Whoops....

I know that I should have made a photo a day work, after all it's just one photo a day.  Try as I might I almost never make it past February or March. It first starts with not getting to edit the photos, then goes to I forgot a day so I can make it up, until at the end I am avoiding my camera.  I do that often, for as much as I LOVE to take photographs, I have also in a way become my own worst enemy.

I start by not wanting to haul my cameras with me (and they need a good cleaning and tune up too), then it's 'the kids won't work with me', until finally I just give up.  I rationalize it, that I can't do great in the moment photos (no iPhone), I don't have a decent point and shoot (for those that don't know me I have pretty high standards for even snaps -- something I am working on). The result is that, me, queen of capturing the everyday, hides from taking photos for the rest of the year.

This year I have a new plan, it's to start my photo a day with Halloween, maybe even a few days before, the goal is to make my 'few' weeks of diligence pay off by capturing the magic of the holidays.  Who knows I might even make it through the hump and take it a full year.

Day 40 (366): FUN

John was so excited when he came home from school today.  One of his classmates has a parent that works at General Mills and he learned all about grains and how they make Cheerios.  He thought the beard net was funny -- so of course we had to take a photo.

Day 39 (366): Up a Tree

Who knew it would be great tree climbing weather in Minnesota in Feb.  This has been such an odd year.  We are getting soft, because this year 30 feels cold and normally that's when we would shed our heavy coats! Who know I may have to order the b/w one larger to grace the walls of my office as it's a prefect photo of John.

Day 37: (366): Friend or Foe

John and Kate have the typical love/hate relationship of siblings. Kate wants to be just like John and at the same time LOVE to torment him. I suppose it's the nature of the younger sibling. Having been the oldest I can and do sympathize with John a great deal.  However, Kate is smart and finds ways to annoy him all the time.  That's why I can't be certain if I caught them in a friendly moment OR one when she was trying to torment him.

Day 36 (366): Shopping/ 52x2 Week Five

I have a cyber friend who is fantastic photographer (in Ohio) -- she does a great job of doing everyday photos, but getting all FOUR kids in one shot each week.  I have to say compared to her mine have been blah. However, I decided to take my camera (yup the big one) with me to Target this week.  That was sort of hilarious, Target was busier then usual and well the result was not what I had hoped for, but there is always next time~!

Day 35 (366): Frost

Today we had the most beautiful frost on the trees.  We typically see this in the Spring and Fall, not during Winter. I know I should not complain about the mild winter, but you know seeing brown and dull all week has sort of gotten to me, at least when you have snow you don't see the brown tress and grass as much, things feel tidier somehow!

Today I tried my hand at a macro -- the dried plant looked like a bee ready to take off!

Day 34 (366): Karate

When you have kids you wonder what kind of Mom you will be.  Will they love soccer and make you the quintessential soceer Mom.  Will they take to the ice and play hockey or is baseball their game?  I never thought about Karate, but here I am a Karate Mom.  I could not be prouder of how hard he works and look at those kicks -- ouch I may have been able to do them twenty years ago, but not now.