Day 94

Easter morning brought cooperation between Anna and Dominic. I loved watching Dominic help Anna look for her eggs, and this photo really captured the teamwork between them. Also note the backward pajama top on Pickle, tee hee.



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Day 93

The bluebonnets are in full bloom and oh, are they breathtaking! I need to take the kids out to a field of them soon and get pictures but for now a shot of just the flowers will do. These are in a neighbor's front yard. They have planted numerous wildflowers. In the late summer, the monarch butterflies will migrate and I will be in heaven shooting picture after picture as they visit my neighbor's gorgeous display of nature's beauty.



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Day 92

Finally caught up! I really need to do one photo each day, it's much less overwhelming.

Okay, today Anna and I escaped to my mom's house (the kids were out of school today) for a little quiet time. We played baby dolls and Max and Ruby joined us. She got so involved in play that I was able to take dozens of pictures of her and I love how absorbed she was that she didn't even notice the camera. Something about this particular shot captured my heart.



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Day 91

My beautiful daughter... people remark on how pretty she is all the time and those eyes! Oh my, they are just as stunning in real life.



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Day 90

What a cutie-patootie! The weather has been warmer, so we had to get Dominic a few new shirts... this one is a tad too big, but he looks so cute!



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Day 89

Have I mentioned we love Target? I think we are there at least 2-3 times a week. Here Dominic is browsing the books. How adorable is he???



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Day 88

It is spring! I haven't had the energy or bandwidth to plant flowers in years but this year it was manageable. I forgot how much I love to get my hands dirty and the immense satisfaction planting my own flowers brings.



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Day 87

We love Target! At the checkout lane, I caught Jenny unaware and got such a sweet, genuine smile. I love this girl!



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Day 86

On weekends, we like to lounge around for a while, then I'll get in the shower mid-morning. Invariably, Anna follows me into the shower then takes a bath while I do my makeup and dry my hair. Today we were going to the school's spring festival, so I took a little extra time to dry her hair and Anna wanted me to take a picture. She is such a sweetheart!



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Day 85

Dominic was so excited to finally finish off that box of Toy Story fruit snacks so that he could complete the maze on the back of the box. I don't know why kids like those fruit snacks... they taste awful!



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Day 84

Everyone needs a good picture of their house! This is ours.



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Day 83

I wasn't very inspired this day... an ordinary day after a dramatic day the day before... so I took a picture of my bed. I guess when I'm older looking back at pictures, I will remember that I chose to sleep with Anna to keep her safe should she have a seizure in the middle of the night. So technically, this is Anna's bed. ;)



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Day 82

Today was a long morning at the pediatric geneticist's office. I'm going to blog about all of that on Elusive Tranquility, but I wanted to share this sweet picture I got of Anna after our appointment. We were there so long that Anna missed lunch at school so we grabbed a quick bite at her favorite restaurant, La Brissa, which is in our neighborhood and across from the school. She has a specific table at which she always likes to sit and Manny, her favorite waiter, is always there and loves chatting with her. Today we had the whole restaurant to ourselves and though we never need a menu (she is a creature of habit!), she likes having one to look at while we wait for our tea. I thought she was so cute running her fingers over the words.



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Day 81

I know this is a little blurry, but it's very hard to get a young boy to sit still for a natural light shot while playing DS. Sigh, it was all I could manage today!



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Day 80

The rodeo was in town over spring break! Poor Dominic and I had strep throat and missed going to the rodeo with the family on Friday. Jenny was kind enough to take him on Sunday when he was feeling better. He was so exited to show off his black widow spider face painting when he got home. Thanks, Jenny!



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Days 77-79

No pictures to due mommy illness.

Day 76

Anna loves all things creepy-crawly, especially toads and roly-poly bugs. We were enjoying a spring afternoon and I had to zoom in on this little roly-poly trundling up her hand. She had this one for nearly 10 minutes before losing him in the grass.



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Day 75

Tuesday is one of the nights that I do Dominic's bedtime routine. He was being so charming and cute that I had to get a picture of him in bed ready for stories. He was playing possum as evidenced by the toothy grin.



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Day 74

A commitment to eat healthier brought a lot of fresh produce in our house this weekend. I wonder how long it will take me to actually cut up this pineapple?



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Day 73

Part of the kids' behavior plans is that they get a little reward on the weekend for doing chores and following expectations at school. This weekend, Anna got this little toy and I wanted to capture the moment as a symbol of her hard work.



Editing in to add that an admin for a Toys group on Flickr added this photo to their page!

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