Fun with Photos

There's not much going on here today except I got a cold and so I couldn't spend the afternoon with the baby since I am full of infectious mucus, so I spent most of the day laying on the couch and working on trying to figure out my camera.  I dutifully kept the instruction manual in Spanish, so that's been super helpful.  This week's photo challenge is "macro" so I used the dogs as subjects because they were sleeping and still.  Clark's not in them because he never came out of the bedroom, while these two wanted to be in the living room with me and the fire.  Incidentally, I got a letter from the Town of Apple Valley saying that their licenses were due to be renewed and a post card from the vet reminding me that they needed to come in for their rabies shots.  Yesterday I said to the Big Guy, "Dad, I need you to help me with two activities."  When I explained about the vet, he sighed and said, "That's not an activity, that's an event."  Semantics, because I surely can't get these two to the vet solo.

Randi- sleeping upside down as she likes

Concerned Earl

High as a Kite

Ms. Not Responding to the "If You Fly, You Die" campaign.

Crossed hands

There were two days at work this week where I wanted to burst into violent tears and cry until I exploded as a speck of dehydrated dust all over my classroom, leaving it empty and students to wonder why there was dirt on their desks.  So Friday, the second day, when my dad asked if I would watch Max so they could go to dinner I said, "YES!  Bring him over!"  I was pretty sure Max wasn't going to ask me to do anything other than play with him and change his diaper.  Then Jessica wanted to watch my TV and Sara wasn't busy so the three of us watched Max.   Max was not his normal happy self and was a bit fussy until Grandma came back and then he was all smiles.   Sometimes, I'm jealous.  He is 19 lbs and the doctor said that he looks like a normal 8 month old baby.  (Because he's awesome.)  Yesterday when I was over there I finally got a glimpse of his two bottom teeth because he was being pretty shy about showing them off.

The Big Guy, the Little Guy and Jessica