moon ko photography

everyday photos

i'm trying to get more candid shots of my kids. the everyday stuff that i know i'll forget in probably, let's say, 4-6 hours. 

here charlie is taking his nap. you wouldn't know from this picture that just two hours before, he was jumping on his bed, yelling, "I NOT TAKE A NAP. MOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM...I NOT WANNA TAKE A NAP."

he yells everything these days. his conversational voice differs from mine and most other humans on this earth.

so i replied back to charlie, "you have to take a nap." which loosely translates to," mommy needs a break. and my ears are bleeding."

we go through this everyday. 95% of the time, he wins and doesn't take a nap, which loosely translates to, "MOM. MOM. MOM. MOM. WATCH THIS MOM. MOM. MOM. YOU DIDN'T WATCH! WATCH THIS TIME, MOM. MOM, FEEL MY MUSCLES, MOM. I A STRONG BOY BUT YOU JUST A GIRL. MOM. MOM. DID YOU SEE THAT?! THAT WAS AWESOME! MOM, WHERE YOU GOING, MOM? CAN I COME WITH YOU? YOU GO PEE PEE OR POO-POO MOM? I COME WITH YOU.. WHY NOT?!  MOM. MOM. LET ME IN MOM. IT'S BEEN A SECOND, MOM. YOU DONE? OK, NOW WATCH THIS, MOM..."

and believe it or not, i will miss this just as i miss every phase he's gone through in the past. just the thought of that makes me a little sad...

so here's me trying to document more of the little things.

happy wednesday, everyone!

monday meanderings: locks of love rejects

my oldest child has been growing out her hair for the past two years and it finally got to the point where it was driving her nearly insane. i knew how she was feeling since i hadn't gotten my hair cut either for the same amount of time.

about a year ago, i convinced my oldest to not cut her hair and to grow it out so we could donate it to locks of love. when i explained what this organization did, she agreed that she wanted to do it with me.

so last week, we finally made it to the hair stylist:

she had ten inches to donate, or so we thought.

once everything was said and done, she only had eight inches.

EIGHT INCHES?

so locks of love was out. they need ten inches.

and in came beautiful lengths. they only need eight inches. so the cutting began:

going, going...

gone.

and i think her expression says it all:

and now she walks around with a new pep in her step. it's amazing what a hair cut can do...

i should know because i got mine cut too:

and to know maybe that our hair will go towards making someone else's life a little better...well, that's just icing on the cake.

:)

i'm just glad i'm not one of those kookie people that uses hair to stuff pillows or knit sweaters with. i'm kookie...

just not THAT kookie.

FFL: 3.5

A layout I did for Write.Click.Scrapbook- for the June gallery: We aim to Inspire. We were supposed to lift a layout  from the gallery of other desigers or contributors over the past year and I chose this one from the talented Celeste Smith. Even though hers is digital and a 12x12, I modified and loved the way it turned out.

And here's my version:

Hope you have a great weekend!

 

monday meanderings

don't look at the dirty laundry on my bed.

or the fact that my husband has a mask on his face. i don't care what you say. it's dang sexy. and it helps him breathe.

and not snore.

or the fact i have nothing on my walls other than a lonely mirror...

my children love to sleep on their father. 

:)

i'm glad i was able to get a photo of it today.

FFL: goal

getting back into the swing of things.

reluctantly.

we were here last week:

and the children found a few of these on the beach:

this would be just one of the hermit crabs that WE DID NOT BRING HOME. we've made that mistake before. and you know how the saying goes, "fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me..."

hermit crabs are not "fun" pets. they would rank up there with guinea pigs-kinda cute but the creepy factor is just too much for me to overlook.

charlie did a lot of this:

he loves his goggles. he thinks they give him super powers.

:)

on to friday's layout:

journaling:

Honestly, I don't know what's cuter: watching a bunch of 3 &4 year olds playing soccer or watching baby bunnies fall asleep on youtube. The cuteness factor might be a tie.

have a great weekend everyone!