Sneaky Me

The First Snow

It happened. The flakes were ginormous for awhile. It was beautiful.  It doesn't feel festive to me until it blankets us. I love it!
I embrace the seasons. Living in good ole' Indiana, you basically have to for sanity's sake. The first snow is just as wonderful as the first Spring bud.
The little women got off the bus. Had a snack. And were back outside before I could say, "Please where socks!". (They did have them on, thank goodness!) For some strange reason, socks have become optional all year round. Hhmm?

Lillie had piano practice. The snow had accumulated by that time. As we were leaving Lillie told Ms. Kathy that, "people who don't have enough food will now have snow to eat." Oh Golly!!!!!
Ms. Kathy said, "yuck, you don't know what kind of varmit stuff is in it. Don't eat it!"

Ms. Kathy doesn't know the Grismore Girls well enough. Snow eating is a must:)

Happy Tuesday!

Autumn

Wanna Be A Baller........

Shot caller......20 inch blades on the......... ok. Too far. Sorry! If you didn't catch it, these are lyrics to a song. Maybe if I were to sing them to you? Probably not, I am sure you enjoy your ear drums!

Anyway, Ainzli started her basketball league last night. They will be practicing once a week. With games once a week. She is so excited and she has been practicing a lot. Shannon is the assistant coach for her team this year. He is just as excited as she is. I really believe he is more excited than she is. He is definitely goofy that way. 

Here they are. Doing a project together this summer. Father and Daughter.

Father and Daughter.
Father and Daughter.
I am so blessed to have a man who is a Father to his Daughter.


Autumn:)

Raising A Reader

This post is courtesy of my husband. He called me a bibliophage last night.
I love to read. I have always liked reading. Not always loved.
I want my girls to have a "want" for reading. Last year in second grade Ainzli had to log 250 minutes of independent reading each month. Seemed overwhelming at first. Turns out it got me motivated to make sure the girls read something everyday. I read to them when they were little. I still read to Lillie. Sometimes Ainzli and I will read together. I don't do the everyday reading by requirement. I do it by being sneaky, or at least I try most of the time. I am hoping they don't realize what I am doing. Then before they know it, they will have a longing to read.

Another motivator. Ainzli is reading the Harry Potter series. I am reading them with her. With this series I am comfortable with her reading the book first. Then I read it. Other books I am not sure about, I will read first. Her and I are enjoying it. We keep each other motivated and have fun doing it. This is also another way for me to check her comprehension. Or for her to check mine!:)

Side Note: At Parent/Teacher conference for Ainzi this fall her teacher gave me a whole bunch of "stuff" to keep the learning going on at home. One quote in a pamphlet really caught my eye. "In third grade kids are still learning to read. Fourth grade they are reading to learn."

Have a great weekend.

Autumn:)

A Little Plea

 

I bought this on the clearance shelf at TJ Maxx. I picked it up. I put it down. I picked it up. I put it down. I felt like if I bought it that would be an admission. Then I started talking to a fellow shopper. Like I always do.
I showed it to her.
She smiled.
I bought it.

This is a plea to my husband and little women.

Amen!



Autumn:)

Mr. & Mrs. C.

I photographed a wedding exactly a month ago. I enjoyed Sarah and Travis. They are young. They are both very sweet people. And mostly, he loves her. I am not talking "newly married" love. I am talking he looks at her and he glows. It is heart warming. How truly blessed they are to have real love.

All of my favorites from this day were candids.
Journalistically, this wedding was a dream shoot.

Congratulations Sarah and Travis.

Autumn:)

A Tooth & A Birthday

She had been hysterical about it more than once. I do believe that we had threatened to hold her down once. Maybe twice. I can't decide if that is funny or just plain mean. It was so completely loose that it would lay forward and backward too easily. And then to top it all off, on Thursday she bumped it and it turned sideways!

But now it is out. Shannon pulled it Thursday evening. It was emotional (for her and her Daddy), but she realized that it really doesn't hurt. And she ate like she had a tape worm this weekend. It had been hindering her food intake.

Shannon and I have succumbed to the fact that our baby just lost her first tooth.

WTC! (What the Crap)

I am telling you what. Life is laying it on thick. I can wear my daughters shoes. My baby just lost her first tooth. And it's my birthday. But you know what, life is good. So "thick" is right where I want to be.

By the way, funny side note. This little ladies plan is to keep all of her teeth. She wants to put them all under her pillow at once. Really? She is very sure of that decision. She told me that she doesn't want the tooth fairy to have her teeth yet. Ok. Sounds good to me.

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Today is my birthday. Just another day. That is what my father-in-law says. I suppose. Although it is special when your daughters are sitting at breakfast and they break out their own rendition of Happy Birthday. That doesn't happen everyday!

You know that practice shot you take to check the lighting, focus, self timer stuff. 
Shannon jumped in on it. 
He makes me smile.

Thank you to my family for wanting, even suggesting this shot! 

 

Here's to a good book, coffee, and reading in my bed all morning. It's my birthday. And it's the small pleasures that mean so much.


Autumn:)