Weekly Winners – Autumn
Some random photos from the month of October – so I guess these are my “monthly” winners 
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Caught
attacked
desperately hanging on to summer
Ready to rest
Whimsical hideaway
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Weekly Winners – July 4th
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How I Spent Mother’s Day 2010
I didn’t do a Mother’s Day post – I am not really into doing those types of posts. But for posterity sake, I am doing a small recap because I got some GREAT pics of my boys on a Mother’s Day outing.
My morning started off with breakfast in bed and presents. And let me just tell you, I got my first “handmade” present from Evan, that he worked on with his preschool teacher, Miss Margaret. Oh my word – it brought tears to my eyes.
Then we kinda bummed around for awhile – both kids have been battling illness with fevers, so we didn’t really want to take them out around people. So we decided to go to a local nature preserve and play for a little while.
Since I couldn’t get a picture with both boys at the same time, I will be happy with 2 separate pics that turned out pretty well! I’ll take ‘em since neither kid will sit still for any amount of time – ha!
My precious boy, who made me a “mom”.
My boy, who reminds me daily that life should be enjoyed and that laughing should be the norm!
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Weekly Winners – April 25
Got to spend some alone time with my C-man this week. Here are a few things we enjoyed doing!
Jeremy and I bought bikes and a trailer. It has become our new enjoyable past-time, except when you get lost, down hill and home is up-hill, and an axel that breaks. But that’s another post for another day this week 
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Our “regal” (or so he thinks) Victor, warming himself in the sun!
Springtime has arrived!
A “Girls Night Out” at one of my favorite places: The Melting Pot (a picture from an earlier post this week on what happens when you get a lot of bloggers together with great food and atmosphere!)
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Weekly Winners April 4
Surprisingly enough, I haven’t brought my camera out too much this past week, even though it has been absolutely gorgeous outside. But that’s the problem, it has been so beautiful that the boys and I have just been enjoying it. We have played and played and played. Trying to soak up and catch up on that vitamin D we have missed so much this winter . We have had long days of heading to the parks, having picnics, playing baseball and golf all without me bringing my camera. I did manage to get some of shots of the kids this week, but that is all, nothing else. But then again, I didn’t have much time for anything else .
Carter, upon asking for the blue egg, cracked it on the table deliberately – ha – lil’ stinker. And of course he didn’t want to taste the egg, just wanted to take the shell off.
Evan, my son who refuses to smile for me, EVER, asked me to take this picture and a couple other ones. I don’t know what came over him. I guess he knew it was about time to give his mama a smile.
After noticing no sounds coming from the living room – moms you know that can only mean one thing…they are doing something they shouldn’t be – I peaked into the living room to see this. I literally tip-toed back to the kitchen and grabbed my camera.
My son who will not take ANY chances, decided that this day he would climb this rock. I spotted him of course, but he did the rest. I quickly asked to take his picture, he agreed but said “make it quit, I scared.”
What can I say about this shot! My beautiful little boy!
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Weekly Winners – First Signs of Spring!!
The first sign of spring in our yard!
My comedian:
Sunning:
The elusive smile:
Like Father, like son:
Pure happiness:
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Weekly Winners – February 14
What a crazy week of weather. It snowed not once but twice and at the end of it we had approximately 12 inces of snow – but of course I’m not complaining considering what DC got! The weird thing about this snow that made it a little different then the snows we usually get is that it clung to everything causing branches, bushes, whole trees to droop under the weight of the snow. Here is my Magnolia tree. It’s lowest limbs are usually taller than I am. I’m 5′8″.
This picture was taken when the morning sun comes over the house and I loved the way the sun highlighted the snow against the blue sky, contrasting with the shadows of the house.
And of course you can’t forget the icecycles that formed. We did an experiment with a few on the porch and didn’t break them off. Evan and I wanted to see how large they would actually get. Surprisingly one made it to the ground – about 9 feet total. WOW! But I didn’t get a picture of it that did it justice. But again, the beauty of the morning sun caught my attention.
We had a “warm” day last week – 36 degrees before the snow hit. So I bundled the boys up and took them to the park.
I love this picture because Carter is constantly trying to catch up with his big brother!
Weekly Winners – January 31
While Evan’s away…
we’ll go play with trains of course. Carter loved having me all to himself for once!
Evan’s first day of preschool…
And speaking of Evan…
My very favorite time, and place, of the day, along with my first cup of coffee! The morning sun coming in through the window.
Victor, the forgotten, in need of some attention, part of our family, in his favorite spot – on me!
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Weekly Winners – January 11
With bitterly cold temperatures and many of inches of snow, we haven’t really left the house much this week! Going.Stir.Crazy!
So needless to say, not too many pics this week. Just a few snow pics and a random Carter pic!
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Weekly Winners – January 3
Since I slacked last week (my bloggy vacation), here are some favorite Christmas toys that the boys have played with since Christmas.
We have a wonderful opportunity to live near the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, so we headed there this week while Jeremy was off work. Carter was in awe since he is slightly obsessed with Air Planes, and Evan just wanted to get in the cock pits ! Here are a few pics from this field trip…
Evan DEFINITELY knows how to push buttons! Don't worry he shot down EVERY "bad guy"!
For the record, on January 3rd 2010, I am saying it: I wouldn't be surprised if Carter is a pilot one day! This could be prophetic
Looking up
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Weekly Winners – December 20
We had a “warmer” day this week (definition of “warmer” = above 32 degrees) so of course I took the boys to the park.
Vacant Spray Ground
The Rolling Slide
Some Christmas decoration shots:
Jingle Bell
Elf Brothers
Our first Snow:
Our Snowy Tree Lined Street
Our Snowy Greeter
Rose of Sharon
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Weekly Winners – December 13
Wow! This week flew by! I don’t think I actually had one down moment between watching the boys, my self inflicted boot camp, and working on a birthday cake for my first “real” client! Yeah, a little irony since I took ALL sugary desserts out of my diet, yet had to focus on cakes ALL week!! Needless to say the camera was aimed more at food than anything else this week !!
Last week I took a picture of this ornament during the day, and this week I got a chance to capture it at nighttime.
This picture doesn’t do the actual scene justice, but I tried. One morning this week the winter snow clouds were rolling in just as the morning sun was peeking over the horizon. It was a gorgeous site to see out my bathroom window!
The Birthday Cake (that collapsed in the middle of the night and I had to start from scratch Thursday night - fun times)
As I said early, I am on a quest to lose 15 pounds that I have packed on in the last few months, so this week was Boot Camp week 1. This was a new recipe I tried – Whole Wheat Zucchini Muffins. MWAH-ha-ha {evil laugh} the kids have no idea these are good for them!!
And of course, what Weekly Winners post would be complete without a couple of shots of the kids (well just kid this week )
Caught in the act...
Snack time with a little light reading - Multitasking
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Weekly Winners – December 6
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Outdoor play in below freezing temperature
Concentration
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Weekly Winners – November 29
Not that I am complaining again this week, but we ALL have been sick AGAIN, 3 weeks in a row. So of course, the last nice week of the season and we are stuck inside! Okay maybe a little bit of complaining. Which means I didn’t really get to get out and take pictures, which I am really starting to miss. But I digress
Here’s this week’s winners:
Bath Time
Carter loves his new bath letters!
Ironically, the blankie continues to follow us everywhere!
Traditions
Flinch Time
Helping Grandma trim the tree
A very special ornament
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The CHRISTmas Season Has Begun!
Looking forward to sharing this Christmas Season with my boys!
My parents have neighbors that always have a huge display of lights on top of their house. Evan remembers it from last year and all this week he has been asking when the lights will be on…I assured him that the light display would begin on Thanksgiving night. When the lights of Santa, the Christmas Train and some angels came on Thanksgiving night, the boys were ecstatic! Their eyes were like saucers. Carter literally kept returning to the sliding door to sneak peaks every couple of minutes.
But after a moment of enjoyment, Evan looked at me and said “Where is Jesus? Shouldn’t He be up there instead of Santa Clause?”
That’s my boy!
Perfect Gift #1
Perfect Gift #2
Weekly Winners – November 22
With another week of illnesses over with, there wasn’t a lot of photo taking moments. But I was able to capture some great pics of Carter! Sorry Evan, once again you did not want to be photographed. Besides being sick in the beginning of the week, the rest of the week was working on a very special cake for a very special girl, so not to fill up a whole Weekly Winners post of just cake pictures, I gave the cake its’ own post. Come check it out!
Free Entertainment for a day...thanks to a random trip to a party store
Showing Mommy his Nose
Carter's Very favorite thing in the world!
Carter's Blankie Habit - rubbing it under his nose! Pure Bliss
Bath time, coming in third in favorites after Blankie and books
Random Photos of the week: A Dog’s Life…as you can tell Victor has it tough!
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Brothers
They do actually get along once in awhile, when they are not fighting over each other’s toys
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Weekly Winners – November 15
It has been a LONG week with both boys being sick, so I haven’t been able to take many photos, but managed to get a few.
The beginnings of my first fondant cake (click on the picture to see the final product)
Giant children statue (that I think look like giraffes )
Evan enjoying walking through the children's arched bodies
Our late “bloomer”. The leaves are off all the other trees and our Pear Tree is just now turning over to beautiful reds and yellows.
First Frost of the season
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Weekly Winners – November 8
Again this week, getting the boys out as much as possible before the weather turns too cold! The leaves are pretty much off the trees but the skies are still crystal blue and the temps are in the 50’s! We’ve been to farms, nature reserves and Grandpa’s sand box. And I threw in a couple of Halloween pics since I didn’t do a Halloween post.
Finally got my new camera, a Canon PowerShot G11. Still trying to figure it out but refuse to read the manual. So it may take a while ! All the pics below were taken with my new G11.
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Moments of Sheer Bliss
Evan is not a risk taker. He is very calculated. Anything that looks remotely unstable he will not attempt. But after months and months of trying to convince him that these silly Blow-Up Bouncers were indeed “fun”, he took the plunge! Notice, there are no other kids in there…probably the reason he agreed!
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Weekly Winners – Vanishing Autumn
We enjoyed a beautiful week of Autumn weather – was outside as much as we could be. Here are some random shots taken throughout the week!
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Wordless Wednesday – Cookie Decorating 101
Decorating cookies with preschoolers!
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Weekly Winners – Shots of Autumn
Our GIANT Maple tree in the back...can't wait for it to be all red!
Do you know how hard it was too keep the boys from climbing Mt. Pumpkin?
Fall in the Midwest
Carter's Pumpkin choice
One of the last roses of the season!
I kinda felt sorry for the little booger...on it's last breath I'm assuming because he was going remarkably slow! Hence the reason I was able to get so close!
Victor enjoying a game of Frisbee!
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Weekly Winners – Pumpkins, Mums and Corn, Oh My!
One of the very few reasons I love Ohio – Harvest time!
If you remember last week’s post, this smile is very elusive!
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