning to play. They came up and asked me if they could make medicine for Lipstick, Julia's doll. This involved mixing up a bead-and-glitter-glue soup in a bowl. My instinct screamed no. But just as I was opening my mouth to form the word, I flashed back to two little girls, circa late 1970s. These two little girls were playing scientist in the bathroom - mixing together shampoo, lotion, cold cream, vaseline. Whatever could be found in the bathroom cabinet and the hall closet. And as if that weren't enough, cups of these experiments were then placed in the freezer for an indeterminate period of time (no, they never froze). At the time, neither little girl thought once, much less twice, about the mess. Or the waste.

But my mother was happy to encourage their imaginations. And so I let Julia and her friend have as much fun as I had with my best friend, Katie, 30-plus years ago.

161/365 - Jump Zone

Julia had a preschool get-together at the Jump Zone today - big inflatable bouncy things everywhere. For some reason I thought it would be "good practice" to take pictures of preschoolers running around like lunatics with my 50mm manual focus lens. But not, not so much.

160/365 - OMG ...

... I can't believe I've been doing this for 160 days and that's not even half way done. I didn't feel like taking a single picture today. I did go out into the woods and saw some cool fungus growing on a log. But the shots did nothing for me. And I just don't care. So I screwed around in photoshop - a lot.

159/365 - Wrong Feet

When Julia first learned to put her own shoes on, she put them on the wrong feet once. I said, "Julia, your shoes are on the wrong feet." And Julia, who hates to be wrong, said, "That is how I like them." And ever since, she wears her shoes on the wrong feet the majority of the time. Snow boots, dress shoes, sandals - it doesn't matter. And if you ask her about it, she says that's how she likes them.

Today I was doing a craft project with her - we were building the sparkliest, mermaidiest, pinkist beach you can imagine. And she wanted to glue the flipflops on the sand. So she did - they are on the wrong feet.

158/365 - Up and Down

157/365 - Out for a Sunday Drive ...

... home from work, that is.

156/365 - Two

I took pictures for a friend's daughter's two-year-old birthday party on Saturday. I love this shot - it's like the world as a two-year-old sees it. Or at least in my own imagination. And the pigtails kill me :)