45/365: Valentines
We picked up Valentines for Brian's class today - he chose a sports theme, and got to work separating the perforated sheets, folding, and then addressing them to his classmates. 
The Soft Grain of Summer
4 hours ago
A Little Bit of Love
Brian will deliver Valentines to his classmates on Friday, so we finished them up this afternoon.
Of course, he addressed George's first.
44/365: Soccer "Practice"
Today's soccer scrimmage started at dusk, after Scott arrived home. He challenged the kids to a pick-up game, which quickly degraded to a feet version of "keep away".
Erica wasn't fast enough, so Brian stole the ball from her.
Note - the Wal-Mart smiley ball is really a volleyball, but the kids are all about re-purposing their stuff.
Friendship Award
>> Monday, February 9, 2009 –
Blog Things,
friends
My sweet virtual friend, Sherry bestowed a friendship blog award upon me! Here is the description of the award:
“These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”
Aww, I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Thank you, Sherry, for thinking about me!
As for my eight friends, I will pass this on to:
1. Andrea
2. Lee
3. Jayne
4. Lindsay
5. Robin
6. Cyn
7. Heidi
8. Jen
You guys all rock!
43/365: Spring Fever
With little wind and temperatures in the 60's, the kids played some ball outside. A nice change from the cold, snow and ice. 
In addition to football, impromptu soccer and kickball games were enjoyed by all, including the cat!
SS Photo Challenge Week 6 - Rule of Thirds
>> –
Girl,
techniques
In this week's ScrapShare Photo Challenge, we played with Composition, utilizing the Rule of Thirds.
To illustrate this basic principle, I took two generic pictures of my daughter sitting with her cat in the middle of the yard - nothing spectacular, and the only pictures my daughter will tolerate these days.
For the first picture, I placed them directly in the center of the viewfinder.
In the second picture, I placed her in the lower third of the scene.
Yeah, even with a plain picture, the one employing the rule of thirds looks more interesting (well, at least to me).
Nice Day
Temperatures peaked today in the 60's and brought the kids outside to play. Brian changed into shorts as soon as he got home from school, declaring "Mom - what were you thinking this morning when you picked out a long sleeved shirt?".
Really, I wasn't thinking about much!
The past four days have been a nice respite from the last two months of cold, snow and ice. We hope it will continue!
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